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40 pct of S. Korean Firms Support Work from Home amid Coronavirus Scare

SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Four out of 10 companies in South Korea are willing to allow their employees to work from home on hopes of containing the coronavirus outbreak, a poll showed Wednesday. The South Korean government has urged local communities to take part in social distancing, a series of tactics designed to [...]

Big Firms Join ‘Social-distancing’ Drive amid Virus Crisis

SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Big businesses in South Korea are introducing more “social-distancing” measures to help contain the disruptive coronavirus outbreak, sources said Thursday. It comes as the government has proposed a social-distancing drive to slow the fast spread of the pneumonia-causing disease, seeing the next couple of weeks as a turning point [...]