SEOUL, Jul. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Koreans are especially susceptible to allergic contact dermatitis in July and August, according to a report from the National Health Insurance Corporation published on July 5. The corporation conducted a study on patients diagnosed with such dermatitis from 2009 to 2013, and concluded that most of the cases were [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Three revised welfare laws that enable citizens to receive ‘tailored’ welfare benefits varying upon general livelihood, housing, health and education, took effect on July 1. Korea’s national basic livelihood security supported individuals in need by selecting them on the basis of the minimum cost of living. The Ministry of [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Yuhan Kimberly, a sanitary products manufacturer, has developed a self-health check method for women and published it on its official website, said the company on June 29. Yuhan Kimberly said that the company noticed women in general have a lack of information about their own bodies and physiological symptoms [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) – In Andong, a farming city in North Gyeongsang Province, there are several farms openly growing hemp, a high-growing variety of cannabis. Of course, they are not growing the plant to make marijuana, which is banned in Korea. The hemp grown in Andong is used to make hemp fabric, one [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Koreans who consider themselves middle-income earners have unrealistically high expectations about their post-retirement lives, even as they save little. According to a survey conducted by AIA Group on 2,500 individuals from Korea, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan who consider themselves to be middle-income earners, Korean respondents answered that they [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean police have uncovered the largest indoor cultivation of cannabis in Korea. Namdaemun District Police arrested a man in his thirties for growing 46 cannabis plants in his 109 ㎡ apartment space in Yongin, and confiscated the plants as well as 135 grams of end-products, worth a total of [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A research team led by Purdue University has found molecules that can inhibit the activity of the MERS virus. According to a university announcement on June 23, the team has found a molecule structure that shut down the activity of an enzyme essential to MERS virus replication. Andrew Mesecar, [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) is spreading nationwide, with 175 confirmed patients and a death toll of 27 as of June 23, and only Incheon is free from the deadly virus. Although its neighboring cities and counties like Gimpo, Bucheon and Siheung have MERS patients, the second largest port city [...]
SEJONG, Jun. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean researchers have found a use for invasive alien plants that are disturbing local ecosystems, as six species have proven to be effective in treating and preventing tooth, gum and skin diseases. The National Institute of Biological Resources said on June 21 that extracts from Prickly lettuce, Buffalo weed, [...]
SEOUL, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean researchers have developed a method to estimate in real time the paracellular permeability of the blood-brain barrier (BBB), which works to prevent brain diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease and strokes by blocking inflammation and germs from entering the brain. The high paracellular permeability of BBB is often linked with [...]