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SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – A new study has revealed that even donated breast milk is healthier than formula for infants. Findings from a study conducted by professor Jung Seong-hoon and his team at Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong revealed that donated breast milk proved to be a much better a choice than [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – An increasing number of science magazines are being launched in the South Korean publishing industry targeting adult readers, with many experts hopeful that the trend could lead to the expansion of the science literature industry. Among the publishers jumping on the bandwagon of science magazines is EumPublishing, which is [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of foreigners other than Chinese visiting South Korea grew in the first seven months of this year following the government’s efforts to diversify its tourist portfolio in the face of a sharp drop in the number of Chinese visitors, the country’s tourism promotion agency said Tuesday. According [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – At 90 percent, the vast majority of the 382 reported cases of drug smuggling in South Korea last year were via international mail (240 cases), airplane passengers (63 cases) and express package shipments (60 cases). According to National Assemblyman and member of the Strategy and Finance Committee Shim Jae [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean boy band BTS hit number one on iTunes album charts in 73 countries around the world with its latest record “Love Yourself: Her” on Tuesday, its management agency said. According to Big Hit Entertainment, the new EP album topped iTunes album charts in 73 countries, including the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean food authorities have announced that probiotics extracted from traditional South Korean food can help prevent diabetes complications. The Korea Food Research Institute made the announcement on Tuesday along with an update on its research into the commercialization of diabetes complication-preventing probiotics, which are extracted from traditional Korean food [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), the nation’s official development assistance (ODA) agency, has built a special school for students with hearing problems in Jordan, the agency said Tuesday. Construction started in Marka, near the Jordanian capital Amman in 2014 in an ODA project worth US$ 5.2 million. Built [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Chemicals Co., a South Korean pharmaceutical and chemical goods manufacturer, and multinational drug firm GlaxoSmithKline Plc. (GSK) are awaiting final approval of their respective herpes zoster vaccines, market watchers said Tuesday. Approval is forecast to shake up the market in a big way, setting up a showdown with [...]
PYEONGCHANG, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — When former International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge announced PyeongChang as the host city of the 2018 Winter Olympics six years ago, the small alpine county was an unfamiliar name to almost all people living outside of South Korea. Though already famous in the country for the outstanding [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – A decade after its establishment, cable TV network broke through the ratings ceiling by bypassing the longstanding record of 2 percent to hit 3.5 percent. Though the increase of a mere 1.5 percentage points may seem trivial from the outside, on the inside the mood is reportedly one of [...]