SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) – As news of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) dominates the country, medical staff fighting against the deadly virus are suffering from discrimination from their neighbors who are afraid of being infected by them. There is a widespread trend of people treating medical staff as possible MERS patients or ostracizing [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — As the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced that it would compensate a foreign tourist afflicted with the MERS virus in Korea with US$ 3,000, Koreans citizens on SNS are strongly criticizing the government’s policy, saying that the government should firsthand spend its money to stop the virus, [...]
SEJONG, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s cigarette tax revenue jumped in the first five months of 2015 from a year earlier due mainly to a tax hike, government data showed Wednesday. Starting this year, the tax levied on a pack of cigarettes rose by 2,000 won (US$1.79), raising the average price per pack [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – As Samsung Seoul Hospital announced a partial shutdown due to the further spread of the MERS virus on June 15, an exodus of patients to other hospitals in the district has begun. Samsung Seoul is forcing its current patients and those with scheduled appointments to move to other hospitals [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Uplus is set to exempt its customers in isolation for or under treatment for the MERS virus from paying their phone charges for the month of June. The company will also provide customers with unlimited data usage for the month, according to an announcement on June 15. The company [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — TVXQ fans cheered through their masks at concerts on June 13 and 14, where concerns over the MERS virus were moderated by organizers who used thermal imaging cameras to check body temperatures at various times during the shows. The two-day concert raised concerns over the further spread of the [...]
SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Tens of thousands of South Koreans have canceled blood donations amid fears over a possible infection by the MERS virus that has claimed 15 lives in the country since late May, the Korean Red Cross said Sunday. Some 230 organizations and more than 25,000 people have called off blood donations [...]
SEOUL/SEJONG, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The World Health Organization (WHO) said Saturday South Korea is bracing for a drawn-out battle against Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), saying its outbreak is “large and complex.” The warning came amid reports of a rebound in the daily tally of confirmed cases. A dozen new infections were found, raising the [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — American beef is meeting increasing demand in Korea, with its import volume of 2,527 tons surpassing that of Australian beef between May 1 and 10, according to an announcement from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety on June 11. American beef once faced an import ban in 2003 [...]
SUWON, Jun. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A university lecturer conducted his class through internet broadcasting service Afreeca TV after Suwon University shut down classes for five days as part of its measures to prevent the spread of the MERS virus. As six students and a professor at the university were confirmed to have participated in [...]