SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) has submitted over 1.5 million citizen signatures to an appeals court in support of its ongoing 50 billion won ($38 million) damages lawsuit against major tobacco companies, signaling strong public backing in a legal battle over smoking-related health costs. The NHIS announced [...]
SEOUL, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Contrary to persistent public concerns that foreign nationals are draining South Korea’s national health insurance system, new data reveal a dramatically different reality: foreign enrollees have delivered a growing budget surplus for eight consecutive years, reaching an all-time high in 2024. According to figures released Wednesday by the National [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of hacking attempts from abroad targeting the health insurance server, which contains personal, financial, and medical information, is on a steep rise. According to data from the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) on Wednesday, cyberattacks on NHIS servers have been on the rise since the NHIS implemented in-house security [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Nearly one in three people who participate in the government-backed anti-smoking initiative continue on for an average of nine months smoke-free, according to a recent report from the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS). The report published yesterday revealed that of 1,000 respondents who participated in the anti-smoking initiative in 2015, [...]