SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) – In a reality singing competition television series on Fox, celebrities in extravagant costumes and face masks perform a cover of a famous song, while the audience and panelists who don’t know the identity of the singers vote for their favorite. This is the basic format of “The Masked Singer,” [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — When South Korea reported its first case of the new coronavirus on Jan. 20, little was fathomed about how this virus would change life. Three months into the virus outbreak, what was once deemed a regional virus has developed into a global pandemic, reshaping how people work, rest and [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — At the height of the coronavirus pandemic, students are not receiving regular education from school. Instead, there are number of reported cases where parents have educated their children on the value of sharing and charitable donations. A nine-year-old female elementary school student living in Yeonsu District in Incheon, just [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The coronavirus pandemic is propagating rapidly across the globe, boosting the popularity of so-called “untact” services, and promoting Fourth Industrial Revolution technology based on artificial intelligence. Many companies have been increasing spending on automation, including robot purchases, in light of the pandemic. The International Federation of Robotics estimates that [...]
SEOUL, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans marked the sixth anniversary of a deadly ferry disaster Thursday, remembering the lesson from the incident to firm up their determination to defeat the coronavirus. The Sewol ferry capsized off the country’s western coast near Jindo Island on April 16, 2014, killing 299 passengers, mostly high school [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s economy may start to get back on the normalization track next month at the earliest, recovering from the economic fallout from the novel coronavirus, a report suggested Monday. The report from the Hana Institute of Finance said the number of new coronavirus infection cases in China peaked [...]
SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Hoarding of daily necessities in South Korea briefly occurred in late February as the country braced for a sharp rise in the outbreak of the new coronavirus, but the country saw little panic buying of such goods induced by the novel coronavirus in part on the back of a [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Most South Koreans support the social distancing campaign to fend off the coronavirus, though three in 10 feel its side effects, a poll showed Wednesday. The survey by the Asian Citizen’s Center for Environment and Health, a nongovernmental organization, also found citizens in an overwhelming number are positive toward [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 6 in 10 South Koreans are in favor of emergency relief funds over the coronavirus outbreak being paid to the entire nation, instead of just the bottom 70 percent income group as proposed by the government, a poll showed Wednesday. According to a survey of 500 adults nationwide, [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A total of 126 countries have asked about either importing South Korean-made coronavirus test kits or receiving them as part of humanitarian aid, the foreign ministry said Tuesday. Seoul has garnered recognition for its diagnostic capabilities, quarantine efforts and medical infrastructure that have led to its daily number of [...]