SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A GPS device that helps detect the whereabouts of elderly dementia patients was found to be very useful in locating those who had gone missing. According to police officials, all 30 senior dementia patients who received one of the devices were found after being reported missing. The average amount [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will lower its Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) alert level to its lowest readiness posture, as 21 people who came into close contact with a patient all tested negative for the disease, health authorities said Friday. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said it [...]
DAEGU, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A species of red fire ants was discovered at an apartment construction site in Daegu today, by constructions workers, prompting them to halt construction work. The day before, a total of 830 ants including a red fire ant queen, 770 worker ants and others were discovered, raising a red [...]
SEJONG, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Cancer remained the leading cause of death in South Korea in 2017, with heart-related illness second, government data showed Wednesday. A total of 285,534 South Koreans died in 2017, up 1.7 percent from a year earlier, according to the data from Statistics Korea. This is the largest death toll [...]
SEJONG, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of cigarettes in South Korea declined 1.1 percent in the first eight months of 2018 from a year earlier due to a government-led anti-smoking campaign and higher prices, data showed Wednesday. South Korean smokers purchased 2.31 billion 20-cigarette packs in the January-August period, compared with the previous year’s [...]
DAEGU, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A red fire ant queen and seven other ants were discovered on a construction site in the southeastern city of Daegu, prompting officials to boost countermeasures against infestations, authorities here said Tuesday. The Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency confirmed that the highly invasive ant species were discovered in Chinese [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — While there are more than 3,000 facilities in South Korea that allow mothers to nurse or feed their infants, many see little use. In addition, 4 out of 10 nursing facilities were off limits to men, barring fathers from taking advantage of the venues. This is according to a [...]
SUWON, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Doctors from the Gyeonggi Korean Medicine Association had a 10 percent success rate last year with a special treatment program for women who were struggling to conceive. According to the association, 270 women were provided with Korean medicine treatments such as liquid medicine, acupuncture, and moxibustion. The association was [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of urban farms and farmers is increasing, with many making use of idle garden space. According to Gyeonggi Province and Gyeonggi Agricultural Research and Extension Services, there were 552,000 people engaged in farming over 3.2 square kilometers of land in cities at the end of 2017. While [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Starting next month, patients getting magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of their brains will be paying just one-fourth what others have been paying until now. The Ministry of Health and Welfare revealed yesterday that the ministerial committee that has the final say in implementing health policies had reviewed the [...]