BUSAN, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The port city of Busan has decided to raise social distancing measures to Level 4 starting on Tuesday, which will close down all seven public beaches in the city until Aug. 22. It is unprecedented for public beaches to close down during the peak summer season. Beach gear rental [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The self-employed and soon-to-be-married couples are raising complaints following the announcement by medical authorities that religious facilities would be allowed to accommodate up to 99 people for offline activities during level 4 social distancing measures. Previously, religious facilities were limited to gatherings of 19 people, regardless of accommodation capacity. [...]
SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Food delivery orders increased sharply in the first week after the government imposed its toughest social distancing rules in the Seoul metropolitan area. During the period from July 12 to 15 when the Level 4 social distancing rules were introduced for the Seoul metropolitan area, the country’s top two [...]
SEOUL, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will ban gatherings of more than four people in regions outside the greater Seoul area starting Monday to curb the nationwide spread of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum said Sunday. Most regions outside the wider capital area have been placed under Level 2 measures, in which [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Owners of mom-and-pop restaurants and cafes in the greater Seoul area are considering scaling back operating hours for two weeks, as the country went into a semi-lockdown Monday and most people are expected to cancel dinner appointments and stay at home. The government imposed the most stringent social distancing [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s performing arts and film scenes, which have been anticipating the return of fans, are on edge as the toughest social distancing in the greater Seoul area against coronavirus infections may affect the recent mood of recovery. The country has reported more than 1,000 daily coronavirus infections for [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will enforce its strictest social distancing scheme so far starting Monday, aiming to rein in the resurgence of the new coronavirus in the greater Seoul area. Authorities said they will place the area under Level 4, the highest of a new four-tier distancing scheme, for two weeks [...]
SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean firms are tightening their virus prevention measures, including allowing more workers to work from home, as the country has decided to enforce the toughest social distancing rules in the greater Seoul area, the hotbed of the recent spike in new infections. South Korea’s daily virus infections hit [...]
SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The retail, hospitality and other service sectors in the wider capital area are expected to suffer another setback as the highest level of social distancing rules will be implemented amid the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, industry watchers said Friday. Under the Level 4 guidelines to go into [...]
SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea announced Friday it will place the greater Seoul area under the toughest social distancing rules of Level 4 as concerns of a fourth wave of new COVID-19 outbreaks over the summer grow stronger. The decision to implement Level 4 guidelines in Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, 40 [...]