SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Police said Saturday they have received over 1,600 reports of suspicious international packages in the past three days across the nation amid concerns that the parcels might contain an unspecified hazardous material. Police said they have received a total of 1,647 reports related to the delivery of dubious parcels [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Following a recent case of suicide committed by a young homeroom teacher at an elementary school in Seoul’s Seocho Ward, rumors are spreading that excessive complaints from parents led the teacher to take such extreme measures. Teachers have increasingly faced verbal and physical assaults from students’ parents, according to [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The production and import of adult diapers is close to exceeding double the production and import of diapers for children due to the low birthrate and rapidly aging society, data showed Thursday. Last year’s supply of adult diapers, combining domestic production and imports, reached 107,129 tons, which was 1.8 [...]
GANGNEUNG, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A family of swallows has gained attention for building a nest in a location where a CCTV camera monitors them 24 hours a day. This year, swallows constructed nests on top of two CCTV cameras installed on each side of the entrance to Seongsan-myeon Community Service Center in Gangneung, [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Around 30,000 people benefit every day from a new policy in Seoul that waives extra fees for reboarding the subway within 10 minutes after exiting. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government and Seoul Metro, the total number of reboarding cases from July 1 to 16 reached 503,200, averaging 31,450 [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Thursday it will launch DUOBO, a coffee machine capable of extracting from two coffee capsules simultaneously, on the crowdfunding website Kickstarter. The machine can blend two coffee capsules with distinct flavors. Users have the option to adjust the extracted temperature and amount via an exclusive [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Friday awarded an order of national security merit to a Marine who died during search and rescue operations for victims of torrential rains earlier this week, the Marine Corps said. The government honored late Marine Cpl. Chae Su-geun of the 1st Marine Division with the Gwangbok [...]
SAN DIEGO, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Turnstone Biologics Corp. (“Turnstone” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: TSBX), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing new medicines to treat and cure solid tumors by pioneering a differentiated approach to tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapy, today announced the pricing of its upsized initial public offering of 6,666,667 shares of common stock [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The bereaved family of renowned late painter Chun Kyung-ja has again lost a legal battle to defy the law enforcement authority’s conclusion that “Beautiful Woman,” kept by a national art museum, is one of Chun’s original paintings. The Seoul Central District Court on Friday ruled against Chun’s family, who [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group NewJeans on Friday rolled out its second EP, titled “Get Up,” the band’s agency said. The album hit music services worldwide at 1 p.m., a day before the band’s first anniversary, according to ADOR. The group’s last release was “OMG,” a single released in January. The [...]