South Korea said Tuesday it will begin the new school year on April 9 with online classes for middle and high school senior students following repeated delays due to the novel coronavirus. The unprecedented move to introduce online classes at elementary, middle and high schools nationwide will be carried out step by step, depending on grades, according to the education ministry. The new school year here usually starts in March, but the country had postponed it three times by five weeks to nex

South Korea will place all new arrivals in self-quarantine for two weeks as it struggles to stem a rise in new coronavirus cases coming from abroad, the country's health authorities said Tuesday. All arrivals will be required to stay at designated facilities, starting at midnight Tuesday, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC). Those that do not have a place of residence here will be charged around 100,000 won (US$82) per day for using public facilities. In

Seoul Metropolitan Government is handing out 100,000 face masks free of charge to foreigners who have been largely sidelined in the country‘s public mask rationing system, the city said Tuesday. Each person will be given one cotton mask and five replacement filters at designated places. “This measure is for international students and foreign workers who had difficulty buying masks and for the safety of Seoul citizens,” said Kim Hak-jin, deputy mayor for Safety Management at