CHUNCHEON, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A series of reports of allergic reactions following the consumption of edible insects have raised concern over a food source that is expected to be of significant importance in the future. According to a survey conducted by the Korea Consumer Agency with a sample of 500 respondents, 46 people [...]
CHUNCHEON, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Actor and singer Jang Keun-suk has been chosen as an honorary ambassador for the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics. Jang will represent the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, as well as tourism in Gangwon Province, after receiving a plaque in celebration of his appointment at an event held [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has announced plans to ban the sale of vaporizer multivitamin products for adolescents from next week, over fears that they could act as a gateway to tobacco products. The Ministry of the Gender Equality and Family (MOGEF) on Thursday announced the ban, which will see those who [...]
GWANGJU, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A court has dismissed a case filed by residents of Gwangju against a baseball team and the city over noise and light concerns. The Gwangju District Court delivered the verdict on Thursday, after hearing the case brought by 655 residents of a building block near Gwangju-Kia Champions Field, on [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – A new survey has found that nearly 8 in 10 South Korean patients want to receive a detailed prognosis consisting of life expectancy and whether or not their illness is curable when they are diagnosed with a serious illness. Findings from the survey, released by Professor Lee Yun-sung at [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The first batch of 50,000 pairs of Pyeongchang Olympics-inspired trainers sold out only a week after pre-orders began. The special trainers dubbed ‘PyeongChang Sneakers’ have proved a great success on the back of public support for the much anticipated the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, following in the footsteps of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety approved the sale of menstrual cup ‘FemmyCycle’ in South Korea on Thursday, meaning it could be available at retailers as soon as next month. FemmyCycle, which is produced by U.S. company Femcap, is the first menstrual cup product to be sold in South [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Unionized workers at Hyundai Motor Co. will continue to walk out next week for higher wages and bonuses after the company rejected the union’s demands, the union said Thursday. “In the past eight months of negotiations, the company has not shown any ‘progressive’ approach in the wage deal, repeating it faces difficult times and does not have room to fully accept [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – A veteran TV producer at an independent news outlet was appointed new president of public broadcaster MBC TV on Thursday. Choi Seung-ho, 56, was nominated by the company board and approved during a shareholders meeting later in the day. The appointment follows a monthslong internal struggle at the broadcaster. Unionized workers staged a strike demanding the dismissal of [...]
TOKYO, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The chief of Japan’s Komeito party vowed Thursday to make efforts to have large numbers of Japanese people visit South Korea on the occasion of the 2018 PyongChang Winter Olympics, the South Korean Embassy in Tokyo said. Natsuo Yamaguchi, the leader of Komeito, which is the ruling coalition partner [...]