SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The season’s first ice formation was recorded Friday on the Han River, which bisects Seoul, as the mercury fell to a morning low of 10 C below zero in many areas, the weather agency said. The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) observed the first ice formation on the river, 42 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – A group representing pork producers has introduced a number of tender pork recipes to boost sales, as the ‘silver food’ market for elderly customers continues to grow in South Korea. Korea Pork and the Korean Dietetic Association unveiled a number of pork recipes catering to seniors, hospital patients and children [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Lotte Mart, the third-largest discount store chain in South Korea by revenue, said Thursday that it will stop selling cigarettes next year as it is pushing to specialize in healthy products. Lotte Mart CEO Kim Jong-in said the decision is part of his company’s commitment to transform itself into [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean doctors in the fields of Korean medicine and Western medicine are clashing over ‘Moon Jae-in Care’, an initiative to expand national health insurance coverage to include ultrasounds and MRI scans. In a statement, the Association of Korean Medicine, a group representing doctors of traditional Korean medicine, condemned doctors [...]
SEOUL Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – A new study has found 6 in 10 South Koreans believe they have sensitive facial skin, one of the highest figures in the world. A research team led by professor Lee Yang-won at Konkuk University Medical Center revealed on Tuesday that around 57 percent of South Koreans believe their facial [...]
CHUNCHEON, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A series of reports of allergic reactions following the consumption of edible insects have raised concern over a food source that is expected to be of significant importance in the future. According to a survey conducted by the Korea Consumer Agency with a sample of 500 respondents, 46 people [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – A new survey has found that nearly 8 in 10 South Korean patients want to receive a detailed prognosis consisting of life expectancy and whether or not their illness is curable when they are diagnosed with a serious illness. Findings from the survey, released by Professor Lee Yun-sung at [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s retail giant Shinsegae said Friday it will reduce its employees’ working hours to 35 per week starting next year as part of its efforts to improve their work-life balance. It will mark the first case for a local conglomerate to adopt the 35-hour working week policy, when [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety approved the sale of menstrual cup ‘FemmyCycle’ in South Korea on Thursday, meaning it could be available at retailers as soon as next month. FemmyCycle, which is produced by U.S. company Femcap, is the first menstrual cup product to be sold in South [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Kim Eun-ah, who asked for an alias, realized at the age of 37 that having a child had become a difficult and very expensive task. Kim, with her husband of seven years, had initially postponed having kids as they wanted to be more financially stable and able to settle [...]