Over 5,000 Tickets Sold Within 24 Hours Following the Announcement of the 2026 Theme and First Speakers Helsinki, Finland, Sept. 29, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – Last week, during its 2025 event, Nordic Business Forum unveiled the dates, theme, and first speakers for its 2026 conference, set to take place on September 16–17, 2026, at Messukeskus in Helsinki, Finland. [...]
Research conducted by Forbes Insights reveals outdated payment tech is causing lost sales, lower loyalty, and competitive risk for retailers and hospitality brands. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sept. 29, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – FreedomPay, a global leader in Next Level Commerce™, and Stripe, the programmable financial services company, today released the “Enterprise Payments Playbook,” a new report in [...]
A new pooled analysis of the FIBRONEER™-IPF and FIBRONEER™-ILD trials resulted in a nominally significant reduction in the risk of death by 59% in patients who received 18mg nerandomilast without background therapy versus placebo.1 Both FIBRONEER™ phase III trials, had met their primary endpoint (reduction of lung function decline measured in forced vital capacity) but [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — On a crisp September morning in rural Yeoncheon, a 70-year-old man had been missing for two days. Police and firefighters scoured the fields and riverbanks, but time was slipping away. Then, “Daechan,” a 119 rescue dog, was brought in. Within 30 minutes, the dog froze at a patch of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The use of payment services employing passwords, biometric data and other authentication methods rose more than 11 percent in the first half, reflecting the growing trend of contactless commerce, central bank data showed Monday. The daily average value of simple payment transactions reached 1.046 trillion won (US$745.77 million) in [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Corp.’s biggest revamp of its flagship KakaoTalk messenger in 15 years has sparked a wave of criticism from users, rattling confidence in the app that dominates South Korea’s mobile communications. The update, rolled out last week, is part of Kakao’s push to reposition KakaoTalk from a basic messenger [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest carmaker, said Monday it will test its purpose-built vehicle (PBV), the PV5, in Riyadh for potential adoption in a local resort town. Kia has partnered with Red Sea Global (RSG), one of the developers of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 Giga Project, which aims to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The relative poverty rate among South Korea’s retired population reached the highest level among member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), data showed Monday. For those aged 65 and older, the relative poverty rate stood at 39.8 percent in 2023, up 0.1 percentage point from [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Suicide has overtaken cancer as the leading cause of death for South Koreans in their 40s, underscoring the intensifying pressures on the country’s core working-age population, according to new government data. Figures released by Statistics Korea show that South Korea’s overall suicide rate rose to 29.1 deaths per 100,000 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s biosimilar industry is ramping up competition at home and abroad, with companies racing to secure early approvals, expand sales networks, and leverage artificial intelligence as differentiators in a crowded market. At least six biosimilars won approvals or launches globally this month alone, underscoring the pace of expansion. Celltrion [...]