K-pop diva Chungha has tested positive for COVID-19, according to her agency MNH Entertainment, Monday. “Chungha had the coronavirus test after coming into contact with a person who had tested positive,” the agency wrote on the singer’s fan page. “The result came out this morning and she tested positive.” The company added that Chungha was...Read More
Concerns over spread of the new coronavirus in the local music industry are rising after some K-pop group members tested positive for the infectious virus earlier this week. Two members of girl group EVERGLOW — Yiren and Si-hyeon — have tested positive for the virus, their management agency Yue Hua Entertainment said Tuesday. Yiren first...Read More
All five members of K-pop boy group TOMORROW X TOGETHER (TXT) have undergone COVID-19 tests. On November 25, TXT’s management agency Big Hit Entertainment announced that TXT members have undergone individual COVID-19 tests, and are currently awaiting their results. arlier today, EBS stated that a staff member from the set of the live children’s program...Read More
South Korea will maintain Level 1 social distancing regulations under a revised five-tier scheme as the average daily number of new cases remains below 100 this week, the health authority said Friday. The new five-tier scheme, which takes effect Saturday, breaks the current three levels into five — 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5 and 3 —...Read More
Airline traffic in South Korea and other countries in the Asia-Pacific region will remain well below 2019 levels next year due to the coronavirus’s impact on the airline industry, according to a global ratings agency Saturday. The pace of the recovery will depend on each market’s relative success in bringing the COVID-19 pandemic under control...Read More
South Korea’s new coronavirus cases stayed above 100 for the third straight day Friday due to continued rises in sporadic cluster infections, putting the country’s virus fight to the test ahead of a major holiday. The country added 114 more COVID-19 cases, including 95 local infections, raising the total caseload to 23,455, according to the...Read More
Some conservative groups are backtracking on their plans to hold mass anti-government rallies in central Seoul on Oct. 3, in the face of coronavirus concerns. Former Gyeonggi Province Gov. Kim Moon-soo and other conservative figures announced Thursday that they were calling off the protests scheduled to take place in Gwanghwamun on National Foundation Day and...Read More
South Korea said Thursday it has agreed with Vietnam and Russia to resume flights following months of suspension over the new coronavirus outbreak. Flights linking Incheon, west of Seoul, with Vietnamese and Russian cities will start this and next month, according to the land and foreign ministries, helping business-people having a hard time due to...Read More
HaB Korea Team Needs your Support! Due to the rapid spread of COVID 19 and restrictions on travel bans in many countries, the global travel industry has been put on alert. The reason why this situation is particularly difficult is that you can feel the impact of COVID 19 across the tourism industry, not just...Read More
After the COVID-19 outbreak, South Korea saw its number of travel businesses decline by around 1,000 compared to last year. According to data from the Korea Tourism Association, there were 21,671 travel related firms operating in the country as of June. The figure fell 612 or 2.7 percent from the end of last year. The...Read More
