The Korea Herald

Calls increasingly grow for return to stronger social distancing amid rising virus cases

Jul 6, 2020

South Korea's health authorities are coming under growing pressure to increase the intensity of social distancing in the face of a steady rise in new virus cases in major cities such as Gwangju, but ...
Foreigners' wild fireworks party frowned on by virus-weary Busan citizens

Jul 6, 2020

The foreigners were accused of shooting firecrackers towards citizens, as well as at nearby buildings, and mocking the police. They were known to be United States Forces Korea soldiers stationed in O...
Coronavirus spreading now in Korea has its origin in Europe, US

Jul 6, 2020

The novel coronavirus spreading in South Korea now has its origin in Europe and the US, health authorities said Monday, and it is known to be six times as infectious as the original strain that emerg...
Court rejects extradition request by US for child porn site operator

Jul 6, 2020

A Seoul court on Monday denied an extradition request by the United States for a criminal who ran one of the world's biggest child porn sites. The Seoul High Court said it decided to reject the requ...
More than 1,000 under police probe for breaking anti-virus rules

Jul 5, 2020

More than 1,000 people have been under police investigation for breaking South Korea's infectious disease control and prevention laws amid the new coronavirus pandemic, the government said Sunday. P...
PM vows stern legal action on violators of coronavirus quarantine rules

Jul 5, 2020

Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said Sunday the government will legislate fines and take other legal action for individuals and business entities found to have flouted coronavirus quarantine rules. "I...
[Feature] Pandemic brings study-abroad students back to already struggling home front

Jul 5, 2020

As coronavirus continues to rage across the US, affecting education and the job market, young Koreans who have spent years in the country studying are pivoting back to their homeland for a safer futu...
Sporadic cluster infections push new virus cases above 60 for 3rd day

Jul 5, 2020

South Korea's daily new virus cases stayed above 60 for the third consecutive day Sunday as infections outside the Seoul metropolitan area continued to swell, including in the southwestern city of Gw...
Seoul on high alert as virus cases exceed 60 for 2nd day

Jul 4, 2020

South Korea stays on high alert as new coronvavirus cases exceeded 60 on Saturday for the second straight day, with infections outside the Seoul metropolitan area and cases from overseas showing no s...
Shelter for comfort women set to be closed following scandal

Jul 4, 2020

A South Korean shelter for surviving victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery is set to be closed as the last resident has recently left the place, the operator of the shelter said Saturday. Surviv...
Foreign arrivals in Korea again dive 98% in May

Jul 4, 2020

Due to coronavirus-related travel restrictions, the number of foreign arrivals in South Korea again nose-dived nearly 98 percent in May, reaching slightly over 30,000, official data showed Saturday. ...
Korea reports 63 more cases of new coronavirus

Jul 4, 2020

Korea reported 63 more cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, the number now totaling at 13,030. Local infections accounted for 36 of the confirmed cases. Overseas influx accounted for 27 cases. According ...
Court blocks decision to reveal suspect's identity in Telegram sex crime case

Jul 3, 2020

A court on Friday overruled a police decision to disclose the personal information of a suspect involved in a high-profile online sex crime case. The Chuncheon District Court accepted an injunction ...
Forcible discharge of transgender sergeant justifiable: military

Jul 3, 2020

An appeal by a former Korean sergeant, who was forcibly discharged from the military after sex reassignment surgery, to revoke the decision to has been denied, the Army said Friday. Byun Hee-soo, 22...
Nat'l human rights body investigating abuse claims by late triathlete

Jul 3, 2020

The national human rights body said Friday it is investigating abuse claims from a late triathlete who filed a petition a day before taking her own life. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) ...