The daily necessities support for people who are under self-isolation of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) are drawing keen attention from overseas. A Filipino woman living in South Korea posted a post titled ‘What an amazing Country!!!’ on her Facebook page on April 3. The post shows photos of Korea’s supporting items for self-isolation such...Read More
South Korea reports 47 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 virus infections in Korea. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that as of midnight on 6th April, a total of 10,284 confirmed cases of COVID-19 were reported in Korea. As of midnight on the 5th, the cumulative confirmed cases were 10,237, an increase...Read More
South Korea’s Ministry of Justice on 2nd April deported eight foreigners who refused to accept two-week self-isolation measures for those who entered the country. In order to prevent the inflow of new coronavirus infections (COVID-19), the government has been implementing self-isolation measures for two weeks for all people who entered the country from the previous...Read More
As the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 around the world approaches 500,000, the leaders of the G20 economies adopted a joint statement on Mar. 26 in which they promised to quickly release a financial package and to shore up international financial safety nets. South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who had suggested holding the G20...Read More
Gripped by fears of the pandemic, in many parts of our world, supermarket shelves are being cleared by a hordes of people panicking, thinking it’s now or never in terms of buying and stocking up. That hasn’t been the case in South Korea, even with the relatively high number of COVID-19 cases. Choi Jeong-yoon delves...Read More
In late January, South Korean health officials summoned representatives from more than 20 medical companies from their lunar New Year celebrations to a conference room tucked inside Seoul’s busy train station. One of the country’s top infectious disease officials delivered an urgent message: South Korea needed an effective test immediately to detect the novel coronavirus,...Read More
South Korea and Sweden are the most innovative countries in the world, according to a league table covering everything from the concentration of tech companies to the number of science and engineering graduates. The index on innovative countries highlights South Korea’s position as the economy whose companies filed the most patents in 2017. Bloomberg, which...Read More
