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Medical disputes by foreign patients on rise; 247 cases in 2017

A total of 810 medical disputes involving foreign patients were registered with a local arbitration agency over the last six years, government data showed Monday. According to the data by the Korea Medical Dispute Mediation and Arbitration Agency and submitted to the National Assembly, 247 cases were registered with the agency in 2017 by foreigners seeking assistance or consu...

Diseases & welfare | 2018-10-22 15:50

Police warning: Korean weed smokers in Canada to face criminal charges

Korean police have warned Korean residents in Canada not to smoke marijuana, saying those who ignore the warning could face criminal charges when they return to their home country. Yoon Se-jin, head of the Narcotics Crime Investigation Division at Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency, warned earlier this week that smoking pot is treated as a serious offense here and Korean...

Diseases & welfare | 2018-10-22 15:17

Two Koreas to restart medical exchange

The third inter-Korean summit in mid-September has opened a wide array of possibilities to enhance relations between the two Koreas. Among them, the two countries agreed to strengthen cooperation in quarantine and healthcare to prevent an influx of diseases that could spread through frequent interactions.

Diseases & welfare | 2018-10-21 16:46

Controversy rises over leniency for criminals with 'mental instability'

A long-standing controversy has been reignited recently over whether it is proper for “an unstable mental condition” to be a valid reason to show leniency toward criminals. The issue reemerged following a murder committed by a man suffering from depression. The suspect, 30, stabbed a 21-year-old part-time worker at an internet cafe in western Seoul Oct. 14. The man was arrest...

Diseases & welfare | 2018-10-19 17:23

'Hallasan' soju in dispute over E.coli contamination

Hallasan, Jeju's leading soju-maker, is in hot water after it was revealed that its signature product, Hallasan soju, is made with water inappropriate for drinking, despite the company's immediate clarification of the situation.

Diseases & welfare | 2018-10-19 16:07

Graphic warnings help reduce smoking rate

The smoking rate among male adults decreased in 2017 from the previous year with cigarette sales slipping by over 200 million packs, helped by graphic warnings on cigarette packets, the health ministry said Thursday.

Diseases & welfare | 2018-10-18 18:19

Korean adoptee looking for birth mother

It took more than three decades for Johannes Lindgren to decide to return to Korea, the land of his birth, after a Swedish couple adopted him when he was barely a year old. After his disappointing first trip here in 2012, Lindgren (whose Korean name is Kang Min-ho), now 37, is visiting the country again with his wife and children to find his biological parents.

Diseases & welfare | 2018-10-18 13:58

Stricter rule introduced over leftover food reuse at restaurants

Buffet restaurants will be strictly banned from reusing leftover food even if the food was only displayed and was not taken by customers, the nation's food regulator said, Tuesday. But they will be allowed to reuse some leftover food that does not have hygiene problems such as raw vegetables, unpeeled fruit and even kimchi.

Diseases & welfare | 2018-10-16 15:48

Centenary of 20th century's worst pandemic

One hundred years ago, a deadly infectious disease spread across the globe, infecting 500 million people - about one-third of the world's population at the time - and killing at least 50 million. At minimum, the Spanish flu killed three times as many as died in World War I (17 million). At worst (100 million), it was more lethal than World War II (60 million) - and even both ...

Diseases & welfare | 2018-10-16 12:45

Korea announces end to MERS outbreak

South Korea on Tuesday officially declared an end to the country's first Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) outbreak in three years, health authorities here said.

Diseases & welfare | 2018-10-16 09:34

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