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
Popular nighttime tours of royal palaces here will resume next week, months after their suspension due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Cultural Heritage Administration said Saturday. The Gyeongbokgung Palace Starlight Tour will start Wednesday and run through June 8, while the Changdeok Palace Moonlight Tour will open Thursday until June 21, according to the CHA....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
Talk Talk Korea 2020, the biggest global contest for Korea-related content, began on May 15 for a four-month run. The Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS), an affiliate of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, has held the annual contest since 2014, with the inaugural event jointly run with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs....Read More
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
South Korea will resume tours to the demilitarized zone (DMZ) that were frozen due to the coronavirus, starting with trips to the truce village of Panmunjom next month, announced Minister of Unification Kim Yeon-chul on Thursday. Panmunjom, the site of the signing of the armistice agreement to end the 1950-53 Korean War, will likely be...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
The scene was eerily quiet. If you were only trying to pick up some sound without seeing what was happening, you wouldn’t have guessed that you were at a baseball game. Maybe you could still have heard a pin drop, but as LG Twins left-hander Cha Woo-chan was getting ready to deliver his first pitch...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
