DAEJEON, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team has successfully identified the cause of childhood stress-induced mental disorders, as well as potential treatment methods that were previously unknown. The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) research team focused on astrocytes, responsible for immune function in the brain, which excessively eliminate [...]
SINGAPORE, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Research has shown that most mental disorders develop in childhood and adolescence (before the age of 25), and one-quarter of number of years lost to disability or illness for mental and substance use disorders occur in youths. Recognising the urgency to address this burgeoning issue and to galvanise the global [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The Air Force on Friday invited a child with a rare type of cancer as a one-day member of its acrobatic flight team, the Black Eagles. Choi Yoon-soo loved planes so much that he had a wish of joining an air show to watch the air maneuvers of the [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will implement a law this week aimed at requiring operators of day care centers and kindergartens to install devices that prevent children from dying or suffering harm after being left alone aboard school buses, the Korean National Police Agency said Monday. Under the revised law concerning roads [...]
HONGCHEON, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Firefighters withstood intense heat strong enough to melt their steel helmets to save a 3-year-old child trapped inside a raging fire. Having lost consciousness after breathing in smoke, the child was quickly transferred to a hospital where he regained consciousness. In the process of the rescue, one firefighter suffered [...]
SEJONG, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of newborn babies in South Korea dropped to a six-month low in June, government data showed Wednesday. About 28,900 babies were born in the month, down 12.2 percent, or 4,000, from 32,900 tallied a year earlier, according to the data from Statistics Korea. It is the second-lowest [...]