SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Education on Tuesday said all schools in Seoul and its adjacent cities will resume in-person classes next week as the spread of the new coronavirus has slowed down recently. The move, which will be enforced until Oct. 11, was made to keep with the relaxed social [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is on alert to rein in new coronavirus cases during an upcoming major holiday when tens of millions of people usually travel across the country to reunite with their families and relatives. This year, South Koreans are set to enjoy five days off including the three-day Chuseok [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea aims to secure enough new coronavirus vaccines to administer to 30 million people, or roughly 60 percent of the country’s population, the health ministry said Tuesday. Under the COVID-19 vaccine plan discussed at the Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun, the country will seek to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new virus cases stayed below 200 for the 12th straight day Monday, but health authorities remain on alert over continued cluster infections across the nation and untraceable cases. The country began eased virus curbs in the greater Seoul area for the next two weeks, allowing eateries, franchise [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Temporary flights will start to operate this week to allow South Korean residents in China who returned here during COVID-19 outbreak to travel back to China, the government said Monday. Korean Air Lines Co. and Xiamen Airlines will operate a total seven flights from Incheon, west of Seoul, to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Cafes and gyms began to fill with patrons again as South Korea’s government loosened social distancing guidelines in the greater Seoul area starting Monday to mitigate economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on local businesses. At a branch of a coffeehouse chain in Noryangjin, southwest of Seoul, tables were [...]
SUWON, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Students from Gyeonggi Province believe that online classes allow them to take classes whenever they want, without having to worry about becoming infected with the coronavirus, a recent study revealed. The downside, however, was that it was harder to concentrate during online classes as many students strayed off to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Revenues of matchmaking businesses are on the rise as the more consumers are returning to use the service again. Less chance to meet people naturally due to the pandemic is assumed to have prompted more people to turn to matchmaking services. Compared to last year, Duo, a local matchmaking [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Only one out of 1,440 people has antibodies for the new coronavirus in South Korea, a second round of antibody tests in the country showed Monday, reinforcing the notion that the nation’s aggressive containment efforts might have curbed the prevalence of the virus. The result also indicated that herd immunity, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Owners of restaurants, franchise coffee shops, bakeries, beer halls and many other private businesses in the greater Seoul area are gearing up to resume normal operations after the government relaxed its anti-coronavirus measures beginning Monday. Over the past two weeks, people in Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon were banned [...]