SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The novel coronavirus is altering the landscape of the hotel industry with Chuseok – Korean Thanksgiving – just around the corner. As the coronavirus continues to spread throughout the greater Seoul area, hotels in Seoul saw their reservations plunge, while those in Jeju and other provinces are almost fully [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Students in Seoul and its surrounding area returned to school for in-person learning Monday as new coronavirus cases have declined recently. The measure, which will remain effective until Oct. 11, was introduced following the relaxed social distancing guidelines amid a recent drop in new coronavirus cases. It also reflects [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s national cemeteries will be closed during the upcoming Chuseok holiday to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, the veterans affairs ministry said Monday. From Sept. 30 to Oct. 4, visits to 11 national cemeteries across the country will be restricted, according to the Ministry of Patriots [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases dipped below 100 for the first time in more than a month on Sunday on the back of the strict social distancing scheme, but the country opted to extend the measure by another week as untraceable infections still pose a challenge to its [...]
NEW DELHI, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has donated new coronavirus test kits worth 930 million won (US$800,000) to Afghanistan, according to diplomatic officials Sunday. The some 40,000 test kits of the real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) type were delivered on Saturday at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, according to the South [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Sunday decided to extend nationwide virus curbs under way since late August by another week, as untraceable cases coupled with cluster infections still persist ahead of the Chuseok holiday. Under the decision, the country will maintain the Level 2 social distancing scheme, which has been in [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases stayed below 200 for the 17th straight day Saturday, but health authorities remain alert as untraceable cases hit a record high. The country added 110 more COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the total caseload to 22,893, according to the Korea Disease [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s new coronavirus cases stayed below 200 for the 16th straight day Friday, but health authorities remained alert as sporadic cluster infections continued to rise and untraceable cases hit a fresh record high. The country added 126 more COVID-19 cases, including 109 local infections, raising the total caseload [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A record-low number of South Koreans are expected to visit their hometowns or travel during the upcoming Chuseok holiday amid the lingering coronavirus fears, a poll showed Friday. In the survey of 1,000 adults nationwide conducted by Gallup Korea earlier this week, 81 percent said they do not have [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Consumers are buying more home exercise equipment as the coronavirus continues to force them to stay at home. Online shopping giant 11st reported that sales of exercise steppers, a piece of equipment that simulates the effect of climbing stairs, jumped by 475 percent in the period from September 1 [...]