The Korea Herald

Churches push ahead with services despite stricter calls for social distancing

Mar 29, 2020

Some Protestant churches in South Korea pressed ahead with their worship services Sunday despite the government's pleas for stricter social distancing. As part of the government's drive for further ...
S. Korea to impose two-week quarantine on all overseas arrivals

Mar 29, 2020

All overseas arrivals to South Korea -- Korean nationals and foreigners alike -- will be subject to a mandatory two-week quarantine starting Wednesday, Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun announced Sunday,...
Amid surge in demand for Korean-made test kits, Seoul mulls who to help first

Mar 29, 2020

Just last month when South Korea was enduring an explosion of novel coronavirus infections prior to many other areas, it seemed as though the entire world was shutting its door to the country. The Fo...
Overseas students struggle back to Korea, to mixed welcome

Mar 29, 2020

Returning students feel safer at home, but are aware of hostility against them
PM: S. Korea to enforce mandatory two-week quarantine for all entrants from overseas

Mar 29, 2020

South Korea will enforce a two-week mandatory coronavirus quarantine for all entrants from overseas starting Wednesday, Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said Sunday, amid a steady inflow of virus cases ...
Suwon warns of legal action against British COVID-19 patient

Mar 29, 2020

A British national who tested positive for the new coronavirus here may face penalties for not observing quarantine rules. The resident of Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, got tested for COVID-19 on the af...
Lawmakers push to impose stronger punishment on digital sex criminals

Mar 29, 2020

South Korean lawmakers are pushing to revise the law in a way that punishes those entering online chat rooms to view illegal videos of sex acts amid public outrage over an online sexual blackmail rin...
S. Korea reports 105 new virus cases to total 9,583 as fully recovered cases top 5,000

Mar 29, 2020

South Korea reported 105 new cases of the coronavirus Sunday, bringing the nation's total to 9,583, but the number of fully recovered cases rose more than twice as fast as new infections to top 5,000...
50% of coronavirus patients recovered in S. Korea

Mar 28, 2020

More than half of people who have been infected with novel coronavirus in South Korea have recovered, figures released by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed Saturday. As of ...
PM urges youth to stop clubbing

Mar 28, 2020

Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun urged young people to join the country’s fight against the novel coronavirus by avoiding social gatherings, saying individual efforts are as essential as government meas...
146 newly confirmed with virus in S. Korea; Recovery rate tops 50%

Mar 28, 2020

South Korea reported 147 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Saturday, bringing the total to 9,478. Daegu, the southern city hardest by the virus, accounted for nearly half of the new cases with 7...
Seoul to turn off lights for 'Earth Hour' campaign

Mar 28, 2020

Seoul, the South Korean capital, will join the global lights-out campaign Earth Hour in turning off its lights for an hour Saturday, the municipal government said. Seoul landmarks including Lotte Wo...
Popular Seoul park to close on virus fears

Mar 28, 2020

A park in southeastern Seoul, famous for its picturesque cherry blossom trees, will close until mid-April as part of precautionary measures to contain the new coronavirus. Seokchon Lake Park in Song...
[Newsmaker] Ex-FT Island singer additionally convicted for filming rape victims

Mar 27, 2020

The 31-year-old Choi was additionally indicted later on charges of filming and photographing his rape victims, sharing the footage and photos with friends in mobile chat rooms and offering 2 million ...
Govt. set to decide on school opening date next week

Mar 27, 2020

South Korea is expected to announce early next week whether to open schools in early April or postpone it further as new cases of the coronavirus show no signs of abating. "(The government) plans to...