JEONJU, Mar. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Cities and counties in North Jeolla Province are scrambling to plant more trees this year with the aim to reduce fine dust and offset the urban heat island effect. According to the National Institute for Forest Science, planting a single tree can result in the absorption of 35.7 grams [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The government said Monday that it will deploy one more special helicopter equipped with state-of-the-art medical instruments in line with its efforts to expand emergency services in isolated areas, The so-called doctor helicopter is equipped with life-saving instruments and is capable of carrying patients to a large hospital in [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — One in four young South Korean students has a problem with obesity, the Ministry of Education said Friday, calling for increased efforts to improve the health of young people. The ministry released data on student obesity as Education Minister Yoo Eun-hae presided over a meeting of Cabinet ministers in [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Koreans treated for bipolar disorder soared more than 20 percent between 2013 and 2017, data showed Thursday. According to the data from the National Health Insurance Service, 86,706 people were treated for bipolar disorder in 2017, up 21 percent from 71,687 four years earlier. The [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Experts are calling for guardianship programs that can support the decision-making process of seniors with Alzheimer’s disease and persons with developmental or mental disabilities. At a seminar held on Wednesday at the National Assembly to discuss the introduction of a new law that will govern various forms of assistance [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Seven in 10 surviving victims of a deadly humidifier sterilizer scandal in South Korea are suffering from chronic anger, a government committee said Thursday. The Special Commission on Social Disaster Investigation made the announcement after polling 100 households victimized by the unprecedented scandal between Oct. 2 and Dec. 20 [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 76,000 South Koreans have received infertility treatments since Seoul began providing state health insurance coverage for the procedures in late 2017, a report said Thursday. The report from the Ministry of Health and Welfare to Rep. Nam In-soon of the ruling Democratic Party showed 76,055 people were treated [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s health ministry remains firm in pushing for telemedicine as part of efforts to offer better medical services and create new economic value, industry sources said Thursday. Telemedicine is designed to provide quality healthcare to people who live in hard-to-reach areas, such as deep-sea fishermen and residents of [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent survey showed that Seoul has the lowest availability of urban green space per capita in South Korea. According to the Korea Forest Service, the urban green space available for each resident of Seoul last year was no more than 4.38㎡, which was the smallest tally among 17 cities and [...]
DAEJEON, Mar. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study found harmful bacteria on the cell phones of dozens of teenagers in Daejeon. The Daejeon Metropolitan City Institute of Health and Environment conducted a test on 116 elementary, middle and high school students. The test was to show whether students’ cell phones had any harmful bacteria. [...]