MILAN, Italy, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Gabetti Lab and Edison Energia announce the entry into operation of the first three consortium energy communities in Bergamo, San Lazzaro di Savena (BO) and Dalmine (BG). The agreement, started in 2021, envisages an ambitious plan to develop condominium energy communities in Italy. To date, the two partners have more [...]
LONDON, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Japan has been knocked off the top spot on the Henley Passport Index for the first time in five years and bumped into 3rd place, according to the latest ranking, which is based on exclusive and official data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Singapore is now officially the most powerful passport in [...]
SEOUL, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) – The National Assembly passed a bill Tuesday to toughen the punishment, up to the death penalty, for the killing of newborn babies and related cases of body abandonment amid public outrage over the recent deaths of unregistered infants. The revision of the Criminal Act calls for elevating the punishment [...]
SEOUL, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of young South Koreans preparing for exams for public jobs and professional licenses has fallen for the second year in a row, data showed Tuesday. Some 634,000 people out of 4.16 million economically inactive people aged 15-29 have been preparing for exams to land jobs this year, [...]
SEOUL, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Biopharmaceuticals Co., a pharmaceutical affiliate of South Korea’s SK Group, said Tuesday that its signature anti-epilepsy treatment, Xcopri, could generate US$1 billion in sales in the United States in 2029. Xcopri, or cenobamate, is a medication for partial-onset seizures in adults discovered by SK Biopharmaceuticals and its U.S. [...]
SEOUL, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of South Koreans are visiting hospitals to seek treatment for eating disorders, primarily caused by the social pressure to maintain a thin figure. According to data submitted by the National Health Insurance Service to Rep. Shin Hyun-young of the Democratic Party, 4,115 South Koreans were diagnosed [...]
YEONGYANG, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is embarking on a project to recover dung beetles, which have not been officially discovered in the wild since August 1969. The National Institute of Ecology said Monday it plans to release 200 dung beetles captured in Mongolia into a designated habitat this September. Dung beetles were [...]
SEOUL, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s Yangcheon District announced on Monday that rest areas for pets have been installed at 40 public restrooms in the district’s parks. Previously, pet owners struggled to find a place to keep their pets while using public restrooms. They had to either carry their pets inside the restroom or [...]
SEOUL, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has filed a suit to reverse an international tribunal’s order to pay nearly US$100 million in damages to hedge fund Elliott Investment Management in a dispute stemming from the controversial 2015 merger of two Samsung Group affiliates, officials said Tuesday. Last month, the Permanent Court of Arbitration [...]
SEOUL, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will more than double the number of maritime spots under emergency radiation tests to ease concerns over Japan’s planned release of contaminated water from its crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, the oceans ministry said Tuesday. Last month, South Korea began conducting radiation tests on ocean water at 92 [...]