CHEONGJU, Jun. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – In a troubling development, several veterinary clinics in Cheongju, South Korea, have been accused of indiscriminately capturing and sterilizing pregnant feral cats to secure government funding, despite legal prohibitions against such practices. According to the Korea Abandoned Animal Welfare Association (KAWA), from March to May, three out of six animal [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – In recent years, South Korea has witnessed a significant increase in medical expenses related to drug addiction, largely attributed to a growing trend of prescribing psychotropic medications for insomnia treatment and weight loss. The Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) released these findings on June 26, coinciding with World [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Medical professors serving as senior doctors at three major hospitals of Yonsei University were set to launch an indefinite walkout Thursday as little progress has been made in efforts to resolve a monthslong conflict over a medical reform plan. Professors at Severance Hospital, Gangnam Severance Hospital and Yongin Severance [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent report from the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) reveals a troubling trend in South Korea: intentional self-harm hospitalizations have more than doubled over the past decade, with teenagers being the most affected group. According to the “2022 Hospital Discharge Injury Statistics” released on June 26, the [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A new study predicts that South Korea’s declining birth rate and shrinking population could lead to a significant labor shortage in key sectors by 2042, with over 600,000 fewer workers in restaurants and retail compared to 2022 levels. The forecast was presented by professor Lee Chulhee of Seoul National University [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A dramatic increase in illegal spam messages, many of which encourage stock investments, has prompted authorities to launch an emergency investigation to determine if the surge is due to hacking of SMS resellers or if these resellers are complicit in the activity. According to telecommunications authorities and industry insiders, the [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of babies born in South Korea marked on-year growth for the first time in 19 months in April, data showed Wednesday, as the country is struggling to boost its ultra-low birth rate. A total of 19,049 babies were born in April 2024, up 2.8 percent from a [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The yearly number of drug offenders surpassed the 20,000 mark for the first time last year, driven by increases among young people and women, a report showed Wednesday. A record high of 27,611 people were apprehended for drug-related offenses last year, marking nearly a 50 percent increase from the [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has launched more than 250 trash-carrying balloons toward South Korea overnight, Seoul’s military said Wednesday, marking the sixth launch of such balloons since late last month. Some 100 balloons, mostly carrying scrap paper, landed in Seoul and the northern part of Gyeonggi Province that surrounds the capital, [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – A devastating fire at a primary battery manufacturing plant in Hwaseong, South Korea, has once again brought the safety risks of lithium batteries into sharp focus. The blaze, which broke out at 10:31 a.m. on June 24 at the Aricell factory in Hwaseong’s Seosin-myeon district, has claimed the lives [...]