SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) — It has been six months since indoor mask-wearing rules were lifted, but some children are still refusing to take off their masks despite the summer heat. During the pandemic, masks became a crucial accessory for many elementary school students, especially for children beginning to gain interest in beauty. Park, [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite the mask mandate having been lifted for public transportation, sales of masks have actually increased slightly. E-commerce operator TMON Inc. reported a 20 percent increase in mask sales between March 20-23 compared to the period between March 16-19. Social commerce platform Wemakeprice Inc.’s mask sales also jumped by [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Most commuters remained masked up on Monday, the first day the yearslong mask mandate was lifted for public transportation, as many stay wary of lingering infection risks and under peer pressure to wear a mask in public spaces. Wearing a mask is no longer mandatory on public transportation, such [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Masks have apparently made their return in North Korea in October, with the country’s public health experts advising people to don facial protection to guard against the possible resurgence of COVID-19. The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), monitored in Seoul, on Sunday released photos of elderly people wearing [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of all South Koreans now believe it is unnecessary to wear masks indoors, a poll showed Thursday. A research team from Seoul National University’s Graduate School of Public Health conducted a survey of 1,000 South Korean men and women, in which 55 percent believed that the indoor mask mandates [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite the government’s decision to fully lift the outdoor mask mandate from Monday, past experience indicates that the change in the government’s mask-wearing policy is unlikely to have a big impact on mask output. According to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, the nation’s facial mask output stood [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — With the government lifted the outdoor mask mandate earlier this year, more Koreans in their 20s are frequenting skin and plastic surgery clinics. Monimo, a new integrated brand and unified platform of Samsung Group’s financial affiliates, reported a 26 percent increase in spending among Samsung Card holders between the [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Since mask wearing has become no longer mandatory in outdoor places, non-smokers are increasingly frustrated with outdoor smoking. Various online communities are increasingly talking about frustrations over street smoking, which was once part of everyday life in the pre-pandemic era. For smokers, in contrast, the end of the outdoor [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Part-time employees are sharing their concerns online after the government lifted the outdoor mask mandate on Monday. “We still need to ask customers to wear a mask indoors, right?” one of the part-time job workers said. “A lot of people come to the place I work at. My mouth will blister [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Two years into the pandemic era, protective masks have become so deeply rooted in everyday life that, for many, not wearing one feels uncomfortable. An increasing number of students at a local middle school are opting to skip lunch as they try to stay away from eating together in [...]