SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government has announced that the 11th day of every month will be designated as a “Walk to Work” day where citizens will be encouraged to walk to their workplaces. The “Walk to Work” campaign was designed to urge citizens to take advantage of their commute to do [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Flatulence can be an awkward, abashing subject to talk about, which is probably why there’s a fairly good number of myths surrounding it: Farting causes global warming, farting on pillows can cause pink eye, holding your gas for too long can cause your stomach to explode, et cetera. But [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) – People living in rural parts of the country have a higher stress level than those in cities, and the level rises as the size of the neighborhood becomes smaller, study results indicated Monday. The rate of obesity and illnesses were also higher in rural regions, according to the study [...]
SANCHEONG, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Jirisan National Park is Korea’s largest terrestrial national park, surrounding the 1915m-high Jiri Mountain (second tallest in South Korea) and covering some 471 square kilometers. And it looks like Koreans will be able to purchase its clean, fresh air from supermarkets in the near future. Sancheong County, South Gyeongsang Province, which [...]
BUSAN, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) – A welfare facility where the elderly and the young can live together has recently opened in Busan. The Jongdeok Welfare Foundation opened the Keunbyeol Nursing Home in the Jongdeok Foster Care Home building, which is located in the Yeonje District of Busan, on Thursday, July 7. The Jongdeok Foster Care [...]
SEOUL, July 8 Korea Bizwire) – A recent study has revealed that individuals drinking more than twice a week are almost twice as likely to commit suicide compared to non-drinkers. The study was conducted by Jung Young-ho, a senior researcher at the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, and the conclusion was derived from [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) – When a child is exposed to the Internet and TV media for educational purposes, they tend to show less aggressive behavior, but the effect is reversed when they’re used for playing instead. Parents must strictly control the amount of time children use the Internet and TV for the purpose of [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Starting next year, foreign laborers in Korea will no longer benefit from a policy that allowed them to receive medical treatment for free, and will instead have to pay 20 percent of the total expense. Laborers with foreign citizenship used to receive up to 10 million won ($8,500) for their [...]
DAEJEON, South Korea, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) – In vivo nanoparticles that can be injected into the body for real-time monitoring of cancer cell metastasis or movement of drugs have been developed by researchers in Korea. On Monday, July 4, Dr. Hong Kwan-su and Dr. Park Hye-sun from the Korea Basic Science Institute and Dr. Seo [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s apparel firm Kolon Fashion Material Co. said Monday that it will provide “mosquito-free” uniforms to the country’s athletes participating in the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics. The so-called “MOS-LOCK” will be made out of fabric that is equipped with repellent that keeps mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus [...]