SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor Group said Tuesday it has showcased its hydrogen-powered Nexo crossover vehicle at the main venue of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit this week in South Korea, highlighting its leadership in future mobility technologies. The all-new Nexo has been placed at Gyeongju Arts Center, where the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – A global food event showcasing the latest food products, technology and trends will kick off in Seoul this week, the agriculture ministry said Tuesday. The Food Week Korea 2025 will run from Wednesday to Saturday in southern Seoul, with around 950 companies from 42 countries, under the theme of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of people employed in caregiving and nursing assistant services reached a record high in the first half of this year in line with the country’s aging society, government data showed Tuesday. As of April, 1.69 million people were employed in non-residential nursing assistant and caregiving services, up [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s issuance of equity-linked securities (ELS) in the third quarter rose sharply on-year amid the local stock market’s bullish run, industry data showed Tuesday. The total value of ELS products issued in the July-September period stood at 12.8 trillion won (US$8.9 billion), 35.9 percent higher compared with the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Kakao Corp. said Tuesday ChatGPT, a popular generative artificial intelligence (AI) service developed by OpenAI, is now available for use on the KakaoTalk online messaging app. With ChatGPT for Kakao, KakaoTalk users can access the chatbot with a single tap and share AI-generated conversations, images and text with friends [...]
Baar, Switzerland, 28 October 2025 Ascom, in partnership with Dräger and B. Braun, announces the launch of the Silent ICU solution, introduced at the ESICM LIVES 2025 Congress in Munich. This is a major milestone in critical care innovation and marks a new era in healing environment, patient safety, and workflow efficiency for intensive care [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent Supreme Court ruling ordering a major Seoul hospital to pay significant unpaid overtime wages to its resident doctors is rippling through South Korea’s medical community, raising concerns about a surge in similar lawsuits. The decision, finalized last month, held that three former residents at Asan Medical Center were [...]
The Algorithm Made Them Do It SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — In South Korea, YouTube creators are testing the limits of their own bodies in pursuit of clicks. The trends are familiar: the more extreme, the better. The less medically sound, the more likely it is to go viral. One popular creator with more than [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will begin subsidizing malpractice insurance premiums for doctors working in critical but increasingly underserved medical specialties, the government announced Monday, in an effort to ease legal burdens that have driven many physicians away from essential care. Under the new program, the state will cover 50 to 75 percent [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean retailers are gearing up for a surge in global shopping demand next month, timing major overseas promotions with U.S. Black Friday and China’s Singles’ Day as they seek to capture more spending from international consumers. W Concept, operated by Shinsegae, will run a two-week “W Week” promotion on [...]