SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s national cemeteries began restricting visits Thursday to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus during the Lunar New Year’s Day holiday, the veterans affairs ministry said. Seol, or Lunar New Year’s Day, is one of the country’s biggest traditional holidays during which families hold rituals to thank [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — About 5,000 South Korean soldiers who worked up a sweat on the frontlines to fight the spread of the coronavirus have been recognized for their ‘honorable experience.’ As a result of deliberations by the three branches of the South Korean armed forces, a total of 13,164 soldiers were recognized [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea reported a spike in daily coronavirus cases Wednesday as clusters of infections continued to emerge, with health authorities urging people to avoid family gatherings during the Lunar New Year holiday. The country added 444 more COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, including 414 local infections, raising [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will start vaccinating its population against COVID-19 on Feb. 26 if final approval for the use of AstraZeneca’s vaccine for elderly people is made this week, health authorities said Tuesday. The announcement by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) came as the nation reported a [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Some 70 indie music bands in South Korea will take part in a campaign aimed at helping live music halls that suffered blows from the new coronavirus pandemic, organizers said Tuesday. Bands like Galaxy Express, No Brain, Jambinai and Crying Nut are among those included in the lineup for [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily coronavirus cases fell below 300 on Monday, marking the lowest number since last November, when a third wave of outbreaks began, as the nation started an eased social distancing scheme outside the greater Seoul area. The country added 289 more COVID-19 cases in the past 24 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – AstraZeneca will start delivering the first batch of its COVID-19 vaccine to South Korea starting from Feb. 24, South Korean health authorities said Monday. The virus response control tower said in a statement that AstraZeneca’s vaccine will be supplied in phases from Feb. 24 over the following several days, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Running online and offline classes in parallel last year due to the outbreak of the coronavirus had a severe side effect on students who were in socially and economically vulnerable positions, a study showed Sunday. Particularly among lower grade elementary school students, it led to some cases where the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily coronavirus cases were under 400 for the third consecutive day Sunday in the latest sign of a possible slowdown in the virus curve, with the country set to launch an eased social distancing scheme outside the greater Seoul area starting the next day. The country added [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily coronavirus cases stayed below 400 for the second consecutive day Saturday, while the government decided to relax a business curfew starting next week in most cities outside the greater Seoul area. The country added 393 more COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, including 366 local [...]