SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — With a surging number of COVID-19 patients infected with the omicron variant, people are seeking loopholes to get polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests as mistrust of self-test kits rises. Since February, only people over 60 years of age and those who have entered into physical contact with a COVID-19 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The government is under fire as it recently came to light that foreigners are also eligible for ‘Youth Hope Installment Savings’ accounts, high-interest savings plans introduced by the government for younger citizens. A 34-year-old office worker posted a petition on the website of the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Civic activists and ordinary citizens held a rally in front of the Russian Embassy in central Seoul on Monday to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and to call for a peaceful resolution of the situation. Activists representing about 400 civic groups, including People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy and the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Many small business owners welcomed the government’s decision to temporarily suspend the COVID-19 vaccine pass system for multiuse facilities from March, though some citizens expressed concern over its negative impact on the quarantine efforts. The lifting of the vaccine pass mandate will affect 11 kinds of multiuse facilities, including [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Schools from elementary to secondary levels are bracing for fully in-person classes for the upcoming spring semester, but parents are on edge over infection fears as the country’s daily COVID-19 tally is expected to go up further down the road. With the new semester for most schools scheduled to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — About half of young South Korean workers were not satisfied with their income level, a survey showed Sunday. The National Youth Policy Institute conducted a survey of 4,141 South Koreans between 19 and 34 years of age, and found that the annual income of the respondents averaged 22.23 million [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily COVID-19 cases stayed below 170,000 for the third straight day Sunday, but critical cases from the virus continued to rise at a fast pace amid the spread of the highly contagious omicron variant. The country reported 163,566 new coronavirus infections, including 163,414 local cases, raising the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Around 300 people, including Ukrainians living in South Korea and their supporters, on Sunday staged a rally to protest against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Carrying Ukrainian flags and signs reading “Stop Putin” and “Stop the War” in front of the Russian Embassy, they chanted slogans like “Do not kill [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily COVID-19 cases stayed below 170,000 for the second straight day Saturday, but the daily death count hit an all-time high amid the fast spread of the omicron variant. The country reported 166,209 new COVID-19 infections, including 166,068 local cases, raising the total caseload to 2,831,283, according [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily COVID-19 cases fell below 170,000 on Friday, but critical cases and deaths from the virus rose at a fast pace amid the continued spread of the highly contagious omicron variant. The country reported 165,890 new COVID-19 infections, including 165,749 local cases, raising the total caseload to [...]