SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Monday that it will postpone its plan to ease all kinds of anti-virus curbs and fully return to pre-pandemic normalcy due to a recent surge in COVID-19 infections. “We were going to announce plans to lower the disease level of COVID-19 to Class 4 and lift [...]
SEOUL/BEIJING, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — China resumed mandatory COVID-19 tests for arrivals from South Korea only Wednesday, in its latest tit-for-tat response over Seoul’s strengthened antivirus curbs against travelers from the neighboring nation. In a notice sent Tuesday to airlines operating between the two neighbors, Chinese aviation authorities said all passengers on board direct [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Restaurants, cafes and other small business owners welcomed the latest relaxation of pandemic-related business restrictions Monday while demanding the complete removal of social distancing and other virus curbs that have been in place for almost two years. South Korea raised the ceiling for private gatherings at multiuse facilities from [...]
SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Restaurants, cafes and other small business owners on Friday expressed frustration over the government’s latest COVID-19 rule relaxation, with many questioning the efficacy of the gathering restriction when the nation is faced with its biggest virus wave to date. Earlier in the day, the government decided to raise the [...]
SEOUL, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The government will push back the anti-COVID-19 business curfew on cafes, restaurants and other multiuse facilities by an hour to 11 p.m. starting Saturday, Interior Minister Jeon Hae-cheol said. Despite soaring infections, the government decided to extend the operating hours for 12 kinds of multiuse facilities in an effort [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Owners of restaurants, cafes and other small businesses plan to hold a rally in Seoul this week to protest the government’s implementation of toughened gathering restrictions and business curfews, according an association of small merchants Tuesday. The so-called national emergency association of small business against COVID-19 said it plans [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Owners of restaurants, cafes and other small businesses across the country vented outrage on Thursday after the government announced it will restore tough social distancing measures following a spike in coronavirus cases and deaths. Earlier in the day, the government said it will reduce the maximum private gathering size [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will reduce the maximum private gathering size to four people nationwide and restore a 9 p.m. curfew on restaurant and cafe business hours, Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum said Thursday, as the government rolled back its “living with COVID-19″ scheme amid surging infections. Under the new measures, which [...]
JEJU, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The municipality of the southern resort island of Jeju decided Sunday to raise social distancing rules to the highest level starting Wednesday in a bid to stem a spike in COVID-19 cases. The virus curbs will be raised by one notch to Level 4, the highest level in the [...]
SEOUL/DAEJEON, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will apply the second highest level of virus restrictions for non-capital areas starting this week, health officials said Sunday, in the latest step to stem the rapid spread of the virus in provincial regions at the peak of the summer holiday season. The announcement was made during [...]