SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – A bio-pharmaceutical company armed with DNA-based vaccines and therapies for animals will set up a research center in Pangyo Techno Valley and develop vaccines for horse-related diseases in cooperation with the Gyeonggi provincial government and Hankyong National University. Gyeonggi Province announced on August 3 that it signed an agreement with Plumline [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The Animal Protection Law in Korea is expected to be revised in order to prohibit shipping animals by courier service. The updated law, preventing pets from being delivered by pick-up and delivery service or courier service, will go into effect on August 14. Since the law bans abusing animals or [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — As the temperatures of the surrounding seas of Korean peninsula is going up, the number of patients, mostly holidaymakers to the beaches, suffering from the stings of jellyfish, is rising. According to the National Health Insurance Service, the number of people stung by jellyfish has increased to 1,183 in [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) – A medical research team is working on a technology to develop artificial bones based on whale bones all of which are currently thrown away. The Center for Whale Research under the state-run National Fisheries Research & Development Institute said on July 25 that it would begin a research project [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) –‘Quppy,’ cloned sniffer dogs, are doing stellar performance at major airports and ports across the nation, according to an announcement by the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (QIA) which has run a program titled ‘Research on Reproduction of Superb Cloned Sniffer Dogs’ together with Seoul National University since 2011. [...]
SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Park Won-soon, Seoul City Mayor, asked the Korea Racing Authority to suspend the business of a horseracing betting center in Yongsan, near Seoul’s downtown, arguing it harms the educational and residential environment in the area. Park who visited Yongsan residents who were taking a sit-in strike against the betting [...]
Seongnam, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Good news for canine friends in South Korea in the run-up to Chobok Day, a day when Koreans traditionally eat Samgyetang or Boshintang (dog meat) aimed at overcoming one of the hottest days in the summer. This year’s Chobok comes on July 18 (Friday) and there are three Bok-nal [...]
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SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) – An ecological corridor will be created to link Mt. Jiri National Park with Mt. Deogyu National Park in the west as part of an effort to provide a wider habitat for the Asian black bears. The National Nature Trust said on July 1 that it would commence, in partnership with the Ministry of [...]
DUBLIN, IRELAND, Jul. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Research and Markets (http://bit.ly/VfZboC) has announced the addition of the “Global Animal Feed Additives (Swine, Poultry, Cattle, Aquaculture, Others) – Forecasts to 2018″ report to their offering. Animal feed additives are pharmaceutical or nutritional substances which are not of natural origin and are added to prepared and stored feeds. [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Now, horse racing enthusiasts in Singapore can be able to throw their money into exciting horse racing competitions in Korea. The Korea Racing Authority (KRA) announced on June 26th that it had signed with Singapore Turf Club, the city-state’s horse racing club, to telecast Korean horse racing competitions and [...]