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S. Korea decides against tightening rules despite third waveSocial affairsNov 29, 2020The South Korean government once again defied its own COVID-19 blueprint and decided against moving up to a higher level of social distancing despite recent metrics that support more intensive interv... -
‘No one is happy’: Contact tracers in S. Korea report burnoutSocial affairsNov 26, 2020Months into the pandemic, contact tracers in South Korea are battling burnout and psychological distress, according to a recent study. Yoo Myoung-soon, a public health communications professor at Se... -
Study says woman was reinfected with COVID-19 shortly after recoveringHealthNov 26, 2020A young, previously healthy person who caught and recovered from COVID-19 was infected again with a different strain of the pathogen, a recent study in South Korea shows. A 21-year-old woman who had... -
Is COVID-19 like the flu?HealthNov 25, 2020Perhaps one of the most frequently posed questions since the pandemic’s onset is how the new virus may compare to seasonal influenza. Infectious disease specialist Dr. Oh Myoung-don, who leads the N... -
As bed shortage looms, National Medical Center proposes home care for mild COVID-19Social affairsNov 24, 2020As resurgence in Seoul rapidly fills hospital beds, public doctors at the National Medical Center on Tuesday proposed home care as an option for mildly sick patients with COVID-19. Seoul saw a near-... -
Winter phase of pandemic may be ‘toughest yet,’ experts saySocial affairsNov 23, 2020Experts dread that the latest surge in novel coronavirus infections in South Korea is likely to grow into the “biggest and toughest wave” the nation experiences, as the push for reopening backfires a... -
On verge of third wave, Seoul area walks back reopeningSocial affairsNov 22, 2020Stricter social distancing measures will be restored in the Seoul metropolitan region beginning Tuesday, the South Korean public health authorities said Sunday. The country has now reported 300-plus ... -
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[Newsmaker] Unions all over S. Korea to demonstrate against ‘regressive’ labor reformsSocial affairsNov 13, 2020Tens of thousands of people are expected to gather across South Korea on Saturday to protest labor reforms and to call for enhanced labor rights protections. Han Sang-jin, the spokesperson for the K... -
Bleak coronavirus winter projected as controls ease and cases riseSocial affairsNov 13, 2020Health experts once again urged people to continue exercising precaution on Friday as the number of daily new infections marked its highest tally since early September. Korea on Thursday performed 1... -
S. Korea ‘willing to risk’ prepurchasing potential vaccinesSocial affairsNov 12, 2020The South Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare is holding an initial meeting to work out how the country intends to purchase and supply foreign-made COVID-19 vaccines here, amid buzz surrounding US ... -
Will COVID-19 vaccine be pandemic’s endgame?Social affairsNov 11, 2020Hopes of the pandemic coming to an end are soaring with the latest vaccine results. But health officials and experts say normal life may not be within reach at least for another year, and that varyin... -
‘Coronavirus blame game has to stop’Social affairsNov 10, 2020Coronavirus patients and their contacts being exposed to public shaming in the name of public health is a trend that could hurt the pandemic response, experts say. Cheong Wa Dae chief of staff Noh Y... -
Police detain one of two men suspected of threatening French envoy in SeoulSocial affairsNov 8, 2020South Korean police over the weekend detained one man and booked another on allegations of posting several flyers on the wall outside the Embassy of France in Seoul that were seen as threatening. Th... -
Korea’s COVID-19 positivity rate rises on first day of new social distancing rulesSocial affairsNov 8, 2020South Korea performed 5,631 tests on Saturday and found 143 more cases of the novel coronavirus disease, or COVID-19, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency’s updates. This tra... -
S. Korea bets on voluntary social distancing to keep country openSocial affairsNov 5, 2020South Korea’s decision to move ahead with reopening counts on people voluntarily eschewing social activities while complying with other measures, such as wearing face masks. Korea carried out 11,446...
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