GANGNEUNG, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — With the mammoth task of ensuring peace and security during the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics behind them, the men and women largely responsible for what one police insider has assessed as “the safest Olympics ever” remain focused on doing it all over again throughout the Winter Paralympics set to [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Though it is safe for blood cancer patients to engage in sexual relations even after receiving transplants of hematopoietic stem cells, around half of couples abstain, according to recent research. Medical staff from Samsung Medical Center interviewed 91 couples, each including one individual who had received a stem cell [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — After a 14-month run, a free smartphone power bank lending service with depots at subway stations across Seoul is no longer in operation. Since February 23, “out of service” notices have been posted on the now defunct depot machines called Happyspots, as shared by Seoul Metro. Seoul’s subway operator [...]
BUSAN, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The southeastern port city of Busan will host an LPGA Tour event for three years starting in 2019, officials announced Wednesday. The Asiad Country Club in Busan, some 450 kilometers southeast of Seoul, will host a yet-to-be-named tournament. An agreement between the city authorities and the LPGA was reached [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean shipbuilders beat their global rivals in February ship orders, bagging more than half of all orders placed, data by Clarkson Research Services showed Wednesday. Local shipbuilders received orders to build 17 vessels in total, accounting for 52.3 percent of overall ship orders placed globally, the research firm [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) became the second-largest export market for South Korean agricultural and livestock products last year as the country’s trade with China was hit by a diplomatic row, a report said Wednesday. South Korea exported $1.22 billion worth of agricultural and livestock products to [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The KBL’s decision to limit foreign basketball imports to heights of 200cm for “tall” players and 186cm for “short” ones next season has sparked criticism for yet another rule change and the South Korean premier basketball league’s failure to understand fan sentiment. Height restrictions for foreign players have been [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — More than a quarter of South Koreans are open to the idea of having children out of wedlock, a survey showed Wednesday. About 26.2 percent of those surveyed said they are not adverse to the notion, according to the survey of 3,000 people conducted by the Korea Institute of [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday it plans to take a larger slice of the Chinese smartphone market with the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus by focusing on consumers seeking premium models. “Samsung has been growing as a truly localized Chinese company,” Koh Dong-jin, head of Samsung’s IT & [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Wednesday that a record number of anti-doping tests were conducted during the PyeongChang Winter Olympics last month. The IOC said 3,149 tests were carried out, making it “the most robust anti-doping program in the history of the Olympic Winter Games.” It said [...]