COVID-19 restrictions Archives

Huge Pent-Up Desire for Travel, Leisure Activities Looms as COVID-19 Restrictions Lifted

SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — As most of the COVID-19 restrictions that kept people cooped up during the pandemic period have been lifted, a growing number of people are setting up more active plans for the new year. The number of passengers using the routes between South Korea and Japan totaled 638,189 in the [...]

Hundreds of Merchants Hold Late Night Drive-through Rally Against COVID-19 Restrictions

SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 750 small business owners held a drive-through rally late Wednesday night to protest the government’s strengthened COVID-19 restrictions in light of a recent flare-up of infections, organizers said. The merchants, who united under the banner of a national emergency committee for small business owners, drove around 11 [...]