SAN DIEGO and BASEL, Switzerland , April 17, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) — Bright Peak Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on discovering and developing multifunctional immunotherapies for cancer, today announced the appointment of John Schmid, a seasoned biotechnology executive, to its Board of Directors. “It is a pleasure to welcome John to our Board,” said [...]
Christian Boehringer to hand over as Chairman of the Shareholders’ Committee to Hubertus von Baumbach Shashank Deshpande, Member of the Board of Managing Directors, to succeed Hubertus von Baumbach as Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors Appointments to be effective July 1, 2025 The Shareholders’ Committee of Boehringer Ingelheim have announced the following appointments in the Shareholders’ Committee and [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The government on Thursday announced its decision to return the nation’s medical school enrollment quota for 2026 to the former level of 3,058 from two years ago, in a bid to resolve a 14-month standoff with trainee doctors and medical students. Since February last year, thousands of trainee doctors [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.N. civilian aviation agency has dismissed North Korea’s request to investigate its claim of South Korean drones infiltrating Pyongyang’s airspace last year, a Seoul official said Thursday. Earlier this year, North Korea submitted the request to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for a probe into the alleged [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A baseball player nicknamed “Tuna” will be donating canned tuna to underprivileged children for every home run, under a deal signed Thursday with his namesake foodmaker. The LG Twins of the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) announced they reached the agreement with canned tuna manufacturer Dongwon F&B, which will donate [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States kicked off a joint large-scale air exercise Thursday, the South’s Air Force said, in efforts to bolster their interoperability and combined readiness posture against North Korean threats. Some 1,100 troops and 90 aircraft from both sides were mobilized for the semiannual Freedom Flag [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Russia is planning to deploy North Korean soldiers on Ukrainian territory in the ongoing war between the two countries, dressing them in Russian uniforms, a Ukrainian security official has claimed. Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council’s Center for Countering Disinformation, posted the claim on [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Kia Corp., a smaller affiliate of South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co., said Thursday its all-electric EV3 has been named 2025 World Car of the Year at the New York International Auto Show. The EV3′s achievement brings Kia’s number of wins at the World Car Awards to six [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean defense giant Hanwha Aerospace Co. said Thursday it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a Romanian university to expand industry-academia collaborations in the Eastern European country. The trilateral agreement with the University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest and South Korea’s Pusan National University aims [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and Japan will play exhibition baseball games in Tokyo in November, officials from the two countries announced Thursday. The games between the longtime rivals will be played Nov. 15 and 16 at Tokyo Dome, according to the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) and Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). The [...]