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Govt. to provide W1.23m for 4-person families with member in quarantine

Feb 8, 2020

South Korea's government said Saturday it will provide 1.23 million won ($1,030) per month to a four-person family with a member in quarantine, as part of its efforts to compensate people who coopera...
More people subject to coronavirus checks, confirmed cases unchanged at 24

Feb 8, 2020

More people in South Korea underwent tests for the new coronavirus on Saturday as health authorities have expanded the scope of people subject to virus checks, with the number of confirmed cases rema...
Transgender student withdraws after getting accepted to Sookmyung Women’s University

Feb 7, 2020

A transgender student, the first to gain admission to a women-only university in South Korea, has decided not to attend due to massive opposition from other students, according to media reports Frida...
In sickness and in health: mass wedding defies virus fears

Feb 7, 2020

They began in the early 1960s, involving just a few dozen couples at first but with numbers mushrooming over the years. In 1997, 30,000 couples took part in a joint wedding in Washington, and two yea...
Seoul city sets up quarantine facility

Feb 7, 2020

The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced Friday that the Seoul Human Resource Development Center in southern Seoul will be used to house many of those currently in home quarantine for the new coro...
Govt. allows shorter school year amid coronavirus outbreak

Feb 7, 2020

The education ministry has allowed schools to shorten the number of school days in ongoing efforts to curb the spread of the new coronavirus. Education Minister Yoo Eun-hae sent a document to 17 edu...
Another evacuee confirmed to be infected, total now at 24

Feb 7, 2020

South Korea on Friday confirmed another case of novel coronavirus infection, bringing the total here to 24, and the latest one is a South Korean airlifted from the Chinese city of Wuhan last week. A...
[Eye plus] Metro stations’ transformation

Feb 7, 2020

Subway lines crisscross Seoul, with stations dotting the roadsides. With a combined length of nearly 1,000 kilometers and over 340 stations, the subway is an inseparable part of Seoul’s underground. ...
Seoul gets tough on profiteering on masks, sanitizers

Feb 6, 2020

Complaints about suspected illegal profiteering over face masks are skyrocketing after the government opened channels for civil reports in a bid to stamp out those seeking to reap big profits amid co...
New coronavirus cases appear at increasing rate in Korea

Feb 6, 2020

South Korea on Thursday saw the highest number of novel coronavirus cases being confirmed in one day, adding to growing fears about an epidemic here. On Thursday, the government coronavirus response...
Patients without China links, symptoms catch health officials off guard

Feb 6, 2020

Health authorities are updating their screening protocols after a series of novel coronavirus cases here revealed that infection can occur without symptoms, and in patients who have not visited high-...
S. Korea sees coldest day on record

Feb 6, 2020

Amid an unusually warm winter, Seoul saw the coldest day of the season Thursday, with the morning low in the capital recorded at minus 11.8 degrees Celsius. The temperature, registered at 6:34 a.m.,...
S. Korea to release second fully recovered coronavirus patient from hospital

Feb 6, 2020

South Korea discharged its second coronavirus patient from hospital as she has made a full recovery and shows no signs of the illness, health authorities said Thursday. The 35-year-old Chinese woman...
[Newsmaker] Taiwanese voice-phishing suspect alarms police by coughing

Feb 6, 2020

A Taiwanese person arrested for voice phishing repeatedly coughed and said he felt feverish Thursday morning, prompting police to take precautions against the novel coronavirus. The 35-year-old, loc...
S. Korea reports 4 more cases of novel coronavirus, total now at 23

Feb 6, 2020

South Korea confirmed four more cases of novel coronavirus infections Thursday, bringing the total here to 23, with one case being a person who initially tested negative for the illness but was found...