SEOUL, Sept. 1 (korea Bizwire) – South Korea is bracing for a prolonged virus combat as the number of cases involving unknown transmission routes and critically ill patients increases, with the country’s infection cases surpassing the grim 20,000 mark. South Korea, once praised for its successful containment of COVID-19, reported 235 new cases Tuesday, raising [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The so-called ‘COVID-19 fatigue’ is reaching a critical level in South Korea, evolving into widespread anger over those who neglect social distancing guidelines. Many people are feeling exhausted with the COVID-19 crisis which has continued to play out without respite since early this year. Frustrated by a flurry of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of online stores jumped on the first day on which South Korea imposed stricter social distancing guidelines to stem the spread of the new coronavirus outbreak, retailers said Monday. In a sharp contrast, sales of retail stores plunged as people opted to stay at home and order online [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s capital and surrounding areas, home to half of the country’s population, turned unusually quiet over the weekend and on Monday as residents adjusted to one of the toughest social distancing modes in place there since the pandemic hit the country. Starting Sunday, South Korea began to restrict [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Local companies’ demand for new employees in the second and third quarters has fallen to the lowest level in 11 years, a government report showed Monday, as the spread of the coronavirus pandemic continues to weigh down the job market. According to the report issued by the Ministry of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The looming second wave of the novel coronavirus pandemic has pushed South Korean film theater operators into a corner again, leading them to reduce payroll and shut down branches. Lotte Cultureworks, the entertainment unit of retail giant Lotte Group, said Saturday that it will offer voluntary retirement to long-term [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Reports to the police over people not wearing masks have surged seventeenfold after the Seoul city government mandated face masks in an anti-virus measure, data showed Monday. Reports on people without masks totaled 1,280 cases, or an average of 256 cases per day, between Monday and Friday last week, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Seoul on Sunday designated this week as a “week of standstill” for nearly 10 million citizens in its latest measure to fight the spread of the new coronavirus in the capital area. During the “10 Million Citizen Standstill Week,” which runs from Sunday to next Sunday, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea began Sunday to restrict operations of restaurants, bakeries and franchise coffee chains in the greater Seoul area in an effort to contain the fast spread of the new coronavirus. Under the plan that lasts until next Sunday, restaurants and bakeries can operate until 9 p.m., and only [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S. Department of Army on Sunday began to require all American soldiers, families and other related civilians to have a negative test result for the new coronavirus prior to their departure for South Korea, officials said. The measure comes as the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) has reported a [...]