SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Animal welfare has been a centerpiece of debate for South Korean politicians recently with the rising popularity of pets in the country. Data shows 21.8 percent of local households were living with animal companions in 2016 with the pet industry expected to triple by 2020 to a 6-trillion-won ($5.34 [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Choi Hyun-jung, a 17-year-old South Korean high school student, corrected Sea of Japan nomenclature in an article by London-based news site The Stack (www.thestack.com) to East Sea – a decades-long naming dispute between the neighboring countries. Choi is one of the “youth public ambassadors,” a joint initiative by the [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Was it a message from the heavens, or just a coincidental natural phenomenon? A ribbon-shaped cloud appeared in the skies of Wonju, Gangwon Province, late Wednesday afternoon as recovery teams began salvaging the sunken passenger ferry MV Sewol almost three years after it capsized – yellow ribbons have been [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co.’s Vice Chairman Kwon Oh-hyun said Friday that a move to restructure the tech giant into a holding-company structure is “not easy” at the moment, suggesting the process may be delayed for the time being. The world’s largest leading maker of smartphones and memory chips said in [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Exposure to air pollution increases risk of aggravating Parkinson’s disease and may cause neurological disease progression, a study showed Friday. According to the study by Kim Ho at Seoul National University, patients with the neurodegenerative disease are more likely to visit emergency rooms during days with high levels of [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday it will completely disable the charging of the faulty Galaxy Note 7 phablets that have not yet been returned, starting later this month through software updates. Samsung launched the Galaxy Note 7 last year, but the sales were soon suspended on reports of some [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Almost half of South Korean men are suffering from hair loss due mainly to stress with some of them willing to give up drinking or sex to get healthy hair, a poll showed Thursday. According to the survey of 801 Korean men ages 25 to 45 taken by Nielsen [...]
WASHINGTON, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) – A former chief U.S. nuclear negotiator with North Korea said Thursday that attacking North Korea, regardless of whether it’s preemptive or preventive strikes, is sure to prompt retaliation that could lead to a second Korean War. Robert Gallucci, who negotiated a 1994 nuclear-freeze deal with Pyongyang that unraveled due [...]
POHANG, South Korea, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Although poaching whales is illegal in South Korea, exceptions are made for incidental catch of the sea mammals, including minke whales. According to the Cetacean Research Center, 352 minke whales were caught in South Korean waters from 2012 to 2016 as a result of incidental catch. The [...]
JEJU, South Korea, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Jeju Jungang Girls’ High School is one of the biggest high schools on the island with 1,400 students in 37 classes. The school has seen its obesity rate rise in recent years, with students spending more and more hours studying with little physical activity, accompanied by an [...]