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Digital Sex Crime Investigators Suffer from PTSD: Survey

Digital Sex Crime Investigators Suffer from PTSD: Survey

SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of police officers in charge of investigating digital sex crime have been exposed to the risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a survey showed Monday. According to the Korean Association of Police Science Review, a survey of 65 police officers from three cyber enforcement divisions revealed that [...]

University Develops Device that Can Replace Opioid-based Painkillers by Cooling Peripheral Nerves

University Develops Device that Can Replace Opioid-based Painkillers by Cooling Peripheral Nerves

BUSAN, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Pusan National University has developed a new device that can relieve pain as an alternative to opioid-based painkillers. The university announced on Monday that its researchers had developed a biometric implantable device using micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) fluid channel technology to relieve pain by cooling a targeted area of the [...]

Gov’t to Release Nutritional Information Data to the Public

Gov’t to Release Nutritional Information Data to the Public

SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Government data on food nutritional information such as carbohydrates and fat will be open to the public. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced that it had set up an integrated database of food nutrition information by standardizing the data dispersed throughout ministries and agencies, with the database [...]

S. Korea Approves Use of 1st Homegrown COVID-19 Vaccine from SK Bioscience

S. Korea Approves Use of 1st Homegrown COVID-19 Vaccine from SK Bioscience

SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Wednesday approved the use of SKYCovione, the country’s first homegrown COVID-19 vaccine developed by SK Bioscience Co., taking a major step toward achieving vaccine sovereignty in the fight against the pandemic. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) said it approved the use of SKYCovione, [...]

SK Bioscience’s COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Inches Closer to Launch After Experts’ Approval Recommendation

SK Bioscience’s COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Inches Closer to Launch After Experts’ Approval Recommendation

SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s first COVID-19 vaccine candidate, developed by SK Bioscience Co., has received an approval recommendation from a government advisory group of pharmaceutical experts, officials said Monday, pushing the vaccine candidate one step closer to commercial launch. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said GBP510, the vaccine candidate [...]

Food Delivery Apps to Add New Function that Allows Users to Order Less Salty and Less Sugary Foods

Food Delivery Apps to Add New Function that Allows Users to Order Less Salty and Less Sugary Foods

SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean food delivery apps will introduce a new function that will allow users to ask for less salt and sugar. The Ministry of Health and Welfare on Monday held the National Health Policy Deliberation Committee and resolved the 3rd National Nutrition Management Basic Plan (2022-2026). First of all, [...]

Exercise Can Lower Fatality Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases Among Seniors: Study

Exercise Can Lower Fatality Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases Among Seniors: Study

SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Seniors with cardiovascular diseases can lower their risk of death through regular exercise, a study showed Thursday. A research team from Severance Hospital conducted a study of 6,076 seniors (average age of 72 years) diagnosed with cardiovascular diseases during the 2003 to 2012 health examinations and looked at how [...]

Samsung Biologics Establishes One-stop mRNA Vaccine Production Capability at Songdo Plant

Samsung Biologics Establishes One-stop mRNA Vaccine Production Capability at Songdo Plant

SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Biologics Co., the biotech arm of South Korea’s Samsung Group, has established a one-stop production capability for manufacturing messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines by newly adding a mRNA vaccine substance production facility at its plant, a company official said Thursday. According to the official, Samsung has completed the addition [...]