SEOUL, Apr. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean insurance companies can no longer ask disabled people to disclose their disability before extending coverage, according to financial authorities. The Financial Services Commission (FSC) announced plans on Monday to abolish the obligation for the disabled to reveal disabilities to insurance companies in a move to eradicate discrimination against [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A new study has revealed that fine dust can negatively affect external fertilization. When fine dust levels are 50 percent higher than average, the success rate of in vitro fertilization is reduced by 10 percent, according to a study conducted by Professor Kim Sun-young at the National Cancer Center and [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — New government data has revealed half of disabled South Koreans are seniors, with 1 in 4 people with disabilities living alone. Against the backdrop of an aging population, seniors older than 65 accounted for 46.6 percent of the disabled population, while those living alone accounted for 26.4 percent, according to [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A new study has revealed people with similar social status are more likely to clash with each other. A research team led by professor Lee Won-jae at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) discovered that people who are similar to each other have a tendency to compete [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A new study has revealed that underweight people are more likely to make extreme decisions like attempting suicide. The details of the study, which was conducted by a research team at Samsung Medical Center, revealed that people who are underweight are 2.4 times more likely to make extreme decisions, based [...]
SEOUL, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of foreigners visiting South Korea for medical purposes decreased last year for the first time mainly due to the weak inbound traffic from China, government data showed Wednesday. According to the data from the Ministry of Health and Welfare, a total of 321,574 foreigners arrived here in [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Wednesday it plans to help 1,000 visually impaired Indians receive surgery by the end of this year, in line with its commitment to make contributions to the South Asian country. The South Korean tech giant, which first tapped the Indian market some 20 years ago, [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — While South Korea’s three big mobile carriers SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus have trimmed weekly hours and are introducing various working arrangements for greater work-life balance, those on the front lines of the mobile industry are still struggling to do likewise. Double digit working hours are the norm, [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A study conducted with 22,374 pregnant women as participants over a recent six-year period has found that 2.9 percent (650 women) had taken acne medication including isotretinoin before, during or after pregnancy. Also called roaccutane in the South Korean market, isotretinoin is a pharmaceutical that treats severe acne problems, [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The practice of reusing disposable syringes at South Korean hospitals has decreased following the deaths of four newborns at a Seoul hospital late last year, a survey showed Wednesday. In December, the four infants died while being treated in the intensive care unit at Ewha Womans University Hospital in [...]