CHANGWON, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team has developed a new technique for detecting prostate and pancreatic cancer by analyzing urine samples. A joint research team from the Korea Institute of Materials Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, and Kyung Hee University announced on Wednesday that it had developed a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Seniors living alone can raise their level of life satisfaction and lower stress by adopting a pet, a study showed Tuesday. A research team from the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs surveyed 1,308 people over 60 years of age forming single-person households, to learn about their pets, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The state human rights watchdog said Wednesday that the recent move to introduce facial recognition technology into public institutions is feared to infringe upon freedom and privacy of personal life and freedom of expression. The National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) asked the speaker of the National Assembly [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s financial regulator said Tuesday it plans to abolish the existing mandatory registration policy for foreigners investing in local stocks within this year, in line with efforts to meet global standards. The move came as foreigners are currently required to file personal information with local financial authorities before [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has deported a Chinese national arrested for going into hiding without entering mandatory quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19 upon arrival in South Korea earlier this month, officials said Tuesday. The 41-year-old was deported on Jan. 13, eight days after he was arrested for refusing to quarantine [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The classic plot of a rich man falling in love with a poor girl was a popular theme in Korean dramas a decade ago, but it is now considered as the same old story. Strong, inspiring female characters have shown growing presence in Korean dramas across genres in recent [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite freezing temperatures, shirtless Marines slogged through annual winter drills on an eastern mountainous training site earlier this month, testing their physical limits and cementing their camaraderie to ensure combat readiness, according to the military Monday. Some 160 members of the Marine Corps reconnaissance unit engaged in the regular [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Bereaved families of the Itaewon crowd crush victims held a joint memorial service for their loved ones Sunday, the first Lunar New Year since the deadly tragedy in the Seoul neighborhood last year. Some 80 family members and relatives of the victims who died in the Oct. 29 crowd [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Consumers will be given 300 won (US$0.24) in cashable points for every beverage they buy in a reusable cup at cafes, the environment ministry said Sunday, in a new waste-reduction program. Under the program, the 300-won “carbon neutrality” points will be paid when consumers buy a beverage either in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s foreign ministry called in a Japanese Embassy official in Seoul on Friday to lodge a formal protest against Tokyo’s move to have a mine linked to the wartime forced labor of Koreans listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The previous day, the Japanese government submitted a [...]