SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – The government will extend toughened social distancing rules for two more weeks through mid-January, Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum said Friday, amid efforts to bring down the number of serious coronavirus cases and contain the omicron variant. “It is too early to think that we have overcome the crisis,” Kim [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting today, the long-awaited “With Corona” (or “living with COVID-19″) scheme kicks off, with mixed emotions about how the situation will turn out. Many things will change from Nov. 1, with a lot of welcome news for outgoing people. Frequent movie-goers, for example, will be able to watch movies [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A university student developed a website to make it easier for people to navigate a web of ever-changing social distancing rules on private gatherings. The creator, Kim Joon-tae, said he developed the website to reduce inconveniences coming from complicated rules on private gatherings that differ depending on time of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s soon-to-be married couples are fighting against the government’s COVID-19 restrictions on indoor weddings, saying that the ever-shifting rules are causing them financial and emotional damage. On Thursday morning, a few members of an alliance, made up of approximately 6,000 people with imminent wedding plans, staged a protest [...]
JEJU, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The toughest Level 4 social distancing rules went into effect on the southern resort island of Jeju on Wednesday, as authorities struggle to contain the rapid spread of COVID-19 among tourists and residents. The Jeju provincial government said the Level 4 scheme, up one notch from the previous Level [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Education announced a set of new relaxed social distancing guidelines in schools Monday to bring more children back into classrooms in the fall. The ministry said it will allow schools to run in-person classes even under Level 4 distancing measures, the most stringent set of rules, [...]
GANGNEUNG, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Gangneung, one of South Korea’s most popular destinations for summer vacationers, mulls over the nighttime closure of beaches and other unprecedented quarantine measures against COVID-19, officials said Monday, following an earlier decision to lift its social distancing rules to the toughest restrictions of Level 4. Gangneung, an east coast [...]
SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The retail, hospitality and other service sectors in the wider capital area are expected to suffer another setback as the highest level of social distancing rules will be implemented amid the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, industry watchers said Friday. Under the Level 4 guidelines to go into [...]
SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The upcoming ban on private gatherings of three or more people in the greater Seoul area is driving owners of restaurants, bars, cafes and many other small businesses into utter despair. On Friday, the government announced a decision to put the capital area under the toughest social distancing rules [...]
SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea announced Friday it will place the greater Seoul area under the toughest social distancing rules of Level 4 as concerns of a fourth wave of new COVID-19 outbreaks over the summer grow stronger. The decision to implement Level 4 guidelines in Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, 40 [...]