JEJU, South Korea, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) – More than 3,400 Chinese tourists chose not to get off their cruise ship after arriving at the Port of Jeju last Saturday afternoon, amid South Korea-China conflict over the THAAD missile systems that has rapidly deteriorated in recent weeks. Shocked and intimidated by the collective hostility, 31 [...]
JEJU, South Korea, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Jeju hosted the 2017 Jeju Horse Endurance Festival on Sunday, organized by the Korea Halla-Horse Association. Some 500 equestrians from Korea and overseas participated in the contest, with athletes competing in three events – 10-kilometer, 20-kilometer, and 30-kilometer races – in individual and team categories. Endurance riding [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean researchers have developed an implantable electronic medical device (IEMD) that is capable of providing energy storage using natural ions as electrolytes in a supercapacitator – simply put, an IEMD with a battery that self-charges on body fluids. Led by professors Roh Kwang-chul of the Korea Institute of [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) – A study by researchers at Chung-Ang University’s Red Cross College of Nursing has revealed that paying attention to nutrition information on food products could noticeably reduce risks of irregular menstrual cycles in women. The study was based on 4,324 women aged from 19 to 54 who took part in [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s information technology (IT) industry depends overwhelmingly on hardware, failing to keep pace with the global trend of focusing on software, a report said Monday. According to the report by the Institute for Information & Communications Technology Promotion, software companies accounted for 15 percent of the total market [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) – A majority of South Korean businesses in the United States expect additional difficulties down the road due to what many view as protectionist trade policies of the new U.S. administration, a survey showed Monday. More than 7 out of every 10 respondents said they were already facing difficulties in [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Global pharmaceutical companies are seeking to join hands with local startups as part of their effort to increase research and development (R&D) productivity, industry officials said Monday. The move is part of their effort to adopt “open innovation,” a network of collaboration with external institutes and individuals, as opposed [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Cash-strapped Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., a major shipyard in South Korea, is accelerating its move to sell its non-core assets to beef up its financial status amid concerns over a sharp fall in new orders, industry sources said Monday. According to the sources, Daewoo Shipbuilding has recently [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea and five Central American countries have initialed their free trade agreement (FTA), which is expected to pave wider ways for Asia’s fourth-largest economy to tap deeply into the continent, the trade ministry here said Sunday. In November of last year, South Korea and six Central American nations [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A group of South Korean scientists has developed a convenient and accurate blood glucose monitoring device that does not require a blood sample, the state-run research center said Sunday, a development that would help diabetes patients. The team led by Lee Hyun-jae at the Center for Nanoparticle Research under [...]