INCHEON, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — An appeals court on Friday upheld a lower court’s six-month prison sentence for an Incheon cram school teacher indicted for lying about his job and whereabouts after testing positive for the new coronavirus and subsequently causing some 60 infections. The Incheon District Court’s appellate division said that a district [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — An American citizen working at a U.S. air base in the city of Pyeongtaek tested positive for the coronavirus Tuesday, bringing the total number of USFK-related infections to 20, the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) said. The civilian worker has been in quarantine at his off-installation residence since Thursday, when [...]
SEOUL, April 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Reflecting growing public concerns over the new coronavirus that has infected nearly 10,000 in South Korea, a poll showed Thursday that residents in Seoul want tightened measures to prevent more cluster infections in such facilities as churches, karaoke rooms and gyms. Some 71 percent of respondents said the central [...]