SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases stayed above 400 on Saturday, the second day of mass vaccinations, as sporadic cluster infections continued to linger throughout the nation. The country reported 415 more virus cases, including 405 local infections, raising the total caseload to 89,321, according to the Korea Disease [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases rose above 400 again on Friday as the country started its vaccination program and decided to extend current social distancing guidelines for two more weeks. The country reported 406 more virus cases, including 382 local infections, raising the total caseload to 88,922, according [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will extend its current social distancing measures for another two weeks, the prime minister said Friday, as sporadic COVID-19 cluster infections continue to pop up across the country. “The government will decide to extend the current distancing levels for another two weeks starting next week during today’s [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases fell slightly below 400 on Thursday, a day ahead of the country’s first rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, as sporadic cluster infections continued to pop up across the country. The country reported 396 more virus cases, including 369 local infections, raising the total caseload [...]
SHINAN, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Shinan, a southwestern county composed of about 1,000 islands, on Thursday announced a decision to cancel its nationally famous spring tulip festival, in-person as well as online, for the second year in a row due to coronavirus fears. The South Jeolla Province county, about 390 kilometers south of Seoul, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases bounced back to over 400 on Wednesday on continued cluster infections across the country ahead of the country’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout this week. The country reported 440 more virus cases, including 417 local infections, raising the total caseload to 88,120, according to the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of movie theaters in South Korea are being transformed into places where a variety of leisure activities ranging from games to travel can be enjoyed. The nation’s film industry is exploring various ways to survive as the number of moviegoers has declined sharply due to the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Spring is just around the corner, but almost all spring blossom and cultural festivals across the country are likely to be called off for the second consecutive year amid little signs of a letup in coronavirus outbreaks, officials said Wednesday. Many local governments have already decided to cancel their [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases stayed below 400 for the second straight day Tuesday on fewer tests over the weekend, but authorities are vigilant over the rising reproduction rate amid eased social distancing measures and an increase in the number of patients infected with COVID-19 variants. The country [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans felt less happy last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, with women, young adults, the elderly and low-income citizens affected the most, a state-run think tank’s survey showed Tuesday. According to an annual survey on 8,336 adults by the Korea Institute of Public Administration (KIPA) from September [...]