South Korea’s medical professors join protests, reduce hours in practice

South Korea’s medical professors join protests, reduce hours in practice

Medical professors in South Korea said they will cut back on the hours they spend in practice starting on Monday to support trainee doctors on strike for more than a month over a government plan to boost medical school admissions. “It is clear that increasing medical school admissions will not only ruin medical school education … Read more

North Korea says Kim Jong-un supervised tests of rocket launchers targeting Seoul

North Korea says Kim Jong-un supervised tests of rocket launchers targeting Seoul

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un gestures as he guides a training of the fire division, in North Korea on March 18, in this picture released on March 19, 2024, by the Korean Central News Agency. Photo: KCNA via Reuters North Korean leader Kim Jong-un supervised a live-fire drill of nuclear-capable “super-large” multiple rocket launchers designed … Read more

North Korea fires possible ballistic missile: South Korea

North Korea fires possible ballistic missile: South Korea

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects as he tours munitions factories in North Korea on Jan. 8-9, 2024. File | Photo Credit: AP North Korea fired a ballistic missile off its east coast on Jan. 14 , South Korea said. A projectile believed to be the missile has already fallen, according to the Japanese … Read more

South Korea parliament passes bill banning dog meat trade

South Korea parliament passes bill banning dog meat trade

South Korea‘s parliament on Tuesday passed a bill banning breeding, slaughtering and selling dogs for their meat, a traditional practice that activists have long called an embarrassment for the country. The National Assembly passed the bill by a 208-0 vote. It will come into effect after a three-year grace period and after it receives final … Read more

Artificial intelligence lowers barrier to ultrasonic brain treatment – ET HealthWorld

Artificial intelligence lowers barrier to ultrasonic brain treatment – ET HealthWorld

Sejong: Using ultrasound energy to target specific millimetres of the brain, including deep areas, focused ultrasound technology is a non-invasive therapeutic approach that treats neurological disorders without necessitating opening the skull. Because it doesn’t harm nearby good tissue and reduces side effects like infections and difficulties, it has been used to treat a range of … Read more

Artificial intelligence decreases barrier to treating ultrasonic brain illness – ET HealthWorld

Artificial intelligence decreases barrier to treating ultrasonic brain illness – ET HealthWorld

Sejong : Focused ultrasound technology is a non-invasive therapy procedure that employs ultrasound energy to treat neurological problems by focusing it on a few millimetres of the brain, even deep regions, without opening the skull. It has been used to treat a variety of refractory brain illnesses, including depression and Alzheimer’s disease because it has … Read more

U.S. F-16 jet crashes in South Korea, pilot rescued after ejecting

U.S. F-16 jet crashes in South Korea, pilot rescued after ejecting

A U.S. F-16 fighter jet crashed in South Korea on Monday while on a routine training flight. File photo. | Photo Credit: AP A U.S. F-16 fighter jet crashed in South Korea on Monday while on a routine training flight and the pilot was rescued after ejecting when the aircraft experienced an “in-flight emergency,” the … Read more

South Korea’s spy agency chief and top intelligence officials resign

South Korea’s spy agency chief and top intelligence officials resign

Head of the North Korean high-level delegation, Won Tong Yon (L) shakes hands with his South Korean counterpart Kim Kyou-hyun upon his arrival at the Peace House on the southern side of the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarised zone, north of Seoul February 12, 2014. | Photo Credit: Reuters South Korean President Yoon … Read more

Top diplomats of South Korea, Japan and China meet to restart trilateral summit, revive cooperation

Top diplomats of South Korea, Japan and China meet to restart trilateral summit, revive cooperation

Delegations of South Korea, China and Japan attend the 10th trilateral Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Busan, South Korea on November 26, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters The top diplomats from South Korea, Japan and China met on November 26 to discuss when to resume their leaders’ trilateral summit after a four-year hiatus and how to … Read more

North Korea fires cruise missiles into the sea after U.S.-South Korean military drills end

North Korea fires cruise missiles into the sea after U.S.-South Korean military drills end

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observes what it says the test-firing of strategic cruisemissiles. | file photo | Photo Credit: AP North Korea launched several cruise missiles into the sea Saturday, South Korea’s military said, extending its weapons testing activities in response to the United States-South Korea summer military drills. South Korea’s military detected the launches … Read more