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BMW Korea Wins Lawsuit Against Government’s Emission-related Fine

BMW Korea Wins Lawsuit Against Government’s Emission-related Fine

SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — BMW Korea has virtually won a lawsuit against the over 60 billion-won (US$51.7) fine imposed by the government over the auto company’s gas emission verification, sources said Saturday. In September, the Supreme Court of Korea convicted BMW Korea of illegally skipping the compulsory gas emission verification process and forging [...]

S. Korean Teenagers Rank Lowest in Happiness Among Developed Countries

S. Korean Teenagers Rank Lowest in Happiness Among Developed Countries

SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Children and teenagers in South Korea are suffering from sleep deprivation, and their level of happiness is also the lowest among other developed countries. According to a report released Tuesday by Statistics Korea, the average daily sleep time for children and teenagers was 7.3 hours as of last year. [...]

New Technology Recycles Plastic Bottles into Medicine

New Technology Recycles Plastic Bottles into Medicine

SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A newly developed technology uses material from recycled plastic bottles as components of pharmaceutical products. A joint research team from the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT), Korea University, and Ewha Women’s University announced on Tuesday that they had developed a new technology that chemically disassembles plastic bottles [...]

Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want for Christmas’ Tops Christmas Charts for 3 Consecutive Years

Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want for Christmas’ Tops Christmas Charts for 3 Consecutive Years

SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans have picked Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas” as their favorite Christmas song of all time. Genie Music, the music streaming subsidiary of telecommunications giant KT Corp., reported that Mariah Carey’s 1994 hit song was heard by the greatest number of people over the past three [...]

Panic Disorder Increasingly Common Among S. Koreans

Panic Disorder Increasingly Common Among S. Koreans

SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of patients visiting the hospital due to panic disorder has surged in the past five years. According to data analysis released Monday by the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS), the number of people who visited medical institutions for a panic disorder increased by 70.5 percent, or 65,903, [...]