SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea surpassed the milestone of 30,000 COVID-19 deaths Sunday as the country is bracing for another virus wave in winter. The country reported 41 COVID-19 deaths earlier in the day, raising the death toll to 30,031, almost three years after it reported a first confirmed COVID-19 case in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases bounced back to above 50,000 on Saturday amid concerns of a possible resurgence in the winter. The country reported 50,589 new COVID-19 infections, including 50 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 26,512,754, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. The [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — With the soaring cost of heating amid the start of winter, insulation sheets are gaining popularity. Major online shopping mall Gmarket analyzed the demand for heating products that are used to reduce heating costs in the winter between Oct. 12 and Nov. 13, which showed that demand surpassed the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Aircraft circled above South Korea on Thursday afternoon waiting for the English listening portion of the College Scholastic Aptitude Test to be completed. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has banned all airplane takeoffs and landings for 40 minutes from 1:05 p.m. to ensure that no noise disturbs [...]
BUSAN, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Authorities are scrambling to ensure a safe game festival, which is expected to attract a massive number of visitors, following the Itaewon crowd crush. On the first day of the annual global game trade fair G-Star at the BEXCO exhibition center in the southeastern port city of Busan on [...]
TAEBAEK, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The population of miners in Taebaek, Gangwon Province, once a booming coal mine area, has fallen below 500 people. The Taebaek Chamber of Commerce and Industry reported that there were 487 miners as of late September, which represents only 3.6 percent of the miner population in 1989 (13,362 people). [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The Friday count of South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases made its first on-week drop in six weeks, fueling hope that the virus’s recent surge may peak earlier than expected. The country reported 49,418 new COVID-19 infections, including 66 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 26,462,319, the Korea [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases rose to the highest Thursday figure in two months amid concerns of the virus’ possible resurgence in the winter. The country reported 55,437 new COVID-19 infections, including 39 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 26,412,901, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Half of all South Koreans believe that they don’t need to get married, with one third noting that the sentiment could largely be attributed to not being able to afford a wedding, the statistics agency said Wednesday. The survey by Statistics Korea showed 50 percent of respondents wanted to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite the government’s recommendation to get a booster shot to minimize the risk of another wave of the pandemic in the winter, South Koreans remain skeptical, a survey showed Wednesday. Local pollster Hankook Research conducted a nationwide survey of 1,000 men and women over 18 years of age, in [...]