South Korea added 13 new cases of the new coronavirus on Sunday with nightclub-linked infections showing signs of a slowdown over the weekend, health authorities said Sunday. The new cases, detected Saturday, brought the country’s total to 11,050, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC). It marked the fewest daily cases...Read More
K-pop stars gather in one place for the world tired of COVID-19. Hosted and organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Creative Content Agency at the CKL Stage in Jung-gu, Seoul for three days from 19th to 21st of May, the untact performance “Trip to K-pop” will be held. “LAN...Read More
The health authorities renewed calls Tuesday for people who visited five Itaewon clubs between late April and early May to come forward for voluntary testing as officials struggle to trace those possibly infected with COVID-19 and others who could be asymptomatic carriers. “Once more we want to emphasize that if you went to an area...Read More
The Seoul city government on Saturday imposed an administrative order to effectively suspend business at clubs and bars in the city after recent infections in the city’s popular multicultural neighborhood of Itaewon put health authorities on alert over a possibly bigger outbreak. Under the order that has gone into effect immediately, all clubs, bars, “room...Read More
At least 18 cases of the novel coronavirus associated with a person who visited clubs and bars in Seoul’s popular multicultural neighborhood of Itaewon over the weekend have been confirmed, health authorities said Friday. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said additional people have been confirmed with COVID-19, including three foreign nationals...Read More
With South Korea set to officially end stringent social distancing Wednesday, health authorities on Tuesday expressed both caution and confidence in the country’s fight against COVID-19. Kwon Joon-wook, deputy director at the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said officials were on edge over the possibility that the pathogen is spreading silently somewhere undetected....Read More
South Korea reported two more cases of the new coronavirus, all of which are imported cases, on Wednesday, marking no local new infections for the third consecutive day amid relaxed social distancing. The new infections brought the nation’s total caseload to 10,806, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC). On Tuesday,...Read More
South Korea reported three more cases of the new coronavirus Tuesday, again marking an apparent slowdown in the spread of the disease. The country now has reported fewer than 10 new infection cases per day for six consecutive days. The three new cases, identified Monday, also came from overseas. No additional cases have been confirmed...Read More
South Korea said Sunday that it will end its weekslong social distancing campaign and implement an everyday life quarantine scheme later this week as the new coronavirus outbreak has slowed. Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said during a meeting on the government’s response to COVID-19 that the everyday life quarantine scheme is set to start Wednesday,...Read More
Jeju Island and Gangwon Province, both popular domestic tourist destinations, will enhance quarantine measures for visitors during the long weekend, bracing for a possible second wave of COVID-19 infections, officials said Wednesday. The “golden holiday” includes Buddha’s Birthday on Thursday, International Workers’ Day on Friday and Children’s Day on May 5, giving people a chance...Read More
