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[Brief] Bestselling novelist Lee Oi-soo collapsed with brain hemorrhage

Mar 24, 2020

Bestselling novelist Lee Oi-soo, 73, is recovering in an intensive care unit after receiving surgery for a brain hemorrhage, local media reported Tuesday. Lee, who lives in the county of Hwacheon, G...
Identity of accused revealed in Telegram sex crime case

Mar 24, 2020

The suspect who was arrested for selling videos of sex acts involving minors via Telegram chat rooms was a volunteer at an orphanage and managing editor of a college newspaper, who once wrote on how ...
Ministry toughens up against hagwon defiant of social distancing measures

Mar 24, 2020

Schools are closed, but the vast majority of private educational institutions in Seoul continue to offer classes in defiance of the social distancing campaign, the Education Ministry said Tuesday. T...
Female US soldier stationed in Pyeongtaek dead, cause unknown

Mar 24, 2020

An American soldier stationed in South Korea was found dead in her barracks room last week, the US military said Tuesday. Private First Class Marissa Jo Gloria was found unresponsive in her room at ...
76 new coronavirus cases reported in S. Korea, 3 in 10 ‘imported’

Mar 24, 2020

1 in 4 new coronavirus cases reported Tuesday came from abroad
Govt. tightens virus guidelines against cram schools

Mar 24, 2020

South Korea's education ministry on Tuesday released tightened guidelines for cram schools to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus on fears of group transmissions breaking out in the private-sec...
New virus cases on downhill as imported infections steadily rise

Mar 24, 2020

South Korea's new virus cases appeared to be on a downhill Tuesday, but imported infections marked the biggest one-day increase as the nation enforced quarantines on arrivals from Europe and other re...
Stricter containment steps necessary for US arrivals: experts

Mar 24, 2020

While South Korea has been implementing strict quarantine measures against arrivals from Europe, there are also growing calls that the country needs to apply stepped-up quarantine steps, such as viru...
China sends 1m surgical masks to S. Korea as anti-virus relief provision

Mar 23, 2020

China sent an additional one million surgical masks to South Korea on Monday, the Chinese Embassy in Seoul said, as part of efforts to help its neighbor cope with the novel coronavirus outbreak. ...
S. Korea calls on citizens to cancel or postpone overseas trips over coronavirus

Mar 23, 2020

South Korea issued a “special travel advisory” Monday calling on its citizens to cancel or postpone their trips abroad over the spread of the new coronavirus, the foreign ministry said. The speci...
Government cracks down on church for violating anti-outbreak measures

Mar 23, 2020

The Seoul Metropolitan Government on Monday issued a “prohibition of gatherings” order on a church that violated government guidelines on social distancing. The move came hours after Prime Minister ...
[Newsmaker] Police chief vows thorough probe of Telegram sex abuse videos

Mar 23, 2020

Moon calls for stern punishment of all users, operators of 'Nth Room' site that sold videos of women and girls forced to perform sexual acts
Korea reports lowest daily increase in coronavirus cases since Feb. 20

Mar 23, 2020

Free virus testing for incoming travelers from Europe is to protect Korean citizens, KCDC director says
93-year-old virus patient recovers, returns home

Mar 23, 2020

A COVID-19 patient in her 90s returned home over the weekend after making a full recovery and became the oldest person in South Korea to have recovered from the deadly virus, a government official sa...
Moon urges thorough probe into Telegram sex slave video case

Mar 23, 2020

President Moon Jae-in called Monday for a thorough investigation into shocking sex crimes against women, including underage girls, in which group chat rooms of the Telegram messenger service were use...