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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics said Thursday it has set up a joint venture with SM Entertainment, the K-pop agency behind aespa and NCT Dream, to tap into the growing home fitness market. LG Electronics CEO Cho Joo-wan expressed hope the new joint venture, Fitness Candy, will elevate LG from being a [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Wednesday confirmed its first case of monkeypox infection, prompting concerns over the possibility of the spread of the virus. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said the patient, who arrived at Incheon International Airport from Germany at 4 p.m. Tuesday, has tested positive for [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]