Korean insurer strives to expand coverage for cancer patients
ABL Life announced on June 18 that it had launched a new cancer insurance plan designed to provide a much broader coverage compared to the existing products.
The Seoul-based life insurer said...
Donginbi premium cosmetics products available on e-commerce platform
Donginbi, the premium cosmetics brand of Korea Ginseng Corporation (KGC), has made inroads into Lazada to attract customers in Southeast Asian countries.
KGC announced on June 16 that the Seoul-based company’s 34 Donginbi...
Merck, IKEA try to become responsible corporate citizen
Foreign companies in South Korea are sometimes regarded as entities seeking only higher bottom lines. But many are trying to become responsible corporate citizens here, as amply demonstrated by Merck and IKEA.
Their...
Korean pharmaceutical firm joins competition to market pandemic treatment
South Korea’s pharmaceutical company Celltrion announced on June 14 that its COVD-19 treatment, called Rekirona, was safe and efficient in dealing with the virus pandemic at its phase-three clinical tests.
The company...
Investors from UAE, China show interest
Daewoo Group was once one of the biggest conglomerates in Korea. But the traces of the now-defunct group are hard to find, with the sole exception of Daewoo Engineering & Construction (E&C).
In fact, Daewoo...
Michel Foucault brings forth concept of episteme
In his book “The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences,” French philosopher Michel Foucault brought forth the concept of “episteme.”
The 1966 book is about 55 years old, but his “episteme,”...
Korean startup focuses on sophisticated question-answering platform
South Korea’s artificial intelligence (AI) startup 42maru said on June 13 that it will showcase its question-answering (QA) technology at the CogX Festival in Kings Cross, London on June 14-16.
42maru will show off...
South Korea’s defense biz bellwether demonstrates naval defense system
Hanwha Defense said on June 9 that the firm was showing off its advanced technology during a naval defense industry fair that takes place this week in Korea’s port city of...
KCCI encourages people to join national campaign
The Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) announced on June 7 its plan to carry out a nationwide campaign of encouraging people to come up with ideas to make a better country.
KCCI...
Did Hawking write a religious book?
I heard quite often that God exists outside of space-time and that prompted me to pick Stephen Hawking’s best-seller of “A Brief History of Time,” which was published in 1988 and revised in 1996.
I...
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Belarus is located some 7,000 kilometers away from Korea. But the two countries share a...
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