SEOUL, Apr. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea is vying for UNESCO recognition of the traditional knowledge, skills and cultural practices associated with the production of hanji, the nation’s iconic handmade paper crafted from the inner bark of the mulberry tree. The Cultural Heritage Administration announced on Saturday that it has submitted an application to UNESCO [...]
NEW YORK, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Woven Science’s El Puente foundation is pleased to release for public comment its policy paper and corporate social responsibility initiative for psychedelic pharmaceutical companies to engage with indigenous peoples using psychedelic botanicals in traditional practice. This paper explores how public policymakers in collaboration with companies can offer indigenous communities influence over [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — In the process of investigation and trial of criminal cases, paper documents are expected to disappear in 2024. The Ministry of Justice announced that new legislation that requires e-documents to be used in criminal judicial procedures had passed the National Assembly’s plenary session. Unlike procedures for patents, and civil [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A Harvard professor, criticized for his depiction of victims of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery as prostitutes, will “significantly” revise another controversial paper on the 1923 massacre of Koreans in Japan, a co-editor of an academic handbook said Saturday. In an email interview with Yonhap News Agency, Alon Harel, the [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Credit card companies are currently consulting with financial authorities to make issuing paper receipts optional. For card companies, issuing paper receipts is becoming more costly due to last year’s reduction in transaction fees. Card companies argue that issuing paper receipts is not necessary since card users can check their [...]