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Sun, November 17, 2019 | 09:12

Briquettes for underprivileged

Briquettes for underprivileged

Volunteers work to carry briquettes to be delivered to poor and elderly residents in Baeksa Village, Nowon-gu, northeastern Seoul, Nov. 9.

2019-11-12 17:00

Korean men smoke less, but weigh more

Korean men smoke less, but weigh more

The number of male smokers in Korea has halved over the last 20 years, but the obesity rate has significantly risen during the same period, according to a national survey.

2019-11-10 20:20

Gov't still vigilant over African swine fever

Gov't still vigilant over African swine fever

Since the last confirmed case of African swine fever (ASF), Oct. 9, the deadly animal disease has not been reported for a month. However, the quarantine authorities still remain vigilant as more wild boars infected with ASF have been found.

2019-11-08 17:43

Elementary school student saves eight lives through organ donation

Elementary school student saves eight lives through organ donation

Choi Dong-won, a nine-year-old elementary school student, passed away Tuesday after a severe head injury sustained three days prior left him brain-dead. His mother decided to donate Choi's heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, pancreas and corneas saying that although her son cannot survive, his organs can save several others.

2019-11-08 17:41

Protesting government's warning against e-cigarettes

Protesting government's warning against e-cigarettes

Members of the Korea E-Cig Industry Association protest the government's recent strong warning against the use of liquid e-cigarettes over health concerns, during a rally in front of the National Assembly in Seoul, Wednesday. They demanded the government present scientific evidence to show e-cigarettes are more harmful than combustible ones. / Yonhap

2019-11-06 18:55

Celebrities to be banned from alcohol packaging

Celebrities to be banned from alcohol packaging

The government is seeking to ban local distilleries from promoting their products through the use of photographs of celebrities on their bottles. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said Monday it would revise the National Health Promotion Act to ban all images of celebrities from alcohol containers in an effort to prevent glamorizing its consumption.

2019-11-04 17:40

Law to be revised to allow non-relatives to hold funerals

Law to be revised to allow non-relatives to hold funerals

The government is seeking a law revision to allow friends or cohabitants of a person, who dies without surviving family, to hold a funeral. According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Monday, it is working to change the administrative regulations on funerals for people without any remaining relatives.

2019-11-04 16:09

Promoting pork consumption

Promoting pork consumption

Gyeonggi Provincial Governor Lee Jae-myung, left, and Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon, right, cook pork with help from actress Kim Su-mi at Seoul Plaza, during an event Friday, to encourage people to eat pork. Pork consumption and sales have declined significantly after the outbreak of African swine fever here as people are shunning pork over safety fears. Yonhap

2019-11-01 16:58

Kolon's 'innovative drug company' status to be revoked

Kolon's 'innovative drug company' status to be revoked

The Ministry of Health and Welfare said Wednesday that it is considering revoking Kolon Life Science's certificate as an “innovative drug company” for its mislabeling and false reporting of a key ingredient in its gene therapy drug Invossa.

2019-10-30 16:10

Korea allocates W200 bil. for dementia research through 2028

Korea allocates W200 bil. for dementia research through 2028

The Korean government will allocate a budget worth 198.7 billion won ($167 million) for dementia research over the next nine years, in an effort to tackle the rapid increase of neurodegenerative diseases.

2019-10-29 17:19

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