SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of international travelers on South Korean air carriers during the third quarter reached 85 percent of the level before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to government data Thursday. According to the transportation ministry data, international passengers on South Korean airlines during the July-September period totaled 12.87 million, compared [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea witnessed a decline in its suicide rate and the number of suicide deaths last year compared to a year earlier but suicides among teenagers and individuals in their 40s increased. The overall decline in the suicide rate can be attributed to the return to normalcy following the termination [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The infection level of COVID-19 was reduced to the lowest Class 4, on a level with seasonal flu, in South Korea on Thursday as part of the country’s effort to fully return to a pre-pandemic level, health authorities said. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said its [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed a growing influence of the home environment on students’ academic performance in the wake of COVID-19. Researchers are increasingly focused on the family learning process due to the discovery that children’s scholastic achievements are more intertwined with their home environment and parental conduct than [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will lower the infection level of COVID-19 to the lowest category to manage the disease like seasonal flu, lifting nearly all antivirus curbs and fully returning to pre-pandemic normalcy, health authorities said Wednesday. The move came as the number of COVID-19 infections dropped for the first time [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases dropped last week to snap seven consecutive weeks of growth, government data showed Monday, encouraging health authorities to resume their plans to lift all virus curbs. The country reported a daily average of 40,400 new infections for the week of Aug. 15-21, down 17.7 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is likely to downgrade the infection level of COVID-19 to the lowest category on par with seasonal flu this month, health officials said Sunday, in a step to lift all antivirus curbs and fully return to pre-pandemic normalcy. Currently, the infection level of COVID-19 in South Korea [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases increased for the seventh consecutive week last week, but the rate of growth slowed, health authorities said Wednesday. The country reported 349,279 new infections for the week of Aug. 6-12, up 0.8 percent from a week earlier, with around 50,000 people infected with the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Monday that it will postpone its plan to ease all kinds of anti-virus curbs and fully return to pre-pandemic normalcy due to a recent surge in COVID-19 infections. “We were going to announce plans to lower the disease level of COVID-19 to Class 4 and lift [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases increased for the fifth consecutive week last week, health authorities said Monday, amid rising concerns over a possible new wave after all antivirus curbs were lifted earlier this year. The country reported a daily average of 45,529 new infections for the week of July [...]