SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – In a bid to safeguard its reputation as a premier travel destination, the Seoul Metropolitan Government has launched an undercover operation to investigate low-cost tour packages sold overseas. The initiative aims to curb the spread of so-called “dumping tourism,” which officials fear could tarnish the city’s image and lead to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean prosecutors have indicted two former semiconductor industry executives on charges of stealing cutting-edge memory chip technology from Samsung Electronics and using it to establish a rival company in China. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office announced on September 27 that it had formally charged the two men, identified [...]
Additional clinical data on patients suffering from Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) demonstrate a clinically significant 71.0% median reduction in Apnea-Hypopnea index (AHI) while sleeping supine at 12 months compared with baseline. 82.0% of patients who completed a polysomnography at 12 months had an AHI below 15, and 67.4% of patients who completed a polysomnography at 12 [...]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Sept. 27, 2024 (Korea Bizwire) – VCI Global Limited (NASDAQ: VCIG) (Frankfurt: H0T) (“VCI Global,” “VCIG,” or the “Company”) today announced the termination of its At-The-Market equity offering program (“ATM program”) with H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC as sales agent. The ATM program, which was initiated to offer shares totaling approximately US$4.96 [...]
VICTORIA, Seychelles, Sept. 27, 2024 (Korea Bizwire) – Bitget, the leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company, has announced a partnership with Cats (CATS), a trending meme coin from the TON ecosystem. Bitget users will now be able to claim the CATS token airdrop on Telegram with zero gas fees. These tokens will be automatically credited to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea should realign its export structure by boosting the portion of the service sector while reducing dependence on the manufacturing segment amid digital transformation and the artificial intelligence era, a central bank report said Friday. The Bank of Korea (BOK) said the country’s manufacturing sector accounted for 27 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – A Seoul court on Friday dismissed a suit filed by U.S.-based hedge fund Elliott seeking some 26.7 billion won (US$20.2 million) in delayed interest from Samsung C&T as a fallout of the 2015 merger of two Samsung units. Elliott, which owned a 7 percent stake in Samsung C&T, led a [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) –The Supreme Court on Friday overturned a lower court’s acquittal of a Syrian man accused of inciting participation in the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group by uploading videos created by IS, sending the case back for retrial. The 39-year-old Syrian individual, who previously worked at a junkyard in Pyeongtaek, some [...]
Boehringer Ingelheim has entered a partnership with the NCD Alliance, a network dedicated to shaping a world in which everyone can live a healthy and productive life, free from the preventable suffering, stigma, disability, and death caused by non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The start of the partnership was announced alongside the United Nations Global Assembly in [...]
Mont-Saint-Guibert (Belgium), September 27, 2024, 08:05 am CET / 2:05 am ET – In accordance with article 15 of the Law of 2 May 2007 on the disclosure of large shareholdings, Nyxoah SA (Euronext Brussels and Nasdaq: NYXH) publishes the below information following the issue of new shares. Share capital: EUR 5,907,711.21 Total number of securities carrying voting rights: [...]