SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting Tuesday, in-person worship services will be allowed at churches in areas under the toughest virus curbs but at a limited capacity of 10 percent or with fewer than 20 attendees, the government said. The greater Seoul area and the eastern coastal city of Gangneung are currently the only [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Gyms in the capital area may need a new instrument in the fight against COVID-19 — a metronome. As of Monday, the government has banned gyms in the greater Seoul area from playing music faster than 120 beats per minute (bpm) during group exercises. That’s to prevent people from [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Over half of South Koreans want eased virus curbs for family gatherings of more than four people during the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday, a survey showed Tuesday. The country has banned gatherings of five or more people across the country to further slow down the COVID-19 pandemic since [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea decided Sunday to extend tougher social distancing measures for another two weeks, as it is wary of a pileup in cluster infections ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday. The country will maintain the Level 2.5 measures, the second-highest in its five-tier scheme, in the greater Seoul [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will impose heightened social distancing regulations under the second-strongest virus curbs for the greater Seoul area starting on Tuesday as health authorities face the biggest challenge in containing resurgences in virus cases during the winter season. The Level 2.5 distancing, the second highest in the country’s five-tier [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Nightclubs and late-night dining will be banned in the greater Seoul area under toughened distancing guidelines, as authorities are scrambling to contain the recent coronavirus flare-up ahead of a nationwide college exam. Health authorities raised the social distancing by one notch to Level 2 in the Seoul metropolitan area [...]