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Consumer activists call for compensation over 'radon mattress' scandal

Dozens of consumer activists on Monday pressed a local bed company to compensate consumers for selling beds that have been found to emit radiation levels that exceed safety limits.

Diseases & welfare | 2018-05-21 22:00

Maxillofacial surgery pioneer values social responsibility

Choung Pill-hoon, 64, a renowned specialist of oral and maxillofacial surgery at Seoul National University Dental Hospital (SNUDH), was a pioneer in developing Intraoral Le Fort II Osteotomy, or Choung's 9 Osteotomy, a method using just a single intraoral incision to correct deformities in the mid-facial nasomaxillary _ located between the nasal bone and the jaw. His method o...

Diseases & welfare | 2018-05-20 17:10

Korea's 65-year-old abortion ban under review

The fate of the nation's 65-year-old anti-abortion law seems to stand at a crossroads as the Constitutional Court plans to review the legislation, Thursday. A woman who gets an abortion in Korea can face a one-year jail term or a fine of 2 million won ($1,850). A doctor who carries out an abortion can also be sentenced to a two-year prison term.

Diseases & welfare | 2018-05-20 17:09

Can Korea lift abortion ban this time?

One out of 7 college graduates has felt suicidal: survey

One out of seven college graduates hunting jobs have thought of committing suicide due to extreme stress, a survey showed Sunday.

Diseases & welfare | 2018-05-20 13:37

Man dies in e-cigarette explosion in US

An exploding vape pen hurled fragments into a Florida man's head, killing him and starting a fire that burned most of his body, an autopsy report said.

Diseases & welfare | 2018-05-17 12:35

Train drivers turn to drink after witnessing suicides

In the latest suicide on Seoul's railways, a woman in her 30s threw herself in front of a train at Oryu-dong Station in Guro-gu district about noon on April 26 and died at the scene.

Diseases & welfare | 2018-05-16 17:04

Sales of e-cigarettes grow fast since debut last year

South Korean has seen sales of heat-not-burn (HNB) electronic cigarettes grow at a fast click since their debut here last year, amid soaring popularity among local smokers, data showed Wednesday.

Diseases & welfare | 2018-05-16 09:54

[Exclusive] KP to seek opinions of irregular delivery personnel over working conditions

Korea Post (KP) plans to conduct an in-depth survey of around 2,200 irregular delivery personnel under KP contract on their opinions about current working conditions concerning wages, shifts and workload. “The government will conduct the survey on all irregular delivery personnel about whether they are willing to work on Saturdays or increase their workloads and the resulting...

Diseases & welfare | 2018-05-15 16:27

Gov't to mandate graphic warnings on heated tobacco product packages

Manufacturers of heated tobacco products will be required to replace warnings on their packages in December following government guidelines. The left photo shows the current warning showing only a needle, which many have criticized as an “unclear and ineffective” written warning, while the one on the right shows a cancer-ridden organ. / YonhapBy Lee Kyung-min Manu...

Diseases & welfare | 2018-05-14 15:51

Pictorial smoking warnings to become more graphic from December [PHOTOS]

In 2016, South Korea required tobacco companies to put the pictorial warnings on the upper part of both sides of cigarette packs to help reduce smoking. The photos are required to cover more than 30 percent of both sides of a packet.

Diseases & welfare | 2018-05-14 14:25

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