SEJONG, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea on Thursday began to destroy all eggs contaminated with harmful insecticides in a move to quell public anxiety about food safety. “The government is tracking all tainted eggs and will discard them,” Agriculture Minister Kim Yung-rok said in a National Assembly session. “We will publish all information [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Food & Drug Administration is set to introduce a new measure making public information about harmful tobacco ingredients in an effort to curb smoking in the country. According to the Korea Food & Drug Administration (KFDA) on Wednesday, the government branch is currently considering the means to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon ordered the government Thursday to conduct an all-out inspection to make sure that chickens and processed foods are safe from insecticide-contaminated eggs even after all tainted eggs are removed from the market. Lee also said that the egg scandal can be brought under control before [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government said Wednesday that eggs from four more farms in the country have been found to be contaminated with harmful pesticides, escalating the health scare over tainted egg products here. Some eggs at a farm with 55,000 hens in Cheorwon, 80 kilometers north of Seoul, were [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Major South Korean pharmaceutical companies expanded their spending on research and development (R&D) during the first half this year, with Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. allocating the most, industry data showed Wednesday. According to their semi-annual business reports, 10 out of the 15 drug companies spent more on R&D during the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has the second-longest average work hours per person, but its wage levels fall under the median among member states of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), data showed Wednesday. The OECD Employment Outlook 2017, an annual report, said an average South Korean worked 2,069 hours [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Some egg products in South Korea have been contaminated with a potentially harmful pesticide, the government said Tuesday, amid a growing health scare in Europe over tainted egg products. Some eggs at a farm with 80,000 hens in Namyangju, east of Seoul, were found to contain the pesticide fipronil [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s health care and beauty-related stores are posting solid growth allowing them to consider expanding operations at home and abroad, industry data showed Tuesday. According to findings released by local retailers, health and beauty (H&B) chain stores like Olive Young, GS Watsons and LOHBs have done well, posting [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Data from a hospital in South Jeolla Province has revealed the number of patients who suffer from postpartum bleeding, a possible cause of maternal mortality, has more than doubled over the last decade amid growing instances of late marriage and childbearing in South Korea. According to data published by Chonnam [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of mosquitoes this year is down 38 percent compared to average levels, thanks to heavy rains and sweltering heat waves that have fended off the blood-sucking species, new data has revealed. Fewer of the detested pests have appeared during the summer this year, according to new data [...]