SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea plans to cut 1.6 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions each year from 2030 by utilizing cattle feces as a new source of energy, the government said Friday. Under the project, Korea Southern Power Co. will build related facilities and generate power, daily using 4,000 tons of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – In 2021, a retired racehorse named Mariage met a tragic end during the filming of a scene for the KBS drama “The King of Tears, Lee Bangwon.” Three years later, as animal rights advocates gathered to commemorate the horse’s death, promised reforms for animal performer protection remain largely unrealized. “Dear [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop boy group Seventeen has been honored with a certificate of appreciation from Los Angeles for its contributions to music and youth empowerment within the American city, the group’s agency said Saturday. Pledis Entertainment said Joshua, the LA-born member of the 13-piece group, was invited by the LA City [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea and the United States have agreed to hold a new table-top exercise against space-based threats next year, Seoul’s defense ministry said Friday, amid efforts to bolster security cooperation in the increasingly important domain. Defense officials from the two countries agreed to stage the discussion-based exercise for the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea staged GPS jamming attacks for the second consecutive day Saturday, affecting several ships and dozens of civilian aircraft, South Korea’s military said. The jamming attacks were conducted in the North’s Haeju and Kaesong areas, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said, warning vessels and civilian aircraft [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean markets experienced sharp divergence on November 7 as Donald Trump’s election victory triggered significant movements across different sectors, with shipbuilding companies surging while clean energy stocks tumbled. The former U.S. president’s conversation with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, during which he expressed interest in bilateral shipbuilding cooperation, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – As South Korea’s entertainment industry grapples with economic headwinds, producers are shifting from expensive dramas to more cost-effective variety shows, with character development emerging as a crucial factor in both formats, industry experts said at a forum on November 7. At the K-Culture Trend Forum held at Amore Pacific headquarters [...]
TEL AVIV, Israel, Nov. 08, 2024 (Korea Bizwire) – Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE and TASE: TEVA) today announced that Richard Francis, Teva’s President and CEO, will present at the Jefferies London Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, November 19, 2024. The presentation will begin at 8:30 A.M. Greenwich Mean Time (3.30 A.M. Eastern Time). To access [...]
SPRING, Texas, Nov. 08, 2024 (Korea Bizwire) – Io Therapeutics, Inc., presented results from studies done in breast, colorectal, and prostate cancer models with the company’s newest anti-cancer compound IRX5010, an agonist of the retinoic acid nuclear receptor gamma, which was discovered in the company’s oncology drug program. The presentation titled “RAR Gamma Agonist Compounds [...]
VICTORIA, Seychelles, Nov. 08, 2024 (Korea Bizwire) – Bitget, the leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company, has released the latest valuation of its Protection Fund for October 2024. The fund, an essential safeguard for the exchange indicates the platform’s ongoing measures to secure user assets and uphold financial stability. Throughout October, the Protection Fund experienced notable [...]