SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean children and young people are less satisfied with their lives compared with the youths in other OECD countries, according to an actual condition survey on children and young people in South Korea published by the Ministry of Health and Welfare. Korean children and young people rated their [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – A lot more medical workers have applied for a medical care team to be dispatched to Ebola-hit nations than expected. The Ministry of Health and Welfare, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in South Korea jointly announced on October 29 that a total of 40 medical staff [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) – While a recent OECD study showed that life expectancy in Korea has rapidly increased for the past five years, it displayed a shameful aspect of the nation as well, as it revealed that Korea has again, for 10 years in a row, ranked first in suicide rate in among 34 [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Medical tourism is on the rise as a blue ocean in Korea. On May 21, according to the government and related industries, the number of medical tourists has exceeded 210,000 and local governments are setting up medical tourism complexes aiming to make the magnet of medical tourism. The Ministry [...]
SEOUL, Korea, April 15, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – While delightful background music is playing, disturbing images of decayed human body parts are flashed with a caption saying “Every cigarette is doing you damage.” This is the content of an anti-smoking advertisement made by the government of Australia. In order to convey a powerful message, the [...]
SEOUL, Korea, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) – To prevent unattended deaths or suicides of senior citizens who are living alone, the Korean government takes measures such as making friends among themselves and providing facilities where they can live together. The Ministry of Health and Welfare will launch pilot projects targeting for living-alone seniors in urban [...]