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South Korea Seize 2 Tonnes Of Cocaine In Largest-Ever Drug Bust
South Korea discovered and seized two tonnes of cocaine hidden aboard a Norwegian-flagged vessel, authorities told AFP on Friday, marking the country's largest drug bust to date.
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Lee Sun-Kyun Dies: 5 Points On 'Parasite' Actor
South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun of the Oscar-winning film 'Parasite' died at the age of 48 in central Seoul in an apparent suicide, as per AFP. His wife told the police that the actor had left home and she had found what seemed like a suicide note.
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Woman High On Meth Tries To Open Emergency Exit Mid-Flight On Korean Air Plane
The passenger reportedly began to show signs of anxiety after 10 hours of flight and tried several times to open the emergency door.
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China Executes South Korean National For Drug Trafficking
China has executed a South Korean national for drug trafficking, Beijing's foreign ministry said, the first time such a sentence has been carried out on a citizen of that country in almost a decade.
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"North Koreans' Right To Life Greatly Threatened": South Korean Report
North Korea executes people for drugs, sharing South Korean media, and religious activities as it stifles its citizens' human rights and freedom, its rival, South Korea, said in a report on Thursday.
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South Korea Authorises Emergency Use Of Pfizer's Antiviral Covid Pill
South Korea authorised for emergency use Pfizer's antiviral pills targeting COVID19 as the first of its kind to be introduced in South Korea, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety.
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Samsung Vice Chairman Convicted, Fined For Illegal Anaesthetic Drug Use
The de-facto leader of South Korea's sprawling Samsung group Lee Jae-yong was convicted Tuesday of illegally using the anaesthetic drug propofol, the latest legal travail to beset the multi-billionaire.
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High Traces Of Viagra, Other Drugs Found In South Korea's Seoul Sewers, Shows Research
High traces of Viagra and other drugs used to treat erectile dysfunction were found in Seoul's wastewaters, and their presence in the urban area is expected to increase, South Korean researchers say.
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South Korea President's Office Explains Viagra Purchase
South Korea President Park Geun-hye's office on Wednesday confirmed revelations by an opposition lawmaker that it purchased about 360 erectile dysfunction Viagra pills and the generic version of the drug in December.
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Electile Dysfunction: South Korea Probes Sex Pills-For-Votes Claim
Elderly men in South Korea have allegedly been given erectile dysfunction drugs to buy their votes in legislative elections, prosecutors said Tuesday, announcing an investigation into the suspected breach.
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Suven Life Gets New Patent Rights for Neuro-degenerative Drug
Drug firm Suven Life Sciences has been granted a patent each by Canada, South Korea and ARIPO for a drug used in the treatment of neuro-degenerative diseases.
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Suven Life Gets Patent for Neuro-Degenerative Drug
Suven Life Sciences has been granted a patent each by Europe, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, the African Regional Intellectual Property Organisationand South Korea for a drug used in the treatment of neuro-degenerative diseases.
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India Risks Missing Boat as Biosimilars Shake Up Drug Industry
Chandru Chawla, head of Cipla Ltd's new ventures unit, said India's "fundamental disadvantage" over United States, Europe and South Korea was that biotechnology never evolved in India to the extent that chemistry did. "In terms of having the right knowledge ecosystem and the pools of talent, India is far behind," he said.
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Suven Life Gets Patent for Neuro-Degenerative Drug
The company has "secured patents in Australia, China, Europe, South Korea and USA to their new chemical entities for CNS therapy through mechanism of action - H3 Inverse against."
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Japanese Woman Abducted by North Korea Died of Drug Overdose: Report
Megumi Yokota, a Japanese national abducted by North Korean agents decades ago as a schoolgirl, died from an overdose of medication in 1994 and was buried in a pit with other corpses, a South Korean newspaper said on Friday.
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South Korea Seize 2 Tonnes Of Cocaine In Largest-Ever Drug Bust
South Korea discovered and seized two tonnes of cocaine hidden aboard a Norwegian-flagged vessel, authorities told AFP on Friday, marking the country's largest drug bust to date.
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Lee Sun-Kyun Dies: 5 Points On 'Parasite' Actor
South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun of the Oscar-winning film 'Parasite' died at the age of 48 in central Seoul in an apparent suicide, as per AFP. His wife told the police that the actor had left home and she had found what seemed like a suicide note.
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Woman High On Meth Tries To Open Emergency Exit Mid-Flight On Korean Air Plane
The passenger reportedly began to show signs of anxiety after 10 hours of flight and tried several times to open the emergency door.
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China Executes South Korean National For Drug Trafficking
China has executed a South Korean national for drug trafficking, Beijing's foreign ministry said, the first time such a sentence has been carried out on a citizen of that country in almost a decade.
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"North Koreans' Right To Life Greatly Threatened": South Korean Report
North Korea executes people for drugs, sharing South Korean media, and religious activities as it stifles its citizens' human rights and freedom, its rival, South Korea, said in a report on Thursday.
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South Korea Authorises Emergency Use Of Pfizer's Antiviral Covid Pill
South Korea authorised for emergency use Pfizer's antiviral pills targeting COVID19 as the first of its kind to be introduced in South Korea, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety.
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Samsung Vice Chairman Convicted, Fined For Illegal Anaesthetic Drug Use
The de-facto leader of South Korea's sprawling Samsung group Lee Jae-yong was convicted Tuesday of illegally using the anaesthetic drug propofol, the latest legal travail to beset the multi-billionaire.
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High Traces Of Viagra, Other Drugs Found In South Korea's Seoul Sewers, Shows Research
High traces of Viagra and other drugs used to treat erectile dysfunction were found in Seoul's wastewaters, and their presence in the urban area is expected to increase, South Korean researchers say.
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South Korea President's Office Explains Viagra Purchase
South Korea President Park Geun-hye's office on Wednesday confirmed revelations by an opposition lawmaker that it purchased about 360 erectile dysfunction Viagra pills and the generic version of the drug in December.
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Electile Dysfunction: South Korea Probes Sex Pills-For-Votes Claim
Elderly men in South Korea have allegedly been given erectile dysfunction drugs to buy their votes in legislative elections, prosecutors said Tuesday, announcing an investigation into the suspected breach.
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Suven Life Gets New Patent Rights for Neuro-degenerative Drug
Drug firm Suven Life Sciences has been granted a patent each by Canada, South Korea and ARIPO for a drug used in the treatment of neuro-degenerative diseases.
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Suven Life Gets Patent for Neuro-Degenerative Drug
Suven Life Sciences has been granted a patent each by Europe, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, the African Regional Intellectual Property Organisationand South Korea for a drug used in the treatment of neuro-degenerative diseases.
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India Risks Missing Boat as Biosimilars Shake Up Drug Industry
Chandru Chawla, head of Cipla Ltd's new ventures unit, said India's "fundamental disadvantage" over United States, Europe and South Korea was that biotechnology never evolved in India to the extent that chemistry did. "In terms of having the right knowledge ecosystem and the pools of talent, India is far behind," he said.
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Suven Life Gets Patent for Neuro-Degenerative Drug
The company has "secured patents in Australia, China, Europe, South Korea and USA to their new chemical entities for CNS therapy through mechanism of action - H3 Inverse against."
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Japanese Woman Abducted by North Korea Died of Drug Overdose: Report
Megumi Yokota, a Japanese national abducted by North Korean agents decades ago as a schoolgirl, died from an overdose of medication in 1994 and was buried in a pit with other corpses, a South Korean newspaper said on Friday.
