SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Most people in cafes, offices and schools in South Korea kept wearing their face masks Monday, the first day of the lifting of a mandate for indoor places. Starting midnight, the government lifted most mandatory indoor mask-wearing rules after more than two years, except at hospitals, pharmacies and on [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s veterans affairs ministry said Thursday it has provided 10,000 additional face masks to Colombia to express gratitude for the country’s participation in the 1950-53 Korean War. The masks were delivered Tuesday as Minister Hwang Ki-chul was in the Latin American country to strengthen the bilateral friendship and [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea provided an additional 2 million face masks to international veterans of the 1950-53 Korean War recently in an expression of gratitude for their sacrifice, the veterans affairs ministry has said. Under the second such project, a total of 1 million masks were sent to the veterans in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is providing 2 million face masks to veterans of the 1950-53 Korean War in 22 countries in an expression of gratitude for their sacrifice, the veterans affairs ministry said Wednesday. Of the total, 1 million masks will go to the United States whose nationals account for 90 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — People will be required to wear face masks on mass transportation, at demonstrations, and medical and health care facilities starting Tuesday, health authorities said. The requirement is in line with the implementation of the country’s infectious disease control and prevention act aimed at stemming the spread of the deadly [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — People will be required to wear face masks on mass transportation and in public places starting Tuesday to help better combat the coronavirus outbreak. The requirement is in line with the implementation of the country’s infectious disease control and prevention act aimed at stemming the spread of the flu-like [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s veterans association said Monday it has provided 50,000 face masks to a U.S. veterans group to help American Korean War veterans fight the new coronavirus. The Korean Veterans Association also donated US$10,000 to the U.S.-based Korean War Veterans Association to express gratitude for their sacrifice during the [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will send 400,000 face masks to the Philippines and East Timor this week to help the two Southeast Asian countries cope with the coronavirus pandemic, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Wednesday. A C-130 Air Force plane carrying the KF-94 masks will depart for Manila on Thursday before traveling [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — More than six months into the new coronavirus pandemic, wearing a face mask in public has become an everyday norm here. Starting last month, the government tightened rules by mandating face masks on all buses, taxis and subways and allowing drivers to refuse passengers without masks. But as the [...]
SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The government will allow South Koreans to send face masks to overseas family members regardless of whether they have Korean citizenship or not as domestic supplies have stabilized, the foreign ministry said Wednesday. Currently, South Koreans are allowed to send up to 12 surgical masks per person every month, [...]