SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Saturday extended its current social distancing level for two weeks while easing business restrictions on cafes, gyms and other indoor facilities. Under the new measures taking effect Monday, the capital area will continue to enforce Level 2.5, the second highest in a five-tier system, and the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to restrict or phase out its imports of 10 kinds of industrial waste to increase the recycling of domestic waste, the Ministry of Environment said Sunday. The ministry said the importation of half of the 10 waste items, including plastic waste, mixed waste paper and coal [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Tuesday implemented stringent coronavirus restrictions, effective for the coming three weeks, as a third wave of the pandemic tightened its grip on the country. The government imposed the second toughest curbs of the five-tiered virus restriction system in the capital area, which has been experiencing a [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — After the South Korean government started enforcing Level 2 social distancing guidelines for the greater Seoul area from Tuesday, the owners of cafés in these areas are voicing strong complaints about unfair restrictions on business operations. Under the Level 2 social distancing guidelines, cafes are banned from providing indoor [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government on Monday eased tough restrictions on outdoor rallies as the country adjusted its social distancing to the lowest level. The new guidelines allow rallies of fewer than 100 people, lifting an earlier ban on rallies of 10 or more, which had been in place since [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A set of tougher social distancing restrictions continued Monday to affect the daily lives of residents in Seoul and nearby areas, with eating at franchise bakeries and ice cream shops prohibited under a supplementary step. The government earlier extended the so-called Level 2.5 alert against COVID-19 transmissions through this [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will lift restrictions on arrivals from China’s Hubei province, believed to be the epicenter of COVID-19 outbreaks, starting Monday, as virus cases have eased there and China has relaxed entry bans for South Koreans, health authorities said Friday. Since Feb. 4, South Korea has imposed entry bans [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government said Sunday that it will strengthen visa and entry restrictions for those from Pakistan and Bangladesh from this week, as the country has recently reported a surge in novel coronavirus cases imported from the two nations. Under the precautionary measures, set to take effect from [...]
Shanghai, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) – With the prevalence of Korean and American reality shows in China, the Chinese government issued guidelines to develop reality show formats that contain “the core values of socialism.” Even though the Chinese versions of Korean reality TV shows such as ‘Where are we going dad’, ‘Running man’ and ‘I [...]