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Infertility treatment cases exceed 200,000 as pregnancy rates decline in South Korea
In 2022, the number of infertility procedures performed in the country surpassed 200,000. A total of 78,543 individuals underwent infertility treatments, averaging about three procedures per person. T...
Lee Byung-chul
Infertility treatment cases exceed 200,000 as pregnancy rates decline in South Korea
Scientists discover therizinosaur with two fingers for grasping plants
A new therizinosaur dinosaur with only two fingers has been discovered in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia. A research team led by Professor Yoshitsugu Kobayashi from Hokkaido University in Japan and the M...
 
12min ago
|Lee Ho-jun
Hanmi Pharmaceutical implements professional management as Kim Jae-kyo leads new team
Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group has embarked on a full-fledged professional management system. Song Yeong-sook, the late founder Lim Sung-ki's spouse, has assumed the role of CEO of Hanmi Science, the hold...
 
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|Lee Byung-chul
Welfare Ministry certifies 21 hospitals as research-centered facilities in Korea
The first evaluation results have been released since the research-centered hospital system transitioned from a designation system to a certification system. The Ministry of Health and Welfare noted t...
 
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|Lee Byung-chul
Korea designates 18 key quarantine management areas for health safety
The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency announced on the 26th that it has designated priority quarantine management areas and quarantine management areas in the second quarter of this year. Qu...
 
3h ago
|Lee Byung-chul
German researchers recreate foie gras taste without animal cruelty using enzymes
Foie gras, made from the livers of geese or ducks, is famous as one of the top three delicacies in the world, but it is also notorious for the cruel farming techniques used to produce it, which are co...
 
3h ago
|Lee Jong-hyun
Lee Kang-soo leads venture capital push to establish South Korean space station
INNOSPACE successfully launched a test rocket, becoming the first domestic corporation to do so. SpaceLinTech is developing new drugs in the microgravity environment of space. CONTEC has successfully ...
 
3h ago
|Lee Jong-hyun
Medical students voice concerns over return as universities threaten expulsion
Universities that closed applications for readmission for students on leave of absence have sent warnings of expulsion to those who have not returned. As universities that have not finished applicatio...
 
8h ago
|Lee Byung-chul, Yeom Hyun-a
Dong-A Pharmaceutical delivers medicine to wildfire-affected areas in South Korea
Dong-A Pharmaceutical announced on the 25th that it will support pharmaceuticals and other supplies to the areas affected by forest fires, such as Uiseong County in Gyeongsangbuk-do and Sancheong Coun...
 
19h ago
|Lee Byung-chul
Smartphone ownership boosts youth happiness, while social media harms mental health
A study has been released that overturns the previous expectation that smartphones have a negative impact on youth health. Children who own smartphones reported a higher overall satisfaction with life...
 
19h ago
|Lee Ho-jun
Blue band enhances lunar eclipse visuals during blood moon event
What causes the blue band crossing the moon during a lunar eclipse? This band is usually not easily noticeable. However, this image taken last week in Norman, Oklahoma, U.S., is a digitally enhanced p...
 
20h ago
|Heo Ji-yoon
O Sang-hoon resigns as CHA Biotech CEO after six years of leadership
O Sang-hoon, CEO of CHA Biotech, will resign at the end of this month for personal reasons after leading the company for six years. According to CHA Biotech on the 25th, the board is expected to appro...
 
20h ago
|Heo Ji-yoon
Seoul National University Engineering and UAE Astronauts Forge Space Research Partnership
The Seoul National University College of Engineering announced that Dr. Sultan Alneyadi, an astronaut from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the UAE Minister of Youth, visited the College of Engineer...
 
21h ago
|Lee Jong-hyun
Google-backed 23andMe files for bankruptcy as genetic testing market struggles
Once exceeding a market capitalization of more than 8 trillion won, the American direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing company 23andMe has declared bankruptcy. It could not withstand the effects of...
 
21h ago
|Yeom Hyun-a
Welfare Ministry plans to develop 27,000 biohealth experts this year
The government decided to nurture nearly 27,000 experts in the biohealth sector this year. The aim is to develop talent that meets the demands of corporations and solve the mismatch between the supply...
 
21h ago
|Yeom Hyun-a
John Lim tops Korea’s pharma salary chart with 7.9 billion won earnings
Last year, the 'salary king' in the domestic listed pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry was John Lim, CEO of Samsung Biologics. John Lim received a total of 7.9 billion won, including salary and...
 
22h ago
|Heo Ji-yoon
South Korea invests 505.2 billion won in mRNA vaccine development for pandemics
The project will invest 505.2 billion won to create a messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccine development platform in preparation for a pandemic. The mRNA vaccine induces an immune response by injec...
 
22h ago
|Lee Jong-hyun
Samsung Biologics, Celltrion lead Korean pharma sector with salaries over 100 million won
Last year, both Samsung Biologics and Celltrion recorded their highest sales in history, with the average salary per employee surpassing 100 million won. This marks the first time that the average sal...
 
23h ago
|Heo Ji-yoon
Polio vaccine developers van Damme and Bandyopadhyay win Park Man-hoon Prize
SK bioscience announced on the 25th that this year's recipient of the 'Park Man-hoon Award,' established in collaboration with the International Vaccine Institute (IVI), was selected from researchers ...
2025.03.25(Tue)
|Heo Ji-yoon
Seo Jin-seok targets 700 billion won in Jimpenetra sales amid shareholder concerns
Seo Jin-seok, CEO of Celltrion, noted on the 25th that, "After achieving a record-high sales of 3.5 trillion won last year, I aim to reach a target sales of 700 billion won for Jimpenetra (the U.S. pr...
2025.03.25(Tue)
|Yeom Hyun-a
Genius bonobo Kanzi, 44, passes away after revolutionizing animal communication
A two-year-old baby Kanzi, who communicated with humans at an extraordinary level, created and used stone tools, and even learned to play video games, passed away at the age of 44 on the 18th (local t...
2025.03.25(Tue)
|Lee Young-wan
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