SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – A new study has revealed that even donated breast milk is healthier than formula for infants. Findings from a study conducted by professor Jung Seong-hoon and his team at Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong revealed that donated breast milk proved to be a much better a choice than [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – An increasing number of science magazines are being launched in the South Korean publishing industry targeting adult readers, with many experts hopeful that the trend could lead to the expansion of the science literature industry. Among the publishers jumping on the bandwagon of science magazines is EumPublishing, which is [...]
SEJONG, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government is set to introduce new road safety measures which will see even smaller buses being equipped with a lane departure warning system.Under the new plans from the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs (MOLIT) for road safety law reforms, buses that are only 9 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – At 90 percent, the vast majority of the 382 reported cases of drug smuggling in South Korea last year were via international mail (240 cases), airplane passengers (63 cases) and express package shipments (60 cases). According to National Assemblyman and member of the Strategy and Finance Committee Shim Jae [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government has warned one of the country’s major mobile networks over its alleged subsidies to boost sales of Samsung’s latest smartphone, the Galaxy Note 8, a marketing practice prohibited under current legislation. According to the Korea Communications Commission on Monday, the government branch which controls mobile phone [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of civil and family lawsuits and criminal cases filed last year hit an 18-year high not seen since the Korean financial Crisis in 1998. According to data released on Monday by the administrative department at the Supreme Court of Korea, the number of lawsuits filed in 2016 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean food authorities have announced that probiotics extracted from traditional South Korean food can help prevent diabetes complications. The Korea Food Research Institute made the announcement on Tuesday along with an update on its research into the commercialization of diabetes complication-preventing probiotics, which are extracted from traditional Korean food [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – There are no losers, only winners, in the first round of the AI speaker confrontation between Kakao and Naver, as pre-sales of each tech company’s flagship product were effectively over minutes after they began. Pre-sales of the Kakao Mini started on September 18 and lasted only 38 minutes. The [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Lotte Group’s decision to cut its losses on its Lotte Mart business in China is reportedly drawing interest from five to 10 potential buyers, according to sources in the investment banking industry. Speaking on conditions of anonymity, one source said, “The names of the firms involved in negotiations cannot [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Chemicals Co., a South Korean pharmaceutical and chemical goods manufacturer, and multinational drug firm GlaxoSmithKline Plc. (GSK) are awaiting final approval of their respective herpes zoster vaccines, market watchers said Tuesday. Approval is forecast to shake up the market in a big way, setting up a showdown with [...]