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Study Reveals Workplace Physical Activity May Harm Health, Contrary to Leisure Exercise

Study Reveals Workplace Physical Activity May Harm Health, Contrary to Leisure Exercise

SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study has found that while physical activity during leisure time, such as exercise, can improve health and work productivity, the physical exertion associated with job-related activities might actually have detrimental effects on health.  The research, conducted by professor Kang Mo-yeol and his team from the Department of Occupational [...]

Four-day Ulchi Civil Defense Drill Kicks Off Nationwide Monday

Four-day Ulchi Civil Defense Drill Kicks Off Nationwide Monday

SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The annual Ulchi civil defense exercise kicked off Monday for a four-day run nationwide in conjunction with a joint military exercise between South Korea and the United States, the interior ministry said. Some 580,000 officials from about 4,000 city, county and ward governments, public institutions and others across the [...]

S. Korea, U.S. Stage Massive Live-fire Drills Marking 70th Alliance Anniv. amid N.K. Threats

S. Korea, U.S. Stage Massive Live-fire Drills Marking 70th Alliance Anniv. amid N.K. Threats

POCHEON, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — In the midst of persistent North Korean military threats, South Korea and the United States conducted their largest-ever combined live-fire drills Thursday, driving home an impactful message: The alliance will only grow stronger to achieve “peace through strength.” The Combined Joint Live-Fire Exercise, the first of its kind in [...]

S. Korea, U.S. to Conduct Vigilant Storm Air Drills Next Week amid N.K. Threats

S. Korea, U.S. to Conduct Vigilant Storm Air Drills Next Week amid N.K. Threats

SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States will hold major combined air drills, involving some 240 military aircraft, next week to verify the allies’ wartime operational capabilities, the Air Force here said Friday, amid growing North Korean security threats. The five-day Vigilant Storm exercise is set to begin Monday, as [...]

USFK Makes Public ‘Teak Knife’ Surgical Strike Drills amid N.K. Missile Provocations

USFK Makes Public ‘Teak Knife’ Surgical Strike Drills amid N.K. Missile Provocations

SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) unit carried out surgical strike drills involving its special commandos earlier this week at an American military base just south of Seoul, its public affairs office said Friday, following North Korea’s missile provocations. The USFK’s Special Operations Command Korea (SOCKOR) revealed on its Facebook [...]

S. Korea, U.S., Japan to Hold Pacific Dragon Missile Defense Exercise

S. Korea, U.S., Japan to Hold Pacific Dragon Missile Defense Exercise

SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea, the United States and Japan will kick off a combined ballistic missile defense exercise in waters off Hawaii this week, informed sources said Sunday, amid their stepped-up security coordination against North Korea’s evolving military threats. The biennial Pacific Dragon exercise is scheduled to take place from Monday [...]

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 [...]