SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — With South Korea’s self-employed and small businesses going through extremely tough times due to the resurgence of COVID-19, nationwide efforts are underway to help them overcome the hardships. A 39-year-old woman surnamed Kim who runs a small donut shop in Seoul has suffered from sluggish sales since the recent [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Google has pledged US$500,000 to help expand a coronavirus self-diagnosis website developed by the South Korean military’s Medical Command in cooperation with government and private experts, officials said Friday. The COVID-19 checkup site helps users decide whether to visit hospitals depending on the symptoms they experience, according to the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new virus cases stayed below 200 for the eighth consecutive day Thursday, but a spate of cluster infections continued to strain the country’s efforts to bring the daily numbers under two digits. The government will decide this week whether to extend tougher anti-virus measures in place in [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A big data analysis has revealed that the once popular consumer trends of exploring gourmet restaurants and having get-togethers after work, which have bolstered the growth of restaurant businesses in South Korea, have declined sharply due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic. The state-run Small Enterprise and Market Service carried [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Strict social distancing guidelines brought on by the coronavirus pandemic have prompted a growing number of South Koreans to read books to pass the time. South Korean online commerce giant 11st reported that sales of e-book readers and tablets jumped by 117 percent between Aug. 30-Sept. 6. Table lamp [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new virus cases stayed below 200 for the seventh consecutive day Wednesday, but health authorities are still on guard against sporadic cluster infections across the nation. The country added 156 more COVID-19 cases, including 144 local infections, raising the total caseload to 21,588, according to the Korea [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s health authorities said Wednesday that up to 40 percent of coronavirus patients were symptom-free, indicating that people can contract the virus unwittingly and the country’s virus fight may be tougher than expected. Asymptomatic, “silent” virus spreaders have been one of the key challenges for health authorities in [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — When South Korea was reeling from hundreds of new coronavirus cases in late February due to a mass outbreak tied to a religious sect in the southeastern city of Daegu, many citizens were glued to daily televised briefings by Jeong Eun-kyeong, the chief of the country’s anti-disease agency, to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — With the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing is becoming a priority in elementary schools, posing difficulties to teachers and students alike. As elementary schools began online classes due to coronavirus concerns, most outdoor play activities such as hide-and-seek and soccer were halted. Teachers are striving to come up with [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new virus cases stayed below 200 for the sixth consecutive day Tuesday, but sporadic cluster infections across the nation continued to put health authorities on edge. The country added 136 more COVID-19 cases, including 120 local infections, raising the total caseload to 21,432, according to the Korea [...]