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 [...]
DAEJEON, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) — With the surge in sales of protective masks following the coronavirus outbreak, patents for technology designed to prevent these masks from causing environmental damage also jumped in number last year. The Korean Intellectual Property Office reported that 112 patents were submitted last year in relation to eco-friendly mask technologies, [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) on Friday lifted mask-wearing requirements on its installations for personnel who are fully vaccinated and for whom at least two weeks have passed since getting their final shot. But, USFK affiliated personnel will still have to wear masks in accordance with South Korean laws and [...]
DAEJEON, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology announced Tuesday that it has developed technology to mass produce nanofabric filters for protective masks using centrifugal force. Nano-fabric filters, unlike other filters that rely on electrostatic mechanisms to collect foreign particles, can sustain their capacity to collect dust particles in [...]
JEONJU, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The so-called ‘nose mask’ that allegedly protects the wearer from various germs and viruses is facing accusations of violating restrictions on medical equipment. Jeongeup Police Station in Jeongeup, North Jeolla Provincebegan investigations after a report was sent to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety accusing a local medical [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean officials participating in the ongoing party congress were seen wearing face masks in their latest meetings for the first time since its opening last week, raising questions over its standards on antivirus guidelines. Photos released by state media on Tuesday showed North Korean officials in blue face [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — People in South Korea are violating mask-wearing rules more than any other regulations in place against COVID-19, government data showed Tuesday. Restaurants are where such breaches of antivirus restrictions occur most frequently, followed by indoor gyms and religious facilities, according to the Ministry of the Interior and Safety. The [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans taking the bus or subway to work Friday morning were greeted by public officials warning them of a 100,000 won (US$90) fine should they fail to wear a mask in public. In a country that has received widespread praise for its response to the coronavirus pandemic, most [...]