Health Innovation
Incheon to Open Slaughterhouse an Hour Earlier Ahead of Chuseok
Incheon Metropolitan City will move up the opening time of its local slaughterhouse to 7 a.m., one hour earlier, from August 24 to prepare for the sharp rise in…
Ongjin-gun County Raises Awareness of Early Symptoms of Cerebrocardiovascular Disease with ‘Walk-On Red Circle Challenge’
Ongjin-gun County (Governor Jang Jeong-min) is launching a campaign to raise residents' awareness of the early symptoms of cerebrocardiovascular diseases such as myocardial infarction and stroke through the practice of…
Ganghwa-gun Completes Musculoskeletal Hazard Survey… Tailored Improvements Pushed for 13 Work Processes
Ganghwa-gun has completed a hazard survey covering 119 work processes across 18 departments to prevent musculoskeletal disorders among on-site workers at public offices, and has begun process-specific tailored measures…
IBS Develops ‘Molecular Editing’ Technique That Freely Redesigns Even Complex Drugs
A new synthetic method that allows the structure of pyridine compounds — the most widely used building blocks in pharmaceuticals — to be readily rearranged has been developed by…
Heat and Odor Tackled Together… Rural Development Administration Inspects ‘AI Smart Livestock’ at a Pig Farm
The National Institute of Animal Science under the Rural Development Administration has launched on-site technical support to help pig farms curb both livestock deaths and barn odor during the…
In viruses’ ‘RNA protection strategy,’ a key to boosting mRNA therapeutics is found
The 'genetic-information survival strategies' that viruses have mastered over millions of years of evolution have been elucidated on a large scale. These are regulatory principles that extend the lifespan…
Incheon Urges ‘Strict Infectious Disease Prevention for Overseas Summer Travel’
The Incheon Metropolitan Government has called on residents to check the infectious disease situation in their destination countries before departure and to strictly observe preventive measures during their trips,…
Electromagnetic Waves from Single-Person Appliances and Smart Bus Stops Meet Human Protection Standards
The Ministry of Science and ICT announced on the 10th that it had measured electromagnetic wave exposure from 34 everyday products across 22 categories, including compact single-person appliances and…
Incheon Expands ‘Chemical Accident Safety Signal’ to the Private Sector
The Incheon Metropolitan Government will expand its 'Chemical Accident Safety Signal' system, introduced to prevent chemical misinjection accidents, to private-sector workplaces beginning this year. Building on the experience of…
Yeongjong-gu District Appoints First 7 Anti-Smoking Inspectors; Field Activities to Begin in August
Yeongjong-gu District (Mayor Son Hwa-jung) in Incheon announced on the 29th that it has appointed seven anti-smoking inspectors to help establish a proper no-smoking culture in the area, with the…
