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  Osstem Implant Wins EU Certification for Dental Unit Chairs; SK Chemicals Launches Low-Dose Triple Hypertension Pill Osstem Implant’s dental unit chairs meet EU medical device rules Osstem Implant said Thursday it has obtained European Union Medical Device Regulation certification, known as CE MDR, for its dental unit chairs, following certification for its implant products. The certified models are the K3 and K5, the company said. It described them as flagship products with cumulative global sales of 60,000 units. A dental unit chair is used to seat or recline patients during treatment and combines m April 16, 2026
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  Why Toss Is Publishing Books to Boost Users’ Financial Literacy Toss, the mobile finance platform known for simplifying money transfers, is expanding its push to raise users’ financial literacy by publishing books. After releasing two personal finance titles in 2024 and 2025, it has now added a standalone book based on an industry tour of the United States. According to the financial industry on the 16th, Toss Securities, a Toss affiliate, published “We Went!: Silicon Valley, Washington, D.C., and Texas,” a compilation of U.S. field reports. The bo April 16, 2026
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  Kim Won Wins Grand Prize at 59th Yuhan Medical Award Yuhan Corp. said Wednesday it held the 59th Yuhan Medical Award ceremony with the Seoul Medical Association on April 15 at the Westin Josun Hotel in Seoul’s Sogong-dong neighborhood. Attendees included Hwang Gyu-seok, president of the Seoul Medical Association, and Kim Yeol-hong, CEO of Yuhan Corp. The grand prize went to Kim Won, a professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center. The Young Medical Scientist Award was presented to Yoo April 16, 2026
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  Culture Minister Choi Hwi-young Meets Sports Council Chief Yoo Seung-min on Supplementary Budget Follow-Up Choi Hwi-young, minister of culture, sports and tourism, met with Korea Sports Council President Yoo Seung-min on the 16th at the council’s headquarters in Seoul to discuss follow-up measures for major new and expanded sports projects totaling 23.2 billion won in the first 2026 supplementary budget. The ministry said the funding will be used for projects including an expanded youth sports infrastructure program (up 9.5 billion won); disability sports class vouchers (up 6.2 billion won) tha April 16, 2026
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  Woljeongsa abbot urges new path in AI era through Odaesan Buddhist masters "We're in an era where established religions are bound to weaken, with people leaving religion and spirituality becoming secular and commercialized," Venerable Jeongnyeom said. "But if we reflect carefully on what came before, we can always open a new path." Jeongnyeom, 70, abbot of Woljeongsa Temple on Mount Odaesan in Gangwon Province, made the remarks at a press briefing on April 14 at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul for the publicat April 16, 2026
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  Banks Keep Selling Equity-Linked Deposits Despite Regulator Warning on Mis-Selling Risk Rising stock-market volatility amid external uncertainty, including the Iran war, is fueling consumer complaints about equity-linked deposits, or ELDs. Financial regulators have warned banks to tighten controls because the products could be mis-sold, but banks have opted to keep selling them rather than shut the window. The move reflects a balancing act: staying mindful of regulators while trying not to give up fee-based income. According to the financial sector on the 16th, the Financ April 16, 2026
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  Shinhwa’s Kim Dong-wan Weighs In on Lee Soo-ji’s Kindergarten Teacher Parody Shinhwa member Kim Dong-wan has shared his views on comedian Lee Soo-ji’s content parodying a kindergarten teacher. In a post on social media on the 15th, Kim wrote, “Comedian Lee Soo-ji’s kindergarten teacher content. It may simply have laid bare the contradiction of expecting good education without respecting educators.” He added that it appeared to have “rubbed more people the wrong way than expected,” saying the word “discipline” itself has become increasingly sensitive and schools April 16, 2026
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  Why Shinhwa’s Kim Dong-wan Keeps Trying to Say the “Right” Thing Shinhwa member Kim Dong-wan weighed in on comedian Lee Su-ji’s parody video about a kindergarten teacher, saying it "simply exposed the contradiction of expecting good education without respecting educators." He said he was concerned that discipline is being discouraged and that children are losing social experience. Many found the point understandable. But the public increasingly hears his comments not as a single opinion, but as part of a familiar pattern of "Kim Dong-wan-style" speak April 16, 2026
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  Daewoong Pharmaceutical Hosts Nabota Master Class, Highlights Safety Daewoong Pharmaceutical said Wednesday it held a global academic program for medical professionals, the “Nabota Master Class (NMC) Spring in Korea.” The 2-night, 3-day event ran from April 13-15 for 74 medical professionals from 13 countries, including Thailand, Brazil and Chile. Sessions were held at Mercure Seoul Magok, COEX Magok, Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital and Daewoong Pharmaceutical’s Hyangnam plant. The NMC program is designed to strengthen clinicians’ capabilities and April 16, 2026
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  Hugel Launches China Medical Aesthetics Symposium Tour With Beijing Event Hugel said Thursday it will step up academic exchanges with local medical professionals by holding regional symposiums in major medical aesthetics hubs across China. Starting in Beijing, the company plans events this year in six cities: Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Chengdu and Wuhan. Hugel held its first event, the “Letybo Regional Symposium and Hands-on Training,” in Beijing on April 15. Kim Jeong-hwan, director of Dr. Evers Myeongdong, was invited as a speaker, and about 30 local medi April 16, 2026