SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases fell back to below 500 again Friday due to fewer tests amid cold weather despite a continued rise in clusters tied to religious facilities, which has put health authorities in a more prudent mode about relaxing virus curbs. The country added 469 more [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Three Protestant groups on Friday made a public apology for several mass infections of the novel coronavirus from Protestant churches and institutions over the past year. “Looking back on the current situation in which Korean churches are regarded as a major threat to public health, we deeply apologize to [...]
BUSAN, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Concerns about animal abuse and mistreatment are growing after a cat recently tested positive for COVID-19 in Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province where an infection was reported. A female worker who is a so-called ‘cat mom,’ a person who provides food to stray cats, recently experienced an embarrassing moment. When [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The concept of compulsory education as stipulated by South Korea’s Constitution is being subject to heated discussion following a massive outbreak of coronavirus infections at the TCS Ace International School in the southern city of Gwangju, which turned out to be lacking any government certification. South Korea makes it [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases stayed around 500 for the second straight day on Thursday as cluster infections traced to religious facilities continued ahead of an adjustment of the level of social distancing measures this week. The country added 497 more COVID-19 cases, including 479 locally transmitted infections, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean mobile carriers are launching unmanned stores and expanding their online retail platforms as the COVID-19 pandemic limits in-person contact and accelerates the use of virtual services. KT Corp. said Thursday it launched its first unmanned store equipped with digital kiosks for customers to buy phones and switch [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans’ impressions of Protestant churches are growing cold as church institutions are constantly going against efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19. A coronavirus cluster originating from a local Christian missionary group called the International Mission (IM) appears to be spreading nationwide. According to local governments, 41 IM-related [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases soared over 500 for the first time in 10 days Wednesday as infections at religious educational facilities flared up this week. The country added 559 more COVID-19 cases, including 516 locally transmitted infections, raising the total caseload to 76,429, according to the Korea [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — As the coronavirus pandemic continues to drag on, more consumers are picking up musical instruments as a new hobby. Gmarket, an online shopping mall, reported a 44 percent increase in guitar sales between Dec. 25-Jan. 24 compared to last year’s records. Acoustic guitar sales have more than doubled, and [...]
SHANGHAI, China, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Junshi Biosciences (HKEX: 1877; SSE: 688180), a leading innovation-driven biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development and commercialization of novel therapies, announced today that etesevimab (JS016 or LY-CoV016) 2800 mg and bamlanivimab (LY-CoV555) 2800 mg together significantly reduced COVID-19-related hospitalizations and deaths (collectively, “events”) in high-risk patients recently [...]