SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The social distancing movement that is seen as a significant measure in the fight against the novel coronavirus is changing the landscape of work environments as more companies are implementing ‘untact’ working procedures. Lotte Home Shopping Inc., a shopping unit of retail conglomerate Lotte, is implementing untact working procedures [...]
SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Save the Children, a nongovernment organization for international relief and development, is conducting a “Save with Stories” challenge in which popular stars read fairy tales. The challenge was arranged with a number of South Korean celebrities reading children’s stories out loud to help kids who are home-bound during quarantine [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Most South Koreans support the social distancing campaign to fend off the coronavirus, though three in 10 feel its side effects, a poll showed Wednesday. The survey by the Asian Citizen’s Center for Environment and Health, a nongovernmental organization, also found citizens in an overwhelming number are positive toward [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — More South Korean people dined out and visited outlets and parks over the weekend, although the country has been preaching a strict social distancing campaign to curb the outbreak of the new coronavirus, data showed on Monday. According to mobile big data collected by health authorities, people’s movement rose [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The culture ministry said Monday that it will extend the closure of major state-run art and history museums, libraries and theaters by another two weeks amid the country’s continued social distancing drive to contain COVID-19. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said 32 state-run culture and art facilities [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Starbucks Coffee Korea Co. is expanding its social distancing measures to all stores nationwide. The coffee giant reported Sunday that it will reduce the number of seats and tables in its stores as another measure to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus. Up to one third of seats [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Saturday decided to extend its social distancing campaign for another two weeks amid a slowing but still continuing spread of the new coronavirus. The decision came in a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun, who insisted the country had no choice but to maintain a [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A local company is introducing new policies to promote social distancing. GS Home Shopping, a major South Korean home shopping operator, announced Thursday that it had started a ‘company dinner at home’ program to help local restaurants struggling in the aftermath of the coronavirus outbreak, while ensuring a safe [...]
SEOUL, April 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Reflecting growing public concerns over the new coronavirus that has infected nearly 10,000 in South Korea, a poll showed Thursday that residents in Seoul want tightened measures to prevent more cluster infections in such facilities as churches, karaoke rooms and gyms. Some 71 percent of respondents said the central [...]
SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite growing fatigue among citizens over a prolonged social distancing campaign, South Korea needs to further extend its nationwide drive, rather than loosening it up, as there are still risks from new cases steadily popping up, the country’s health authorities said Wednesday. The country launched a strict, two-week-long social [...]