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Jeju approves first foreigner-only for-profit hospital

The country's first for-profit hospital was given authorization to open on Jeju Island, Wednesday, on the condition that it offers services only to foreign patients.

Diseases & welfare | 2018-12-05 17:52

Old hot water pipe burst kills 1, injures 25

Engineers inspect a ruptured heating pipe in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, Wednesday. / YonhapBy Jung Hae-myoung An underground hot water pipe that ruptured at 8:41 p.m. near Baekseok Station, killing one and injuring 25 with a high pressure steam leak, likely burst because of its age the authorities said Wednesday. They say the 27-year-old pipe in Goyang, western Seoul, that pr...

Diseases & welfare | 2018-12-05 16:28

Gov't to reduce burden for rare disease patients

Starting next year, more patients battling rare diseases will pay less for their medical expenses, as 100 disorders have been newly added to the government's subsidy list, according to the health ministry, Tuesday.

Diseases & welfare | 2018-12-04 17:31

Life expectancy of South Koreans hits 82.7 years

Life expectancy at birth averaged 82.7 years in 2017, three months longer than a year earlier, according to the data compiled by Statistics Korea.

Diseases & welfare | 2018-12-03 14:05

Buckle up: Police cracking down on seatbelt violations

Police are clamping down on seatbelt violations throughout this month. As announced in September, police across the country have started an intense crackdown on drivers who violate the new seatbelt rule.

Diseases & welfare | 2018-12-03 13:42

Korea to spend 8 trillion won on mental illness treatment by 2020

The cost of treating mental illness is expected to exceed 8 trillion won ($7.1 billion) by 2020, more than that for gastrointestinal problems, the most common form of illness among Koreans.

Diseases & welfare | 2018-12-02 16:50

Korean adopted as baby searches for her biological parents

There are tears and heartbreaks in every adoption story. Nevertheless, some people manage successfully to build their lives in a new place with the love and support of a new family. Unfortunately, it was not the case for Lee Hyung-ja, who was adopted by a Swedish couple in 1974 when she was only a year old.

Diseases & welfare | 2018-11-29 16:52

Korean parents let YouTube babysit their children

For Kim, an office worker in her late 30s, the smartphone used to be a useful childcare device. “When my daughter was still three or four-years-old, she didn't leave me alone for a single moment,” Kim said. “I found myself handing her my smartphone so she could occupy herself with a Pororo cartoon or something. I felt some guilt for letting the child get immersed in the mobil...

Diseases & welfare | 2018-11-28 16:39

Korean childbirths continue to decline in September

The number of newborns in South Korea fell again in September, government data showed Wednesday, in the latest sign of the chronically low birthrate that has plagued Asia's fourth-largest economy for more than a decade. About 26,100 babies were born in September, down 4,000, or 13.3 percent, from 30,100 tallied a year earlier, according to the data compiled by Statistics Kore...

Diseases & welfare | 2018-11-28 13:50

Rule on ending life-sustaining treatment to be more practical

The regulation on ending life-sustaining treatment for terminally ill patients will be eased next year to become more practical by narrowing the scope of “family consent” required for approval of the cessation. According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare on Sunday, the National Assembly recently passed the revision to the law to allow patients to stop the medical treatmen...

Diseases & welfare | 2018-11-25 16:56

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