SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to start providing telemedicine services for overseas construction workers this year, the government said Sunday, amid heightened alert over new coronavirus infections among them. The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters said it aims to launch the service in September at the latest, with four major [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Korean international air travelers dipped nearly 98 percent in the second quarter from a year earlier due to entry restrictions and lower demand amid the new coronavirus pandemic, data showed Sunday. The number of air passengers on international routes by local air carriers plunged to [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Due to coronavirus-related travel restrictions, the number of foreign arrivals in South Korea again nose-dived nearly 98 percent in May, reaching slightly over 30,000, official data showed Saturday. According to the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO), 30,861 foreigners visited South Korea in May, down 97.9 percent from the same month [...]
SEOUL, July 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean performing arts sector has gradually returned to life after a monthslong slump, but the lingering novel coronavirus pandemic is casting a dark cloud over the scene for the remainder of 2020. According to the Korea Performing Arts Box Office Information System (KOPIS) on Thursday, aggregate ticket [...]
SEOUL, July 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Social distancing measures and the temporary closure of research institutes to prevent the spread of the coronavirus are making it difficult for bio-health researchers to carry out their clinical tests. According to industry sources on Thursday, the Korea Health Industry Development Institute conducted a survey of 362 chief researchers [...]
SEOUL, July 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Subways running across South Korea’s capital will get contactless gates that will allow passengers to pass through without directly tagging their cards, the Seoul metropolitan government said Thursday. The city’s subway operator plans to inject 2.9 billion won (US$2.4 million) to set up 556 “tagless gates” at subway stations [...]
SEOUL, July 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Returning last month from seven weeks of compulsory working from home due to the pandemic, Kim Min-ju, a 41-year-old office worker, was at a loss to find a safe place to have lunch. Back to her office life in the busy business district of Gwanghwamun in central Seoul, she [...]
SEOUL, July 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean woman in her 50s has received a lung transplant after the novel coronavirus ravaged her respiratory system, doctors said Thursday. Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital said a donor’s lungs were successfully transplanted to the severely ill COVID-19 patient on June 21. Her identity was withheld. The [...]
SEOUL, July 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of restaurants, bars and coffee shops that have closed this year in downtown Seoul areas such as Gangnam and Jongro has risen sharply due to the outbreak of the coronavirus. According to an analysis of the Seoul Open Data Square’s data on the current state of food [...]
SEOUL/JEJU, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Beaches across South Korea formally opened for the summer holiday season Wednesday, but vacationers are obliged to comply with strict disinfection and social distancing rules to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Some 270 beaches nationwide began to welcome visitors under strict COVID-19 guidelines, including a two-meter distance between [...]