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Study Claims Eating Chocolate Increases Beauty

SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study has discovered good news for women who like chocolate. A research team in Seoul, after weeks of scientific investigation, proved that chocolate is highly effective in improving skin elasticity and preventing wrinkles. Gi Won Yoon, a researcher at Seoul National University’s Advanced Institutes of Convergence Technology, stated [...]

Foreign Patient Arrivals Rise to Nearly 300,000 in 2015

SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A total of 297,000 foreigners visited South Korea for medical purposes in 2015, up 11 percent from 267,000 a year ago, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said Thursday. Their medical expenditures jumped 20 percent on-year to 670 billion won (US$567.3 million), with one-third of the amount coming from [...]