South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases dipped below 100 for the first time in more than a month on Sunday on the back of the strict social distancing scheme, but the country opted to extend the measure by another week as untraceable infections still pose a challenge to its virus fight. The country added 82...Read More
Health authorities say the upcoming national holiday will pose the biggest challenge yet for their disease containment efforts, with millions of South Koreans expected to hit the road for Chuseok between Sept. 30 and Oct. 4. Popular vacation towns around the country are once again on alert over an influx of travelers potentially bringing the...Read More
College classes have gone virtual with a second wave of COVID-19 from last month, and with the prolonged pandemic campus life is changing fast — including the campus festivals that mark the start of fall semester. On Tuesday, Ewha Womans University in Seoul kicked off a three-day online festival, where students can engage in online...Read More
Prosecutors on Tuesday demanded a two-year prison term for a private academy instructor who lied about his job and whereabouts after testing positive for COVID-19. The 24-year-old suspect tested positive on May 9 after visiting a club and an eatery that sells alcohol in the Seoul neighborhood of Itaewon. During an epidemiological survey, he lied...Read More
Quarantine authorities on Jeju Island are on high alert as nearly 200,000 tourists are expected to visit the southern resort island during the upcoming Chuseok holiday. The Jeju Tourism Association said Wednesday that at least 198,000 visitors are projected to come to the island during the extended Chuseok holiday, the Korean version of Thanksgiving, which...Read More
South Korea aims to secure enough new coronavirus vaccines to administer to 30 million people, or roughly 60 percent of the country’s population, the health ministry said Tuesday. Under the COVID-19 vaccine plan discussed at the Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun, the country will seek to get vaccines for 10 million people...Read More
T’way Air, a South Korean low-cost carrier, will begin flights to the Chinese city of Wuhan on Wednesday, marking the reopening of the air service to the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak after eight months, the transport ministry said Tuesday. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport approved T’way Air’s once-a-week flight on the Incheon-Wuhan...Read More
South Korea’s new virus cases stayed below 200 for the 13th consecutive day on Tuesday as the country’s tougher social distancing scheme has taken effect, but a rise in untraceable cases and cluster infections are still a drag on the country’s virus fight. The country added 106 more COVID-19 cases, including 91 local infections, raising...Read More
The Seoul metropolitan area will move on to physical distancing measures of reduced intensity for the next two weeks, following 14 days of a stricter scheme, the government said Sunday. Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun, who leads the government’s COVID-19 task force, said that relaxed physical distancing rules would be put in place for Seoul and...Read More
The number of foreigners staying in South Korea, both short-term and long-term inbound visitors, declined by 388,967 in only six months in the wake of the novel coronavirus. According to the Korea Immigration Service, the number of foreigners staying in the nation stood at 2.13 million as of June. This marked a 15.4 percent drop...Read More
