SEOUL/BEIJING, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Monday reported the first confirmed case of the China coronavirus amid concerns that a pneumonia-like illness is set to spread across China and Asia. A Chinese woman who arrived at Incheon International Airport on China Southern Airlines flight CZ6079 at 12:11 p.m. Sunday has tested positive [...]
SEJONG, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean quarantine authorities are working hard to trace the source of the African swine fever that struck early this month as the country confirmed its ninth African swine fever (ASF) case, sparking concerns over a possibly massive spread of the deadly animal virus near the inter-Korean border. The [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Hiking trails along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas will be temporarily closed starting Thursday following the outbreak of African swine fever in border areas, the government said. The decision to suspend the hiking trails in Paju and Cherwon came shortly after South Korea confirmed two cases [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has confirmed an outbreak of African swine fever, possibly adding to the country’s already dire food situation and prompting South Korea to guard against the possible spread of the animal disease in areas bordering the North. North Korea reported the outbreak of the swine fever at a [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of measles cases confirmed in South Korea reached 129 this year amid outbreaks in other parts of the world, the public health agency said Wednesday. The total tallied up till Monday comes as authorities considered the disease as having disappeared, with the annual number of non-foreign-related incidents [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Government officials will be beefing up efforts to prevent the influx of African swine fever virus from China, where a recent outbreak of the virus was reported. The Ministry of Environment announced yesterday that it had set up a task force in charge of carrying out efforts to prevent the spread [...]
SEJONG, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s retail sales edged down in June as the outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) caused people to stay away from large retail outlets, a government report showed Monday. Retail sales reached little over 29.34 trillion won (US$25.15 billion) in June, down 0.6 percent from the 29.51 [...]
SEOUL/SEJONG, Jul. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Prime Minster Hwang Kyo-ahn Tuesday declared a de facto end to the outbreak of MERS, which has claimed 36 lives in the country since May. The number of people diagnosed with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome has remained flat at 186 for the past 23 days, with the release of [...]