SEOUL, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases fell below 600 on Friday, as health authorities decided to extend the current distancing rules for another three weeks amid continued cluster inflections and spreading variant cases. The country reported 561 more COVID-19 cases, including 542 local infections, raising the total caseload to [...]
SEOUL, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s pop music industry was estimated to have suffered tens of billions of won in financial damage as ticket sales plunged amid the new coronavirus pandemic, a music organization said Friday. According to the Record Label Industry Association of Korea (LIAK), the estimated damage stood at around 184 [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases rose above 600 for the second day Thursday amid continued cluster inflections and spreading variant cases. The country reported 646 more COVID-19 cases, including 619 local infections, raising the total caseload to 134,117, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. Thursday’s [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Older people were more likely to have suffered a decrease in income due to the coronavirus pandemic, a survey showed Thursday. In the survey conducted on 16,244 workers in 537 professions from August to November, 35.8 percent said they earned less in 2020 due to the economic fallout from [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases rose above 600 on Wednesday as health authorities remained alert over a potential hike amid continued cluster inflections and spreading variant cases. The country reported 654 more COVID-19 cases, including 637 local infections, raising the total caseload to 133,471, the Korea Disease Control [...]
SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases fell below 600 on Tuesday on fewer tests over the weekend, but health authorities remained alert over a potential hike amid continued cluster inflections and spreading variant cases. The country reported 528 more COVID-19 cases, including 506 local infections, raising the total caseload [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases stayed in the 600s for the third consecutive day Monday, as infections from private gatherings, schools and military bases continued amid little progress in vaccinations. The country reported 619 more COVID-19 cases, including 597 local infections, raising the total caseload to 132,290, the [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — With more Koreans postponing marriage and even having a child as the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage on, experts are raising the prospects of a ‘population shock’. A study by professor Choi Seul-ki from the KDI School of Public Policy and Management and professor Kye Bong-oh from Kookmin University [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases stayed in the 600s for the second consecutive day on Sunday as the country focuses on its vaccination campaign amid tight vaccine supply. The country reported 610 more COVID-19 cases, including 572 local infections, raising the total caseload to 131,671, the Korea Disease [...]
SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases fell below 700 on Saturday as the authorities expressed concerns about yet another uptick in additional cases amid a growing number of travelers that can lead to more sporadic cluster infections. The country reported 681 more COVID-19 cases, including 661 local infections, raising [...]