The Seoul Metropolitan Government has secured a budget to provide COVID-19 emergency relief funds to foreigners. The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Thursday that the third supplementary budget bill for 2020 passed by the Seoul Metropolitan Council included items for emergency relief funds for foreigners. Since the city plans to secure the budget related to foreign...Read More
South Korea’s new virus cases fell back to below 50 on Monday, but a continued rise in cluster infections, mostly tied to churches, put to the test the country’s capability to fight the virus. The country added 42 cases, including 30 local infections, raising the total caseload to 12,757, according to the Korea Centers for...Read More
Jeju beaches were not officially opened last weekend but were already crowded with tourists. According to the Jeju Tourism Association, 99,161 tourists visited Jeju amid COVID-19 from June 26-28. Of the total, 99.7 percent are Koreans. Domestic flights to Jeju Island this month decreased by 27 percent compared to the previous year, and hotels have...Read More
South Korea said Sunday it will implement a three-level social distancing scheme as the country’s daily new coronavirus cases rebounded to over 60 without showing signs of a slowdown. The country added 62 cases of COVID-19 as of midnight, including 40 local infections mainly involving religious gatherings, raising the total caseload to 12,715, according to...Read More
It’s already July but the pandemic shows no sign of disappearing. The Coronavirus, which has taken away our daily life, changed the lifestyle of Seoulites. Korea added 39 more cases of the novel coronavirus disease or COVID-19 in the 24 hours ending Thursday midnight, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s daily...Read More
All Seoul residents, with or without respiratory symptoms, can get tested for the novel coronavirus free of charge starting Monday as part of the city government’s drive to detect “silent” virus spreaders at an early stage. Previously, those who were asymptomatic had to pay about 160,000 won ($133) if their test results came back negative...Read More
Korea is aiming to develop treatments for COVID-19 by the end of the year and vaccines by next year, Health and Welfare Minister Park Neung-hoo said Wednesday, vowing to offer full support to promising pharmaceutical companies. “We will fully support promising companies and gather all the abilities of universities, research institutions, hospitals and the government...Read More
The Embassy of the Republic of Korea to the Philippines headed by Ambassador Han Dong-man, held a hand-over ceremony last May 22, 2020. There were 50,000 masks given as a support to the Korean War Veterans (PEFTOK) in prevention against the on-going COVID-19 pandemic. The hand-over ceremony was attended by South Korean Ambassador to the...Read More
The South Korean government plans to put various systems developed to fight the coronavirus into packages available for export. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) and other agencies plan to organize a task force to export various K-quarantine technologies in the face of worldwide demand. The government plans to create an export package...Read More
Hyundai Heavy Industries’ latest 2,600-ton frigate “Jose Rizal” departed for the Philippines carrying COVID-19 relief supplies products such as masks and disinfectants. Hyundai Heavy Industries announced on the 18th of May that it held an event at its headquarters in Ulsan to commemorate the delivery of the Philippine Navy’s frigate BRP Jose Rizal and set...Read More
