The Korea Herald

Prosecution's committee to decide on validity of probe into Samsung heir Friday

Jun 25, 2020

South Korea's prosecution will convene a committee this week to determine the validity of its investigation into Samsung's de facto leader Lee Jae-yong over a controversial merger and accounting frau...
South Korea reported 28 new coronavirus cases

Jun 25, 2020

South Korea reported 28 more cases of the novel coronavirus, chiefly in the Seoul metropolitan area, bringing the national’s total infections to 12,563, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prev...
Yongsan Ward to pick honorary community leaders among foreigners

Jun 25, 2020

Yongsan Ward, one of Seoul's most multinational districts, announced Thursday it plans to pick 30 foreign residents as honorary community leaders. The plan is part of the ward office's efforts to en...
Korea hosting increasingly more foreign patients of COVID-19

Jun 24, 2020

South Korea’s COVID-19 treatment center for foreign patients is running out of beds fast, with only one available as of Wednesday, according to sources. More patients have come in here from abroad i...
Lowered bar for releasing COVID-19 patients from hospitals

Jun 24, 2020

Health authorities on Wednesday decided to lower the bar for releasing coronavirus patients from quarantine, as virus infections continued a sustained rise, threatening the capacity of the local heal...
[From the Scene] Tension around comfort women statue as rival group takes over rally site

Jun 24, 2020

Tension and animosity were apparent Wednesday in front of the former Japanese Embassy in Seoul, as two groups with divergently different political views stood just steps apart and waged rallies. To ...
[Korean War Anniversary] ‘Just another day’ still remembered 70 years on

Jun 24, 2020

The Korean War was a much more dangerous time for civilians than soldiers, with civilians facing a host of dangers ranging from massacres and abductions to starvation and forced conscription. At a t...
Busan gripped with virus fear following mass infections of Russian sailors

Jun 24, 2020

SEOUL/BUSAN -- Fears of the coronavirus epidemic are rapidly spreading among citizens in Busan after it has been reported that at least 17 Russian sailors found to be infected with the virus after ar...
Govt. to allow sending of face masks to overseas Koreans regardless of nationality

Jun 24, 2020

The government will allow South Koreans to send face masks to overseas family members regardless of whether they have Korean citizenship or not as domestic supplies have stabilized, the foreign minis...
Korea reports 51 new COVID-19 cases

Jun 24, 2020

South Korea reported 51 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, with new infections detected in more cities compared with the previous trend of concentration in the Greater Seoul area. Of t...
Korean War documents designated as cultural assets

Jun 24, 2020

Military documents produced during the 1950-53 Korean War have been designated as cultural assets and will be open to the public this week in line with the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the con...
2.1 magnitude earthquake hits northern part of S. Korea

Jun 23, 2020

A 2.1 magnitude earthquake hit the northern city of Paju near the inter-Korean border on Tuesday, the state weather agency said. The quake occurred at 7:58 p.m., 15 kilometers northeast of Paju, Gye...
School attendance cap extended amid continuing virus spread

Jun 23, 2020

The Ministry of Education on Tuesday extended a measure to reduce classroom crowding until the end of the first semester, as the country continued to see a worrisome uptick in coronavirus cases in Se...
Shincheonji to donate blood plasma of 4,000 members recovered from COVID-19

Jun 23, 2020

Shincheonji, a minor religious sect, said Tuesday that it will donate blood plasma of thousands of its congregants who have recovered from the novel coronavirus to support the development of a vaccin...
Radical minimum wage hike resulted in losses of low-paying jobs, study claims

Jun 23, 2020

A controversial study on the effect of a radical rise in the legal minimum wage level came out Tuesday, pitting employers against employees in the midst of negotiations for the next year’s wage stand...