Day: May 25, 2022

N.Korea fires salvo of missiles, including ICBM, hours after Biden leaves Asia

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Reuters UK

By Hyonhee Shin and Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea fired three missiles, including one thought to be its largest intercontinental ballistic missile on Wednesday, after U.S. President Joe Biden ended an Asia trip in which he agreed to new measures to deter the nuclear-armed state. South Korea’s deputy national security advisor, Kim Tae-hyo, said that the North also appeared to have conducted “multiple experiments” with a detonation device in preparation for its seventh nuclear test, but that the test is unlikely to occur “in the coming days but afterward.” In response, the United S…

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S.Korean Naver’s robotics ambitions challenged by 5G on-the-ground realities

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Reuters UK

By Joyce Lee and Byungwook Kim SEONGNAM, South Korea (Reuters) – On weekdays, South Korean tech company Naver Corp’s new headquarters near Seoul resembles a scene straight out of a science-fiction movie, with some 40 robots ambling across floors and delivering parcels and Starbucks coffee to humans. The Rookies, as the robots are called, weave their way between people and even take a see-through elevator reserved for them to traverse the building’s 28 floors. Crucially for Naver, the Rookies’ brains are stored in the cloud and connected to the robots via a private superfast 5G network. While t…

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VV116 Versus PAXLOVID Phase III Registrational Trial for Early Treatment of Mild to Moderate COVID-19 in High Risk Patients Reaches Primary Endpoint

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–the study reached its primary endpoint(VV116 was statistically superior) and secondary efficacy endpoint –VV116 has a favorable safety profile and fewer adverse events than PAXLOVID SHANGHAI, China, May 25, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co., Ltd (“Junshi Biosciences,” HKEX: 1877; SSE: 688180), a leading innovation-driven biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development, and […]

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Announce Joint Center for Engineering and Precision Medicine in New York City

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NEW YORK, May 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai recently announced the creation of the Center for Engineering and Precision Medicine (CEPM), one of the first centers in the nation to bridge engineering and engineering science with medicine. This undertaking will build on a […]

KOSPI Ends Wednesday Up 0.44%

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The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) rose eleven-point-35 points, or zero-point-44 percent, on Wednesday, closing the day at two-thousand-617-point-22.The tech-heavy KOSDAQ also rose, gaining seven-point-62 points, or zero-point-88 pe…