SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Last year alone, approximately 25,000 cases involving the sale of medication over the Internet were uncovered by authorities. According to data provided by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, there were 122,712 cases of illegal online sales of medication from 2013 to June of this year. The number [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — About one out of three South Korean adults are not doing enough physical exercise, with women more inactive than men, a recent World Health Organization (WHO) report said. The proportion of inactive Korean people was 35.3 percent — 29.5 percent for men and 41 percent for women — the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A series of new insurance coverage plans that offer additional discounts for health-conscious walking enthusiasts have been launched recently. Heungkuk Life Insurance Co. revealed today that it was offering a plan titled “Vari-Good” that refunds a maximum of 10 percent of a subscriber’s insurance premium depending on the distance [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting this month, the government is expanding a trial run of allowing more medical institutions to join the hospice industry. According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, 14 new hospice institutions providing either home or consultation hospice services were given [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The World Institute of Kimchi announced on Aug. 30 that it had discovered lactic acid bacteria that are effective in preventing and treating eczema, also known as atopic dermititis. This bacteria, labeled Weisella Sakei WiKim30, is the institute’s second finding after Weisella Cibaria WiKim28 last April. The latest study [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – An increasing number of 50- and 60-somethings in Korea are getting national qualifications for technical skills, as they seek out their second life. According to a press release from the Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL) on Aug. 29, 63,929 out of 677,686 technical qualification certificates were issued to test [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A patient who underwent a kidney transplant many years ago broke previous records by surviving for 40 years after the surgery was performed. Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital announced yesterday that the patient, Lee, now in his 80s, received a kidney transplant from his brother in 1978 after suffering from [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Selling coffee will be completely banned at elementary, middle and high schools starting mid-September, the food ministry said Tuesday. The ban will become effective as of Sept. 14 following a law revision, according to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety. Foods and beverages with high levels of caffeine [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The nominal income of South Koreans belonging to the lower 40 percent of income earners in the second quarter of the year indicated the worst-ever drop recorded in the nation’s history when considering all previous second quarter data. Meanwhile, the nominal income belonging to the top 20 percent of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A new study has revealed that nearly half of South Koreans who suffer from heart attacks resulting from clogged or narrowed blood vessels were unable to quit smoking even after receiving medical treatment for their acute illness. The death rate for smokers with continuous smoking habits was 1.6-times greater [...]