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Patient surge puts fresh strain on hospitals in GwangjuSocial affairsJul 3, 2020Korean health officials said Friday that supply and staff shortages were straining disease control efforts, and urged increased public participation in social distancing to keep the number of active ... -
Cold case cracked? Police own up to past brutality, close probe on notorious serial killingsSocial affairsJul 2, 2020SUWON, Gyeonggi Province -- Police said Thursday they have wrapped up their probe into a series of slayings and rapes from over three decades ago, and issued the first formal apology over past episod... -
Health officials continue to give grim warning over COVID-19Social affairsJul 1, 2020South Korean health officials reiterated Wednesday the risks of the novel coronavirus disease or COVID-19 appeared to loom over the country, calling for the public’s cooperation in efforts to stifle ... -
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[Newsmaker] S. Korea begins using remdesivir to treat COVID-19HealthJul 1, 2020Korean health authorities said Wednesday that stocks of remdesivir, an experimental antiviral once seen as a potential Ebola therapy, will be supplied to local hospitals for treating COVID-19. In a ... -
‘Legislate against discrimination,’ human rights body urges lawmakersSocial affairsJun 30, 2020Korea’s state human rights watchdog on Tuesday urged the freshly elected parliament to pass the highly contested anti-discrimination act in what is its first public endorsement of the legislation in ... -
S. Korea ponders naming churches coronavirus danger zonesSocial affairsJun 29, 2020South Korean health officials said Monday that they might add churches to the government's list of risky places for coronavirus infection. Senior official Yoon Tae-ho at the Ministry of Health and W... -
Most victims of dating violence in Korea are women: policeSocial affairsJun 29, 2020Women are far more likely to be victims of violence in a relationship than men, recent police statistics continue to confirm. Last year, police charged 9,858 people with crimes against their intimat... -
Weighty toll of staying at home to avoid coronavirusHealthJun 28, 2020Park Seung-yun, a 28-year-old Seoulite, is one of many victims of “quarantine weight gain.” He was fortunate enough to work in a job where telecommuting was possible, but that has not been great as f... -
Five preschoolers suffer kidney failure following E. coli infectionSocial affairsJun 26, 2020Five children have been treated for kidney failure after an E. coli outbreak at a preschool in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, health authorities said Friday. Senior official Kim Jae-seon at Ansan Sangnok... -
Visits to nursing homes to be allowed again, with cautionSocial affairsJun 26, 2020Visits to care facilities for older adults will be allowed again starting July, as the government temporarily lifts the restrictions put in place in March to stem the spread of the coronavirus diseas... -
E. coli outbreak among preschoolers growingSocial affairsJun 25, 2020Health authorities said Thursday that at least 100 children at a preschool in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, have reported experiencing symptoms of E. coli infection since the first patient was discovered... -
Korea hosting increasingly more foreign patients of COVID-19Social affairsJun 24, 2020South 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... -
For children, COVID-19 detected longer in feces than saliva: studyHealthJun 24, 2020The novel coronavirus causing COVID-19 is detected in higher concentration for a longer period of time in feces than saliva, according to a recent study of children with mild case of the disease. Th... -
Russian cargo ship in Busan emerges as coronavirus clusterSocial affairsJun 23, 2020South Korea’s latest infection cluster is linked to a Russia-flagged cargo ship where at least 16 out of the 21 sailors tested positive for the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, raising questio... -
Religious group accused of coronavirus spread faces W100b claimSocial affairsJun 22, 2020Korea’s former epicenter Daegu is pursuing a claim for damages against the religious group Shincheonji, which is linked to 61.8 percent of the city’s total 6,900 cases of the novel coronavirus. Daeg...
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