SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean doctors in the fields of Korean medicine and Western medicine are clashing over ‘Moon Jae-in Care’, an initiative to expand national health insurance coverage to include ultrasounds and MRI scans. In a statement, the Association of Korean Medicine, a group representing doctors of traditional Korean medicine, condemned doctors [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Science and ICT has announced plans to develop digital chat bots for lonely seniors as well as a platform providing information related to chemical products by 2020. The plans for the science ministry’s new technology development project were revealed on Wednesday, the continuation of an initiative that [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – YouTube was the most popular mobile app among South Korean smartphone holders in their teens and 20s, while those in their 40s and 50s used Naver and KakaoTalk the most, according to a new survey. The survey conducted by Wise App and released on Tuesday revealed that among Android users, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The minimum wage hike which will enter effect next year has been labeled the hottest issue of this year in the retail industry, a survey has found. According to the results of a survey conducted by Retail Magazine, which is run by the Korea Chainstores Association, the 16.4 percent minimum [...]
SEOUL Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – A new study has found 6 in 10 South Koreans believe they have sensitive facial skin, one of the highest figures in the world. A research team led by professor Lee Yang-won at Konkuk University Medical Center revealed on Tuesday that around 57 percent of South Koreans believe their facial [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of South Koreans are expressing concern over the soaring cost of living in their country. According to the Worldwide Cost of Living Report 2017 from the Economist Intelligence Unit, the inflation rate in South Korea was highest among the 133 countries surveyed, while it was also [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Actor Park Bo-gum was named the winner of the achievement award for promoting South Korea abroad during this year’s tourism awards ceremony, the organizers said Tuesday. The 24-year-old actor was announced this year’s winner of the prize at the 2017 Korea Tourism Awards co-hosted by the Ministry of Culture, [...]
YANGPYEONG, Gyeonggi Province, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Located just east of the South Korean capital of Seoul, Yangpyeong County is a perfect destination for people seeking to relax away from the hustle and bustle of urban life. The county is famous as the place where the two tributaries of the Han River, which cuts [...]
SUWON, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A new smart bike rental service equipped with GPS and IoT technology was launched in Suwon this week. The Suwon city government and Singapore-based station-less bicycle-sharing system O-bike held a launch event on Monday to celebrate the beginning of an unmanned bike rental system that makes use of the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Environmental experts say the government needs to do more to raise awareness of the growing level of light pollution at night, which can lead to a number of health problems such as insomnia, depression, diabetes, and obesity. During a symposium held by the Korean Medical Association and the Korean [...]