SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — High-caffeine foods and drinks will be restricted from media ads starting in November, the government said Wednesday, affecting some 2,000 local products often used by teenagers to chase away drowsiness. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said it has put out an advance notice of the measure to [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) – With more Koreans suffering from chronic fatigue and sleep disorders, companies developing sleep aids are looking for opportunities to attract sleep-deprived people with products promising improved sleep. Since long working hours and a stressful environment can cause sleep deprivation for many people, as experts say, the desire to get a good [...]
GANGNEUNG, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) – From leisure activities to military or industrial purposes, drones have lately become part of everyday life for many people. For the first time in the country, lifesaving drones will be flying over Gyeongpo Beach on Korea’s eastern coast as part of a pilot project. The city of Gangneung announced that [...]
MOKPO, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Haengnam Chinaware, the second largest producer of ceramic wares in South Korea, announced on Thursday, July 14, that it will sign an agreement with the city of Mokpo to build an amino acid supplement manufacturing facility at the city’s coastal industrial complex in September of this year. Amino acids are [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will be sending its largest medical team to a multisport competition at this year’s Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics, hoping to keep its athletes healthy amid the Zika virus scare, pollution problems and security challenges. The Korean Olympic Committee (KOC) said Friday it has put together a [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study conducted by a research team from the family medicine department at Seoul National University’s Bundang Hospital revealed that individuals who manage their health using smartphones can better monitor and regulate their blood pressure and smoking and drinking habits than those who don’t. The study was conducted [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent international research endeavor has led to the identification of 16 genes that are responsible for increasing the risk of type 2 diabetes, an advancement that could represent a key step forward in understanding, preventing, and treating the disease. Over 300 scientists from 22 countries collaborated on the [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The Association of Korean Medicine (AKOM), which dropped the word “oriental” from its English name several years ago to supposedly reduce Western cultural prejudices, is clashing with the Korean Medical Association (KMA), again, over the launch of a pilot project promoting traditional Korean medical treatment as an alternative for elderly dementia [...]
BUSAN, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Major hospitals in South Korea’s second largest city of Busan will stage presentations in Russia later this week as part of their efforts to enter the Russian medical market and entice Russian patients, a Busan city official said Tuesday. “A medical delegation from Busan-based Dong-a University Hospital, Kangdong Hospital [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean fried chicken franchises are widely beloved. Fried chicken has become the most celebrated night time snack for Koreans, and chicken franchises have a wide range of offerings, from simple ‘original’ fried chicken to recipes as sophisticated as ‘Oak Tree-Smoked Chicken’. However, a recent study conducted by the Korean [...]