SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A string of hacking incidents at South Korea’s telecommunications and financial companies has prompted pharmaceutical and biotech firms to tighten their defenses, wary that breaches involving sensitive clinical data and intellectual property could trigger irreparable damage. Industry officials said this week that companies are moving quickly to reinforce security policies [...]
Tapping into a USD 80 Billion Flexible Labor Market Driven by 4.5 Million Part-Time Workers Singapore, Sept. 22, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – YY Group Holding Limited (NASDAQ: YYGH) (“YY Group,” “YYGH,” or the “Company”), a global leader in on-demand workforce solutions and integrated facility management (IFM), today announced that its flagship digital staffing platform is [...]
FORT WASHINGTON, Pa., Sept. 22, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – Coventry, the leader and creator of the secondary market for life insurance, is proud to recognize Life Insurance Awareness Month by reaffirming its unwavering commitment to making life insurance not just an essential asset, but also more valuable, more flexible and more powerful for policyowners everywhere. [...]
MONACO, Sept. 22, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – The Shamrock V (36.11m), the first J-Class and the only one built of wood, was awarded by the SEA Index, at the end of the 17th Monaco Classic Week-La Belle Classe. Launched in 1930 for Sir Thomas Lipton, who was attempting his fifth challenge for the America’s Cup, [...]
Research Triangle Park, N.C., Sept. 22, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – AB-1005, a glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) investigational gene therapy, is being evaluated for the treatment of moderate-stage Parkinson’s disease in the REGENERATE-PD trial Sites in Poland and the United Kingdom have started randomizing participants, with sites in Germany actively screening and following shortly [...]
LTA appoints Grab to operate WeRide autonomous vehicles on two designated routes in Punggol, Singapore Ai.R features two WeRide vehicle models: a five-seater GXR and an eight-seater Robobus WeRide marks its first deployment of GXRs in Singapore and Southeast Asia Ai.R vehicles have passed Singapore’s stringent Milestone 1 (M1) assessment, proving they can safely navigate [...]
SYDNEY, Sept. 22, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – Axi, a leading global online trading and fintech company, today announces the retirement of Louis Cooper, Chief Commercial Officer. Louis will formally step down from his executive responsibilities at the end of September 2025 but will remain a shareholder and a valued part of the Axi family. Since [...]
Governing Board approves major financing package as institution launches inaugural Euro benchmark bond VIENNA, Sept. 22, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – The OPEC Fund for International Development (the OPEC Fund) announced the approval of more than US$1 billion in new development financing during the 193rd meeting of its Governing Board and throughout the third quarter of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — When Park Seung-woo turned 40 this year, colleagues wasted no time calling him “Young Forty,” a term meant to capture middle-aged Koreans trying to look youthful. Far from a compliment, he says the label now feels like a taunt. “They call me ‘Young Forty’ at every turn, to the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s largest companies are showing a stronger preference for so-called “experienced freshmen,” or new hires with prior work experience, according to a survey released Sunday by the Korea Economic Research Institute (FKI). The survey, conducted among 121 of the country’s top 500 firms by revenue, found that 28.1 [...]