SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea appears to be slowing down with the help of tough restrictions ahead of the holiday season, but concerns remain over continued cluster infections at virus-prone facilities and a more transmissible virus variant, health authorities said Tuesday. The country added [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The so-called ‘coparazzis,’ or paparazzi that report on COVID-19 quarantine violations to win rewards, are gaining presence. The government and local authorities recently introduced a new program that allows citizens to report on quarantine violations in exchange for rewards as an effort to keep an eye on businesses failing [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The national bar examination began across South Korea on Tuesday, one day after the Ministry of Justice reversed its earlier decision to ban anybody infected with the new coronavirus from sitting for the annual exam. The ministry initially planned to prohibit anybody diagnosed with COVID-19 from taking the bar [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases bounced back to over 1,000 Monday due to soaring infections in a Seoul prison and care homes across the country, as well as continued community infections, despite extended tougher virus curbs. The country added 1,020 more COVID-19 cases, including 985 local infections, raising [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s wine imports soared to a record high in 2020 as more people enjoyed drinking and partied at home due to the coronavirus outbreak, government data showed Monday. South Korea imported US$239 million worth of wines in the January-November period last year, much higher than the $204 million [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases stayed below 1,000 for the second day in a row Sunday, largely due to less testing on the New Year’s Day holiday, as health authorities kept tight vigilance with the extension of the current social distancing rules. The country added 657 more COVID-19 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases fell below 900 on Saturday, largely due to less testing over the New Year’s Day holiday, as health authorities kept tight vigilance with the extension of the current social distancing rules. The country added 824 more COVID-19 cases, including 788 local infections, raising [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases rose above 1,000 again Friday as health authorities are expected to extend the current social distancing rules amid no signs of the winter wave of the virus abating. The country added 1,029 more COVID-19 cases, including 1,004 local infections, raising the total caseload [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae on Friday apologized over massive coronavirus infections among inmates at a detention center in Seoul. Choo has been under fire for belatedly responding to COVID-19 infections at Dongbu Detention Center in southeastern Seoul, in which over 900 cases have been confirmed over the past month. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will require foreigners to test negative for the novel coronavirus before arrival, starting at airports next week, as the nation steps up its fight against the pandemic amid a winter wave of the virus, officials said Friday. Foreign arrivals must have a negative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) [...]