SEOUL, April 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military plans to scrap pandemic-driven curbs on troops’ off-base trips, starting this weekend in line with the country’s move to lift most COVID-19 restrictions earlier this month, sources said Friday. Starting Saturday, it will allow service members to make overnight and weekend off-base trips, according to the [...]
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, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The musical theater industry has called for eased social distancing rules at performance venues, citing the difficulty in continuing shows under the government’s current coronavirus restrictions. A group of workers in the industry on Tuesday pleaded with the government to mitigate the virus restrictions that require all members of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Coffee shops, bars and internet cafes have joined a growing list of businesses protesting the government’s coronavirus restrictions, with shop owners lighting signboards, staging demonstrations and petitioning the Constitutional Court. The shop owners say the restrictions are applied unfairly, allowing some businesses to reopen while shuttering others, and without [...]