SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting next month, those who have received COVID-19 vaccinations approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) including Chinese vaccines, will be exempted from a two-week quarantine when entering South Korea for humanitarian purposes. China, however, still imposes a three-week quarantine for incoming vaccine recipients, even those who have received Chinese vaccines, raising [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Quarantine authorities are to conduct intensive coronavirus field inspections at foreigner-dense areas and workplaces and other places deemed highly vulnerable to the pandemic, a government agency said Friday, after recent outbreaks of virus clusters at factories. According to the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters, about 1,000 places nationwide, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Vietnam will allow coronavirus quarantine exemptions to business travelers and their families from South Korea from the beginning of next year as part of efforts to shore up economic exchanges despite the pandemic, the foreign ministry said Friday. The two countries reached the agreement when Seoul’s Second Vice Foreign [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Weekly sales of ready-to-eat meals at convenience stores jumped as bars are now required to close down at 9 p.m. in accordance with tighter quarantine measures. Convenience store chain CU reported that in the period between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. from Aug. 30 to Sept. 5, sales of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Taiwan has strengthened entry restrictions for visitors from South Korea, citing the resurgence in the virus outbreak mostly in the greater Seoul area. South Korea was taken off from Taiwan’s list of foreign countries relatively less prone to coronavirus infection, and business travelers arriving in Taiwan from the South [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) – As the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread throughout the Greater Seoul Metropolitan Area, almost all major beaches in South Korea are expected to open next month. The government and local authorities in charge of the beaches are scrambling to come up with ideas for quarantine at the beach. Gangwon Province’s Gyeongpo [...]
SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite growing calls for a return to strict social distancing amid a spike in virus cases, South Korea on Thursday chose to implement tightened quarantine measures for the next two weeks before deciding whether to switch to strict social distancing mode. Under the plan, the country will adopt tougher [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., in tandem with industrial automation components manufacturer Omron Electronics Korea Co., announced Tuesday the development of a robot designed to carry out quarantine tasks to fight the coronavirus. The robot features ICT and automation technology including 5G, artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous driving, and Internet of Things [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Five more foreign nationals have been deported from South Korea after getting caught violating self-isolation rules, the Ministry of Justice said Friday. The violators — two Chinese nationals and one each from Pakistan, Poland and Britain — have been ordered to leave for their home countries after failing to [...]
YANGJU, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Post-round hugs and handshakes gave way to fist bumps. There was no clubhouse banter. There were more bottles of hand sanitizer than there were fans. These are elements of golf’s new normal during the coronavirus pandemic. Golf returned in South Korea on Thursday with the opening round of the [...]