SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea surpassed a grim milestone in its battle against the coronavirus pandemic as its total COVID-19 caseload broke the 80,000 mark Friday. The country added 370 more COVID-19 cases, including 351 local infections, raising the total caseload to 80,131, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s drug safety agency said Friday it has approved pharmaceutical giant Celltrion Inc.’s COVID-19 treatment candidate on several conditions. The conditional marketing authorization of CT-P59, an anti-COVID-19 monoclonal antibody treatment candidate, marks the country’s first homegrown COVID-19 treatment. The Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said CT-P59 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases stayed above 400 for a second straight day on Thursday as cluster infections continue to pop up across the country despite extended virus curbs. The country added 451 more COVID-19 cases, including 429 local infections, raising the total caseload to 79,762, according to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — People in Seoul spent less time working than usual and more time on media during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, a city government survey showed Thursday. According to the online survey of 1,000 Seoul citizens aged 18 to 69, people worked an average of 5 hours and 19 minutes [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey showed that negative emotions are rampant throughout South Korean society due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Korea Press Foundation carried out an online survey of 1,000 adults to identify how the emotions people feel about their everyday life have changed after the outbreak of the coronavirus. [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The gap in the mortality rate by income level did not widen during the outbreak of the coronavirus, thanks to the government’s implementation of a medical care system, that among others, offers financial support to cover medical expenses for those testing positive for COVID-19, a study showed Wednesday. Researchers [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases bounced back to over 400 after four days on Wednesday as cluster infections continue to rise despite extended virus curbs. The country added 467 more COVID-19 cases, including 433 local infections, raising the total caseload to 79,311, according to the Korea Disease Control [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Online shopping in South Korea hit a fresh record high in December as more people purchased products via e-commerce platforms amid tougher virus curbs caused by the pandemic, data showed Wednesday. The value of online transactions stood at 15.9 trillion won (US$14.2 billion) in December, up 26.1 percent from [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean mobile carriers will likely provide videoconference services for free during the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday, according to industry officials Wednesday, as in-person contact is limited to curb the spread of the new coronavirus. The Ministry of Science and ICT and the country’s three major telecom operators [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s major companies reduced their hiring of new employees in 2020 in an effort to cut costs amid the coronavirus pandemic, a corporate tracker said Wednesday. According to CEO Score, 497 out of the country’s top 500 firms by sales newly hired 264,901 workers last year, down 5,902 [...]