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[News Focus] Spreading like flu, COVID-19 presents daunting challengeSocial affairsFeb 20, 2020Experts say COVID-19 more lethal than H1N1, but less than MERS -
Woman sentenced to life for killing ex-husbandSocial affairsFeb 20, 2020JEJU -- A South Korean woman, who stunned the nation last year when she was accused of brutally killing her ex-husband, was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court on ... -
Parliamentary panel passes 3 quarantine-related bills over new coronavirusPoliticsFeb 20, 2020A parliamentary committee passed a set of three bills aimed at beefing up the quarantine response to contagious diseases Thursday as South Korea seeks to contain the rapid spread of the new coronavir... -
S. Korea could face shortage of hospital bedsSocial affairsFeb 20, 2020With a surge in COVID-19 cases here this week, concern is rising over the capacity of the country’s health care system to cope with the infectious disease. In the southern city of Daegu and nearby N... -
Shincheonji, a veiled Christian sect, at center of virus outbreakSocial affairsFeb 20, 2020At the center of a local outbreak of coronavirus infections in Daegu City is a much-veiled Christian sect that goes by the name of Shincheonji Church of Jesus, Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimo... -
USFK bans travel to Daegu amid virus spreadDefenseFeb 20, 2020United States Forces Korea Commander Gen. Robert Abrams banned service members from “non-essential travel” to and from Daegu on Wednesday, after a surge in cases of COVID-19 linked to church services... -
Conservative merger fails to boost supportPoliticsFeb 20, 2020Three conservative parties have formed a unified front to challenge the ruling Democratic Party of Korea in the upcoming general elections, but the latest survey shows their merger has not boosted pu... -
COVID-19 tests at doctors’ discretion regardless of symptoms, travel recordsSocial affairsFeb 20, 2020Starting Thursday, anyone can be tested for COVID-19 at doctors’ discretion, regardless of his or her overseas travel record. People who have not traveled to China can be tested for the coronavirus ... -
US flies surveillance aircraft over Korean Peninsula to monitor N. KoreaNorth KoreaFeb 20, 2020The United States again flew a surveillance aircraft over South Korea on Thursday, an aviation tracker said, on an apparent mission to monitor North Korea. The US Air Force's RC-135W Rivet Joint was... -
Daegu on alert as coronavirus cases surgeSocial affairsFeb 20, 2020The South Korean city of Daegu is on alert as concerns over the new coronavirus are peaking in line with a surge in patients, with many of them suspected of contracting the potentially fatal virus at... -
Moon's renewed economy drive hit by fast virus spreadPoliticsFeb 20, 2020President Moon Jae-in's campaign to block the economic effects of the COVID-19 outbreak has suffered a heavy blow from the faster-than-expected spread of the virus in South Korea this week. Having f... -
USFK limits soldiers' travel to Daegu, closes several facilities amid surge in coronavirus casesDefenseFeb 20, 2020US Forces Korea (USFK) has banned "non-essential" travel to and from South Korea's southeastern city of Daegu and shut down all of its children-related facilities there in the wake of a surge in new ... -
S. Korea's COVID-19 cases soar to 82 amid fears of community spreadSocial affairsFeb 20, 2020South Korea reported 31 new cases of the new coronavirus Thursday, bringing the total number of infections here to 82, with most new cases centered on the southeastern city of Daegu. This week's sur... -
China's virus center vows no patient unchecked as cases fallSocial affairsFeb 20, 2020BEIJING (AP) -- Inspectors in protective suits went door-to-door Wednesday in the epicenter of China's viral outbreak to try to find every infected person in an epidemic that is showing signs of wani... -
Kang, diplomats in China discuss measures to protect S. Koreans from new coronavirusForeign AffairsFeb 20, 2020Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha on Wednesday instructed the heads of South Korea's missions in China to take active measures to protect nationals from the spread of the new coronavirus. In a video c...
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