Kolmar Korea Selected for Government-Led 'AI Factory' Initiative -- Driving Innovation in K-Beauty Manufacturing

SEOUL, South Korea, Oct. 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Kolmar Korea announced that it has been selected as the sole cosmetics company to lead a government-funded AI Factory Alliance project organized by South Korea's Ministry of Trade, Industry and...

Billionaire boss of South Korean construction giant is encouraging his workers to have children with a $75,000 bonus

How much is putting your career aside to have a baby worth? A $75,000 bonus, at the South Korean construction company Booyoung Group. The Seoul-based firm is handing out 100 million Korean won ($75,000) each time an employee has a baby to help...

Kyrgyzstan, South Korea Forge Path Toward Enhanced Bilateral Investment And Co-Op

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, October 17. Minister of Economy and Commerce of Kyrgyzstan Bakyt Sydykov met with Bang Kyung-man, President of South Korea's KT&G, and discussed expanding the company's investments in Kyrgyzstan,...

From Hotteok To Kimchi Stew: The Most Delicious Korean Winter Foods You Need To Try

From Hotteok to Kimchi Stew: The Most Delicious Korean Winter Foods You Need to Try As the winter starts in Korea, nothing can capture the spirit of street food in the region. Korean cuisine, always in tune with the seasons, reaches its most...

Bryant Gumbel Taken to Hospital by Ambulance

Veteran sportscaster Bryant Gumbel was hospitalized in New York City on Monday night after experiencing a medical emergency, according to multiple reports. TMZ reported that the 77-year-old broadcaster was taken by ambulance from his Manhattan...

Organ transplant surgeries concentrated in Seoul metro region reduce their speed and efficiency

A lawmaker noted that when brain death occurs in regional areas, limited local organ transplant infrastructure means medical staff from Seoul metro hospitals travel to these areas to harvest organs, then return to perform transplants at...

China welcomes arrival of South Korea's new ambassador: FM; Roh may help stabilize bilateral ties amid complex global situations, expert says

Photo: Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian China welcomes the arrival of South Korea's newly appointed Ambassador to the country, Roh Jae-heon, and looks forward to his positive contribution to promoting the healthy and stable...

Macau adds a new “amenity” to Studio City resort – a hospital

Macau has opened its first hospital inside a casino resort. The facility sits within Studio City, a Hollywood-themed complex operated by Melco Resorts. Hong Kong-based iRad Hospital runs the 15,000sqft site. It offers health screening, diagnostic...

South Korean embassy launches fundraising for Gen...

KATHMANDU, Oct 14: The Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Kathmandu held a solemn memorial on October 11, 2025, honouring those affected by the Gen Z movement of September 8–9. Leading the Korean community in Nepal, the embassy expressed deep...

Ukraine and South Korea deepen cooperation on medical rehabilitation and humanitarian support for war victims

Minister of Health Viktor Liashko held a meeting with representatives of the South Korean international charitable organization Good Friends International (GFI) to strengthen cooperation in healthcare, particularly in rehabilitation and...

South Korea’s PPP slammed for targeting Chinese nationals via ‘xenophobic’ bill

South Korea’s conservative opposition party is facing mounting backlash over a proposed bill that aims to tighten restrictions on Chinese nationals, with critics accusing it of stoking xenophobia to galvanise support ahead of next year’s local...

Business leaders to watch at APEC CEO Summit

Business leaders from the world's top companies have been gathering in Korea’s historic southeastern city of Gyeongju in North Gyeongsang Province to sharpen their global strategies and explore new business opportunities at the Asia-Pacific...

The horrifying health issue affecting young female K-pop stars in South Korea's brutal music industry

South Korea is infamous for being brutally strict when it comes to training K-pop idols. K-pop brings in billions of dollars for South Korea's economy each year, so it's no surprise that nothing less than complete perfection is expected from the...

WTA Finals: Sabalenka, Swiatek and Gauff battle it out for $5m Riyadh prize

For a second straight year, the WTA season’s grand finale will take place in Riyadh, bringing together the world’s top eight singles players and top eight doubles teams. A run to the Tokyo semi-finals last week saw Elena Rybakina complete the...

Two new AI systems help predict dementia, Alzheimer's

The results were presented at the 28th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), held in Daejeon, South Korea, according to Dr. Mohamed Yaqub, Associate Professor of Computer Vision and...

Half of nurses in Korea report abuse, prompting urgent mental health response

Nurses insulted, harassed, assaulted by senior colleagues, doctors and patients, yet more than 70% simply endure In South Korean hospitals, nurses are being cursed at during surgeries, ordered to run doctors’ personal errands and physically...

South Korea: Over 2300 Seoul clinics report no health insurance claims

Data shows that more than 2,300 clinic-level medical institutions in Seoul did not submit any health insurance claims during the first half of this year. Most of these cases are concentrated among plastic surgery and general practice clinics in...

Severance Hospital to host national cerebral palsy registry performance meeting

Highlighting its pivotal role in advancing cerebral palsy research in Korea, Severance Hospital will host the “Korean Cerebral Palsy Registry (KCPR) Three-Year Performance Meeting” on Friday at Room G of the Grand Hyatt Incheon. The event will...

KAIST Researchers Develop IoT-Based Mental Health Monitoring System for Single-Person Households

A research team led by Professor Lee Eui-jin from the School of Computing (Image courtesy of KAIST) DAEJEON, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — As South Korea’s single-person households surpass 8 million, researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of...

House in Seoul, big company job — 'The Dream Life of Mr. Kim' asks what success means

Star of 'Moving' and 'Extreme Job' returns to TV after 15 years, capturing humor and tragedy JTBC’s new series “The Dream Life of Mr. Kim” arrives with a Korean title as attention-grabbing as it is telling: “The Story of General Manager Kim Who...