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Korea readies for winter without COVID vaccineSocial affairsOct 27, 2020South Korea’s health authorities on Tuesday urged members of the public to refrain from attending social gatherings as the country faces a second coronavirus winter without a vaccine, amid a rising n... -
Autumn, nursing homes and imported cases pose threat to antivirus fightSocial affairsOct 26, 2020South Korea saw a triple-digit increase in the number of new daily COVID-19 cases Monday, as health authorities warned of a possible outbreak with clusters of infections at senior care homes, and wor... -
S. Korea sees highest single-day increase in COVID-19 cases in 42 daysSocial affairsOct 23, 2020South Korea’s new daily COVID-19 cases bounced back to a level not seen in over a month Friday, due to clusters of infections traced to senior care homes and social gatherings, as well as double-digi... -
S. Korea reports 121 new COVID-19 casesSocial affairsOct 22, 2020South Korea saw a triple-digit increase in new daily COVID-19 cases for the first time in a week on Thursday, as the country battles an uptick in both locally transmitted and imported cases. Kore... -
![[Feature] Migrant workers denounce 'modern-day slavery' in Korea](http://res.heraldm.com/phpwas/restmb_idxmake.php?idx=649&simg=/content/image/2020/10/21/20201021000392_0.jpg)
[Feature] Migrant workers denounce 'modern-day slavery' in KoreaSocial affairsOct 21, 2020Shiva Tharu, a 40-year-old man from Nepal, also asked his employer to end his employment contract and allow him to transfer to another workplace last year after struggling under a heavy workload. ... -
S. Korea faces uptick in both local and imported virus casesSocial affairsOct 21, 2020A surge in imported COVID-19 cases coming from overseas is again emerging as a threat to South Korea’s anti-virus fight as it struggles to put the virus sitaution stably under control. Korea added 9... -
58 new COVID-19 cases reportedSocial affairsOct 20, 2020South Korea will soon begin to see the impact of eased antivirus restrictions, health authorities said Tuesday, as it saw double-digit gains in the daily count of new COVID-19 cases for a fifth conse... -
S. Korea reports 76 new COVID-19 casesSocial affairsOct 19, 2020South Korea saw double-digit gains in the daily count of new COVID-19 cases for the fourth consecutive day on Monday, with clusters of infections at hospitals posing a threat to the government’s viru... -
S. Korea reports 91 new COVID-19 casesSocial affairsOct 18, 2020South Korea saw double-digit gains in its daily count of new COVID-19 cases for the third consecutive day Sunday, with more students set to return to schools this week amid a stabilizing coronavirus ... -
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[Eye Plus] Seoul's smallest palace shows less can be moreCultureOct 17, 2020One of the five grand palaces built during the 1392-1897 Joseon dynasty, Gyeonghuigung Palace, which means “Palace of Joy and Light,” is the least well-known and smallest of the palaces in Seoul. Bu... -
![[News Focus] Ministry responsible for rigged asylum interviews: rights panel](http://res.heraldm.com/phpwas/restmb_idxmake.php?idx=649&simg=/content/image/2020/10/16/20201016000427_0.jpg)
[News Focus] Ministry responsible for rigged asylum interviews: rights panelSocial affairsOct 15, 2020When he applied for refugee status in 2016, Darwish Musab, a human rights campaigner and photojournalist from Egypt, said in his asylum interview that he was at risk of political persecution at home ... -
South Korea reports 110 new COVID-19 casesSocial affairsOct 15, 2020South Korea’s daily count of new COVID-19 cases bounced back to a three-digit figure Thursday as health authorities warn against social gatherings that could lead to large-scale outbreaks among group... -
Berlin’s district office defers order to remove Statue of PeaceForeign affairsOct 14, 2020“Germany, like Japan, was a defeated country in World War II. But unlike Japan, it is the country that has been at the forefront of atoning for its past history and getting straight the wrong history... -
Swiss Embassy in Seoul to host retrospective of Bruno GanzDiplomatic CircuitOct 13, 2020The Embassy of Switzerland in Korea will hold a retrospective in Seoul and Gwangju of Bruno Ganz, a renowned Swiss actor who has starred in many international award-winning films, starting Thursday. ... -
S. Korea daily COVID-19 cases inch back up to 102Social affairsOct 13, 2020South Korea’s daily count of new COVID-19 cases bounced back to a three-digit figure Tuesday after five days of double-digit gains, largely due to a spike in cases coming from overseas and small-scal...
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