SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Many smokers make a New Year’s resolution to quit smoking. They visit and register at smoking clinics to help quit. Smoking clinics provide 12 weeks of nicotine supplements, such as patches and gum, as well as chiropractors, toothpaste, toothbrush, and mouthwash for free. Despite their effort to quit smoking, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A report analyzing the circumstances of South Korean married women using data from a survey conducted in 2018 was published by the Korean Institute for Health and Social Affairs on Friday. The survey was conducted to investigate the conditions surrounding birth rate, family health and welfare. According to the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s medical community on Thursday mourned the sudden death of a doctor who spent his life enhancing the country’s emergency medical services. The Korean Society of Emergency Medicine issued a statement earlier in the day expressing great shock and sadness at the passing of Yoon Han-deok, the head [...]
BUSAN, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — With an increasing number of single-person households in South Korea, the Busan Metropolitan Council plans to deliberate on a ‘loneliness prevention’ bill. “We are trying to develop new legislation that can address the loneliness problem, which is becoming a serious social issue resulting in suicide and solitary deaths,” said [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — External sources accounted for 75 percent of South Korea’s ultrafine dust air pollution in January, a state-run environment agency said Wednesday. South Korea saw a drastic rise in the average level of ultrafine dust particles, those smaller than 2.5 micrometers in diameter, in between Jan. 11 and 15. According [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A state-run food research center on Tuesday said “makgeolli,” a South Korean traditional grain-based alcoholic drink, is beneficial for people’s intestinal health. According to a report by the Korea Food Research Institute (KFRI), makgeolli contains various microorganisms, such as yeast and lactic acid bacteria. While figures vary depending on [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – The year of 2019 is the year of the golden pig, which symbolizes wealth and good wishes. Pigs have been one of the most important animals to be raised by human beings. They are one of the major sources of protein, as well as a symbol of prosperity and [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The government apologized Friday for the recent outbreak of the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in the country and vowed to make all-out efforts to tackle the spread of the highly contagious virus. “We have promptly taken countermeasures including immediate culling and issuing travel regulations as soon as we received reports [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Wednesday issued a higher alert amid concerns over foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) spreading in the country. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said it increased the severity of the alert, to the second-highest level, after two FMD cases were reported in Anseong, 80 kilometers south [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 35,000 terminally ill patients have chosen to forgo life-prolonging treatment since South Korea legalized the right to die with dignity, government data showed Wednesday. The law went into effect on Feb. 4 last year, allowing patients to sign up to forgo a “meaningless extension of life” by [...]