TONGYEONG, SOUTH KOREA, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Tongyeong has recently implemented a surveillance radar system often deployed for military purposes. Tongyeong is the first municipality in the country to develop a maritime disaster prevention system. The system launched yesterday with a total of 35 thermographic and rotating security cameras placed in [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Student outcry continues to grow on campuses across the nation over class-size restrictions, as universities struggle to appease students while also facing government-mandated structure reforms on higher education facilities. University websites have been inundated with online messages posted by students looking to swap classes with others, with some desperate [...]
TEL-AVIV, Israel, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — RedHill Biopharma Ltd. (NASDAQ:RDHL) (TASE:RDHL) (“RedHill” or the “Company”), a biopharmaceutical company primarily focused on development and commercialization of late clinical-stage, proprietary, orally-administered, small molecule drugs for gastrointestinal and inflammatory diseases and cancer, together with IntelGenx Corp. (TSX-V:IGX) (OTCQX:IGXT) (“IntelGenx”), a Canadian drug delivery company focused on oral [...]
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 28, 2016 (Korea Bizwire) — Next Generation Labs (‘NGL’) the only global manufacturer of patented synthetic molecular nicotine for use in the vape and e-cigarette industry has been fighting a prolonged commercial battle in South Korea with tobacco nicotine manufacturers and importers from China. These manufacturers have and continue to mis-sell and [...]
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Telenav®, Inc. (NASDAQ:TNAV), a leader in connected car and location-based services today announced the company’s further expansion in Asia with Telenav Korea Limited, and the opening of its office in Incheon, South Korea, an emerging economic hub and innovation center located just west of Seoul. The office [...]
TEL-AVIV, Israel, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — RedHill Biopharma Ltd. (NASDAQ:RDHL) (TASE:RDHL) (“RedHill” or the “Company”), a biopharmaceutical company primarily focused on development and commercialization of late clinical-stage, proprietary, orally-administered, small molecule drugs for gastrointestinal and inflammatory diseases and cancer, together with IntelGenx Corp. (TSX-V:IGX) (OTCQX:IGXT) (“IntelGenx”), a Canadian drug delivery company focused on oral [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Psychological warfare is playing a big part in the ongoing conflict between the two Koreas. The North continuously propagates anti-American sentiment to push the US to withdraw its troops from the peninsula, and to create internal conflicts within South Korean society. The South’s military, on the other hand, has used [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The debt held by South Korea’s leading conglomerates increased 2.5 percent in 2015 from a year earlier, with five of them logging debt ratios exceeding 200 percent, corporate data showed Wednesday. According to the data by market researcher CEO Score, 252 affiliates of the country’s top 30 business groups [...]
WASHINGTON, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Recent satellite imagery shows North Korea is forging ahead with development of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, the website 38 North said Tuesday. The imagery taken of the North’s Shinpo Shipyard on April 29, six days after the North’s latest SLBM test, shows that a submersible missile test stand barge [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Leading business groups of South Korea and Iran agreed Tuesday to promote commercial and industrial partnerships by establishing consultative bodies. The Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) said it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Iran’s Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA). The KCCI will [...]