South Korea's central bank said Friday that it will "appropriately" adjust its monetary policy next year, given a variety of factors that could quicken inflation, suggesting that it will maintain the move to hike the key interest rate. In a report laying out its monetary policy direction for 2022, the Bank of Korea (BOK) also expected that the country's inflation will run in its 2 percent target...

South Korea is in the final stage of signing a contract with US drug giant Pfizer Inc. to get its oral drug for COVID-19, Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum said Friday. "The government has been discussing a purchasing deal with Pfizer for a volume that is much more than our previously announced plan of 70,000 people," Kim said during a COVID-19 response meeting in Seoul. "We will announce the deal in...

- Novavax secures additional manufacturing capacity through 2022 - SK bioscience secures long-term license to supply NVX-CoV2373 for the Korean market GAITHERSBURG, Md. , Dec. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), a biotechnology company dedicated to developing and commercializing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, and SK bioscience, Co. Limited, a v...

WATFORD, England , Dec. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- On November 21 , Titanic Business Kartal, Luxury Hotel in Istanbul Turkey held a presentation of Triple Ex Token. Young developers team (Crypto Exchange Stockpoint) together with professionals in the diamond industry created a diamond exchange Triple Ex Marketplace, where everyone can buy and sell diamonds for cryptocurrency at the investme...

SEOUL, South Korea , Dec. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Kiwontech 's newly-developed targeted email attack protection technology has been selected as the leading ICT standard of Korea. Kiwontech CI One of Korea's most prominent IT security companies and a JV member of Born2Global Centre , Kiwontech is pursuing the commercialization of its global email security standards-compliant IT security ...

SHENZHEN, China , Dec. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The preferred Chinese payment method Weixin Pay has launched a campaign that provide users a vast lineup of special offers around the world as the New Year and Chinese Spring Festival holidays approach. During the campaign from December 21, 2021 to February 15, 2022 ( Beijing time), users can open up the "Weixin Pay Gift Package" Mini-Pr...

DAEJEON, South Korea , Dec. 23, 2021 Curocell, currently on PhaseⅠCAR-T Therapy clinical trial with CRC01 (anbalcabtagene autoleucel) has recently broken ground for the new CAR-T Center in Dungok Residential & Industrial Area in Daejeon International Science & Business Belt. Aerial view of GMP Facility and R&D Center of Curocell The GMP Facility for commercial manufacturing CAR-T Cell the...

According to the report, 36 artist groups are currently connected with fans via Weverse, with 23 new teams joining the community this year. It not only includes big name K-pop acts, such as Blackpink and Treasure, but also global artists, such as British pop trio New Hope Club. Around 16.8 million new fans signed up for membership this year, pushing the total number of accumulated users on Wever...

President Moon Jae-in visited a front-line military unit on a western border island on Thursday and hailed Marines there for their hard work, Cheong Wa Dae said. Moon flew by helicopter to Baengnyeong Island near the western sea border with North Korea and began his visit by paying his respects at a memorial dedicated to the 46 sailors killed in the North's sinking of the Cheonan corvette in 201...

Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea's national flag carrier, said Thursday it will secure 557.8 billion won ($470 million) through a property sale as part of its efforts to improve its financial status amid a prolonged COVID-19 pandemic. On Friday, Korean Air will sign a deal to sell its land and building at Songhyeon-dong in central Seoul to the public housing developer Korea Land & Housing Corp....

South Korean Defense Minister Suh Wook on Thursday emphasized the need for close defense cooperation with China and Japan to maintain peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and the region, the defense ministry said. "While the alliance between South Korea and the United States remains strong, I think (Seoul should) closely cooperate and get along with neighboring China," Suh said during a l...

South Korea's Defense Minister Suh Wook held talks with his Singaporean counterpart Thursday to discuss regional security cooperation, including joint efforts to fight terrorism, his office said. The talks between Suh and Singaporean Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen came on the second day of his three-day trip to Singapore, a key partner for Seoul's New Southern Policy aimed at deepening ties with th...

Veteran girl group Apink has finalized its plans to return as a whole unit, according to a local media report Thursday. All six bandmates, including Son Naeun who moved to YG Entertainment in June, were shooting a music video on the same day, according to the report, adding the group is set to come out with a new album in February. It has been almost two years since their previous album, ...