SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean airlines are beefing up preventive measures to minimize any fallout from the fast-spreading coronavirus on their businesses this year, industry sources said Wednesday. The new coronavirus virus first appeared in the central Chinese city of Wuhan last month, and has sickened thousands and killed more than 100 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Fears over the new Wuhan coronavirus appear to be spreading to university campuses in South Korea as a large number of Chinese students return from winter vacation. Amid the growing concern about the new virus, which originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan, South Korean university students, particularly those [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean entertainment and broadcasting industries have been on full alert amid continued concerns over the Chinese coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 130 people and spread to many other countries and regions, industry sources said Wednesday. An increasing number of entertainment agencies have decided to defer [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Wednesday it will foot the bill for fighting the Wuhan coronavirus in the country and treating infected patients. Under the rules on countermeasures for new infectious diseases, the state will pay for all expenses related to the screening of suspected cases and treatment of those infected, [...]
ANSAN, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Chinese communities in South Korea are on high alert amid growing fears of a new coronavirus that originated in China. As of Tuesday, four people in South Korea — one Chinese and three Korean nationals — have tested positive for the virus that has killed more than 100 in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul education office on Tuesday advised schools in the capital to extend their winter vacation as part of efforts to curb the fatal new coronavirus from further spreading. A letter containing the non-binding advisory was sent to kindergartens, elementary, middle and high schools across the capital, according to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s tourism industry is expected to take the hardest hit among local businesses here from the outbreak of the Wuhan coronavirus as citizens cancel their overseas trips, while incoming tourists from China are set to decline sharply, industry sources said Tuesday. More than 100 people have been killed [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Major South Korean companies are scrambling to minimize any possible fallout from the Wuhan coronavirus by pulling their staff out of China and curbing trips there, industry sources said Tuesday. Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Motors Corp. plan to evacuate family members of hundreds of their employees [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite enhanced quarantine efforts, concerns are rising here that the Wuhan coronavirus may spread across the country as some patients confirmed to be infected with the virus have not been adequately screened at airports and have been in contact with citizens here. According to the Korea Centers for Disease [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) has issued guidelines on the prevention of an outbreak of Wuhan coronavirus amid deepening concerns over the spread of the pneumonia-like illness following four confirmed cases reported in South Korea. The deadly virus appears to have put the U.S. military on alert, particularly as [...]