SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government said Sunday it will begin normalizing late-night public transportation operations on weekdays, months after they were reduced due to social distancing measures against COVID-19. It plans to put intra-city buses and subway lines No. 2, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 back in normal operation [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The government decided Friday to raise the private gathering size limit to eight people for the capital area and 10 for elsewhere before the country shifts to a “living with COVID-19″ scheme next month, Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum said. Under the renewed plan that will go into effect Monday, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will maintain toughened social distancing rules across the nation for two more weeks, the prime minister said Friday, as the country is bracing for a potential surge in new COVID-19 cases ahead of back-to-back extended weekends. Under the renewed plan that will go into effect Monday, the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Thousands of angry self-employed workers staged late-night drive-through protests in Seoul and provincial cities nationwide until early Thursday morning, condemning health authorities for endangering their livelihoods in their drive to combat COVID-19 through tough social distancing restrictions. An association of self-employed businesses, which organized the protest rallies, said at [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — More South Korean students will be allowed to take in-person classes starting Monday as attendance cap restrictions in schools have been eased despite the extended distancing measures. The Ministry of Education reaffirmed Thursday it will allow schools to expand in-person classes even under the Level 4 distancing scheme, the [...]
BUSAN, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Busan’s social distancing rules will be downgraded to Level 3, the second highest in the nation’s four-tier system, next week after nearly one month of the toughest Level 4 in the southern port city, the municipal government said Friday. It said Level 3 social distancing restrictions will be in [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will maintain toughened social distancing rules across the nation for one more month, the prime minister said Friday, as the country is bracing for a potential upsurge in infections in the runup to the traditional Chuseok holiday. Under the renewed plan that will be effective from Monday [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The social distancing guidelines that have been kept in place from July are no longer having a clear impact on population mobility, data showed Wednesday. According to population mobility big data from SK Telecom Co. and Statistics Korea, the number of displacements during the period from July 12 to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea decided to extend restrictions on the business hours restaurants and cafes under the toughest social distancing restrictions by one hour, Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum announced Friday, as the country struggles to contain the spread of COVID-19. Restaurants and cafes in regions under Level 4 social distancing rules, [...]
JEJU, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju Island, South Korea’s most popular travel destination, is set to raise its social distancing restrictions to the toughest Level 4 this week to cope with a recent spike in COVID-19 cases, the provincial government said Tuesday. The Jeju government said the Level 4 social distancing rules, up one [...]