SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean firms are suffering from the triple whammy of rising raw material costs, a coronavirus resurgence and an interest rate hike, a poll showed Monday. The survey of 310 large and smaller companies, taken by the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), showed that 81.6 percent of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases fell below 1,700 Sunday due to fewer tests over the weekend, but the number of patients in critical condition stayed high, sparking concerns over more fatalities down the road. The country added 1,619 more COVID-19 cases, including 1,576 local infections, raising the total [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases fell to slightly under 1,800 Saturday, but the number of critical patients kept rising, while health authorities started to discuss special antivirus measures for the upcoming Chuseok holidays. The country added 1,793 more COVID-19 cases, including 1,738 local infections, raising the total caseload [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases hovered under 1,900 for the second day Friday, while the number of critical patients continued to rise, as health authorities stepped up vaccination campaigns to control the worst wave driven by the highly infectious delta variant. The country added 1,841 more COVID-19 cases, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — At least 33 American service members stationed at Osan Air Base tested positive for the coronavirus, officials said Friday, after the base came under fire for a no-mask dance party in disregard of social distancing rules. The infections were reported on Thursday and Friday at the base, some 70 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases fell to slightly under 1,900 on Thursday, while daily COVID-19 deaths hit the highest number since the fourth wave of the pandemic began, as health authorities scrambled to add critical-care hospital beds. The country added 1,882 more COVID-19 cases, including 1,829 local infections, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases spiked to over 2,000 again Wednesday, as the Seoul metropolitan area reported a record high daily caseload since the pandemic began amid growing concerns over untraceable and variant cases. The country added 2,155 more COVID-19 cases, including 2,114 local infections, from the previous [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Disputes over wedding contracts have increased dramatically following the coronavirus outbreak, a consumer watchdog said Tuesday. The Korea Consumer Agency reported 746 cases of damage redress in the marriage industry (wedding halls, wedding planners, and matchmaking agencies), rising by a factor of 1.5 since 2018 (496 cases) prior to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases came close to 2,000 as of 9 p.m. Tuesday as a record-high number of infections was recorded in Seoul. The country added 1,937 more COVID-19 cases as of 9 p.m., up 593 from the same time the previous day, according to health authorities and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus fell below 1,500 on Monday due to fewer tests over the weekend, as health authorities extended the toughest virus curbs for another two weeks to battle the worst wave of the pandemic. The country added 1,418 more COVID-19 cases, including 1,370 local infections, raising [...]