SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study has revealed a significant concentration of doctors in the Seoul metropolitan area, resulting in approximately half of the country’s provinces being designated as “medical vulnerable areas,” where access to medical facilities for childbirth and emergency care is limited. The ’2022 Medical Vulnerable Areas Monitoring Study’ report, submitted [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean embassy in Bangkok and the Korean association in Thailand on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding with Bangkok Hospital to provide medical services to Koreans in Thailand. Based on the agreement, the hospital will provide medical treatment to Korean residents at a discounted rate, and alert [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid the expansion of at-home medical treatments resulting from the surge in the number of COVID-19 patients, non-face-to-face medical services are also expanding steadily in medical communities. The medical industry, which once threatened a strike to prevent the introduction of non-face-to-face medical services, appears to be taking a step [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s Gangnam Ward hosted a medical and beauty fair in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), this week to promote South Korean medical services and beauty products in the Middle East, officials said Thursday. The 2019 Gangnam Premium Medi & Beauty Fair, organized jointly with the Korea International Trade [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — For the past several decades, South Korea has achieved stellar economic performance on the back of prowess in key industries such as shipbuilding and chipmaking. But faced with rising challenges from China and other major players, Asia’s fourth-largest economy is on the lookout for the next growth drivers to [...]