– After 9pm, the Hangang Park store and cafe doors will be closed. – 43 parking lots in 11 Hangang Parks, no entry after 9pm. From 2 pm on the 8th, citizens will be restricted from accessing the crowded areas in major Hangang Parks such as Yeouido, Ttukseom and Banpo, the Seoul Han River Business...Read More
The government has expanded its flu vaccination program to help protect vulnerable people and preempt the chaos expected from the arrival of a flu season amid the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Jung Eun-kyeong, director of South Korea’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the government will expand free vaccine eligibility to 19 million people, or...Read More
South Korea’s tourism income hit a 17-year low in the second quarter of this year due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, government data showed Monday. For the April-June period, the country posted US$1.19 billion in tourism income, down 78.6 percent from $5.57 billion over the same period last year, according to data by the Korea...Read More
A set of tougher social distancing restrictions continued Monday to affect the daily lives of residents in Seoul and nearby areas, with eating at franchise bakeries and ice cream shops prohibited under a supplementary step. The government earlier extended the so-called Level 2.5 alert against COVID-19 transmissions through this weekend, as it was struggling to...Read More
South Korea appears set to extend Level 2.5 social distancing rules for another week in the Greater Seoul area to contain the spread of COVID-19 as the country sees no definite slowdown in the infection rate despite weeks of stricter social distancing in place. “The number of cases has been somewhat declining recently, but it...Read More
Classical music remains a stalwart but is considered old and hard to enjoy by many, whereas K-pop continues to build a reputation bigger than ever and is readily consumed. As is the case with the majority of people in other sectors of the economy, musicians are also feeling impact of the COVID-19 pandemic with concerts...Read More
South Korea’s health authorities said Thursday they will decide whether to extend a stricter social distancing scheme currently underway in the greater Seoul area this weekend amid a letup in new virus cases. The country began Sunday to restrict operations of restaurants, bakeries and franchise coffee chains, and suspend indoor sports facilities and cram schools...Read More
The United States is getting ready to start distributing its first new coronavirus vaccine just before the presidential election, a news report said Wednesday, raising questions over the viability of what it said maybe a politically-motivated target date. The report from California-based publishing firm McClatchy said the head of the Centers for Disease Control and...Read More
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic can be felt especially hard by foreign residents in Korea ― many don’t speak the language and are considered outsiders here. They have little support around them and visiting their families in their home countries is almost impossible due to travel bans and lockdowns around the world. The Korea...Read More
The number of COVID-19 patients in serious or critical conditions hit a record high of 124 on Wednesday, raising fears over a possible shortage of hospital beds and a spike in fatalities. The country reported 267 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday – 253 locally transmitted and 14 imported — pushing the total caseload to 20,449, according...Read More
