ULLEUNG, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A local government overseeing Dokdo has been struggling to cope with the prolonged absence of its sole registered resident on the easternmost South Korean islets, officials said Wednesday. Dokdo, located just 90 kilometers east of the East Sea island of Ulleung, has been under effective control of South Korea [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — As the government is offering self-test kits to the public for initial tests for COVID-19, controversy looms over the accuracy of these kits. The Korean Society for Laboratory Medicine argued that the level of accuracy for these self-test kits stands at a maximum of 41.5 percent, with a 58.5 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea reported the largest job growth in nearly 22 years in January as the job market improved to pre-pandemic levels due to a low base effect and the ongoing economic recovery, data showed Wednesday. The number of employed people came to 26.95 million last month, up 1.14 million [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily virus cases surpassed the grim milestone of 80,000 Tuesday, as the highly transmissible omicron variant fueled a surge of cases around the country. According to health authorities and local governments, a total of 85,114 infection cases had been confirmed nationwide as of 9 p.m., up 28,787 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Hundreds of restaurant and other small business owners demonstrated in central Seoul on Tuesday, demanding the government lift business hour curfews and sufficiently compensate them for losses from the prolonged anti-virus restraints. Some 200 members of the so-called emergency association of small business hit by COVID-19 gathered near Gwanghwamun [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A woman in her 40s has been killed by her former boyfriend while under police protection, officials said Tuesday, in the latest in a series of preventable deaths expected to spark calls for better protection measures for such victims. The victim, whose identity was withheld, was having a drink [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The cleanliness and sanitation of restaurants are influencing consumer choice as much as taste after the pandemic outbreak, a survey showed Sunday. According to a survey conducted by the Korea Agro-Fisheries & Trade Corp. (aT) of 1,341 consumers between 20 and 69 years of age who ate out more [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily COVID-19 cases exceeded 50,000 for the fifth day in a row Monday as health authorities brace for a further spike amid the fast spread of the highly transmissible omicron variant across the nation. On Monday, the country began administering the fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccines, starting [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily COVID-19 cases hit a fresh record of 56,431 on Sunday, as the highly transmissible omicron variant continued to spread quickly across the nation. The fresh cases, including 56,297 local infections, raised the country’s total caseload to 1,350,630, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 infections reached a fresh daily high Saturday, as the highly transmissible omicron variant continued to spread fast across the nation. The country reported 54,941 new COVID-19 infections, including 53,797 local cases, raising the total to 1,294,205, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency [...]