SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — One in three South Koreans picked the outbreak of a new disease as the biggest source of social anxiety this year, a survey showed Wednesday, underscoring people’s jitters over the new coronavirus pandemic. The poll by Statistics Korea showed that 32.8 percent of those surveyed said they consider the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Citizens in the greater Seoul area and southern city of Gwangju will be required to follow stricter health regulations in public places and at gatherings under an enhanced social distancing scheme effective from Thursday, as the country is facing another potential flare-up of the new coronavirus. Social distancing was [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is set to raise the social distancing scheme in the greater Seoul area by one notch to rein in the upward trend of coronavirus infections as the number of new cases hovered above 200 for the fourth consecutive day Tuesday. The country added 230 more COVID-19 cases, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean health authorities are on alert over an increasing number of young and middle-aged people infected with the coronavirus, which they fear could spawn a fresh wave of outbreaks in coming weeks. The proportion of those under 50 in all new cases increased 10.8 percentage points to 49.1 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans in the greater capital area will face stricter social distancing rules under the government’s Level 1.5 scheme starting Thursday, including more toughened capacity limits at restaurants and worship services and caps on large gatherings. Under the government’s new five-tier scheme, Level 1.5 is issued in the capital [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The government decided Tuesday to raise the social distancing level by one notch to 1.5 in the greater Seoul area and Gwangju, amid a resurgence of new COVID-19 cases in the regions. The measure will go into effect on Thursday in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province, while it will take [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea may face another new coronavirus outbreak within a month, health authorities warned on Monday, as cluster infections show no signs of letup and year-end gatherings may further complicate the country’s virus fight. The country’s new coronavirus cases hovered above 200 for a third consecutive day as cluster [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean movie theaters and film distributors again struggled with operating losses in the third quarter due to the protracted novel coronavirus pandemic, but their deficit contracted from three months earlier, industry reports showed Monday. CJ CGV, the leading multiplex chain in South Korea, saw its third-quarter operating loss [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Loans to accommodation and food services sectors have jumped due to a recent resurgence of the novel coronavirus, central bank data showed Monday. Outstanding loans to lodging and eating businesses totaled 71.1 trillion won (US$64.2 billion) as of September, up 21.5 percent from a year ago, according to the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government on Sunday unveiled a plan to tighten monitoring of cram schools and study facilities ahead of the first national college entrance scheduled to take place during the new coronavirus pandemic. The exam, held annually in November, was postponed as school schedules were affected by the [...]