No. of deaths after flu shots at 108
Social affairsNov 28, 2020
South Korea's health agency said Saturday that a total of 108 people died after receiving seasonal flu vaccines this year, with the authorities concluding 107 of the deaths had no direct causal relations with their inoculations. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency added one more death to its running tally of those who died after getting flu shots, amid public anxiety over the safety of vaccines. "As a result of epidemiological investigation and deliberations by a damage surve
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[Photo News] Students in line for COVID-19 testing in GwangjuSocial affairsNov 28, 2020Students line up to get tested for COVID-19 on Thursday morning after a new case was reported at a middle school in Seo-gu in Gwangju. The infected student is said to have come into contact with another infected student from a different school and with family members as well. Medical workers in protective gear are preparing for COVID-19 testing at the school. COVID-19 cases are spreading in schools despite stricter social distancing levels. There are rising concerns over student COVID-19 cases -
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[Photo News] Streets of Hongdae deserted amid pandemicSocial affairsNov 28, 2020The “street of youth” full of people crowded together is no longer to be expected in western Seoul’s Hongdae. As the nation‘s new daily COVID-19 infection cases faced a sudden rise that exceeded 500 on Thursday, the concern of a third wave of the pandemic has deepened. Meanwhile, the social distancing level has been raised to Level 2 in order to prevent the further spread of the virus. (Photos: Yonhap) By Lee Jae-Eun (leeje16@heraldcorp.com)
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N. Korea steps up coronavirus quarantine in coastal areas: paperNorth KoreaNov 28, 2020North Korea's main newspaper on Saturday reported on military efforts to strengthen the monitoring of coastal areas and the responsibility of front-line health care workers in a stepped-up campaign against the new coronavirus. The Rodong Sinmun published articles highlighting the importance of maintaining a strong push to prevent COVID-19 transmissions, as the virus continues to resurge around the world, including in South Korea. "Surveillance posts deployed along the coastal areas are s -
Army artillery school reports 17 COVID-19 infectionsSocial affairsNov 28, 2020An Army artillery school in southwestern South Korea has reported large-scale coronavirus infections among its soldiers, local health authorities said Saturday. Sixteen soldiers undergoing training or stationed at the Sangmudae Artillery School in Jangseong, 310 kilometers south of Seoul, were diagnosed with COVID-19 on Saturday after an Army officer from the same compound tested positive for the virus the previous day, the authorities said. All of the 16 new patients had come into contact wit -
S. Korea confirms this year's first case of avian flu in domestic poultrySocial affairsNov 28, 2020South Korea on Saturday confirmed this year's first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza among domestic poultry at a duck farm in a southwestern province. The agriculture ministry said a virus detected from ducks at a farm in Jeongeup, a North Jeolla Province city about 290 kilometers south of Seoul, in a pre-shipment test Thursday has been confirmed as the highly pathogenic bird flu of the H5N8 strain. It marked the first confirmed case of highly pathogenic AI detected among domestic pou -
Virus tally exceeds 500 for 3rd day, authorities under pressure to toughen social distancingSocial affairsNov 28, 2020The daily number of new coronavirus cases in South Korea exceeded 500 for the third straight day Saturday, as health authorities face growing pressure to toughen social distancing restrictions amid continued sporadic infections across the country. The country added 504 more COVID-19 cases, including 486 local infections, raising the total caseload to 33,375, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency. It reported six additional coronavirus fatalities, bringing the total to 522 -
PM warns of full-fledged virus resurgence as daily cases exceed 500Social affairsNov 27, 2020Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said Friday that South Korea has confirmed more than 500 COVID-19 infections for the second consecutive day and warned that the virus appears to be spreading again in earnest nationwide. "As the number of newly confirmed COVID-19 patients reached above 500 for the second straight day (as of the start of Friday), it's a situation in which a resurgence is getting into full swing in our country as well," Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said during a meeting o -
S. Korea to provide $700,000 aid to hurricane-hit Latin American nationsForeign affairsNov 27, 2020South Korea will provide $700,000 worth of humanitarian aid to Colombia, Honduras and Nicaragua to help them cope with damage from Hurricane Iota, the foreign ministry said Friday. The Latin American countries were devastated Monday by the category 5 hurricane, the biggest storm this year in the Atlantic Ocean. "Our government hopes that the aid will help the peoples of those countries facing hardship in recovery, due to the stronger hurricane than the previous Hurricane Eta," the -
Wang stresses two Koreas should determine peninsula’s fateForeign affairsNov 27, 2020China’s top diplomat on Friday said the two Koreas should decide the fate of the Korean Peninsula themselves, while stressing his country will serve a “constructive role” to bring peace on the peninsula. “South and North Korea are indeed the true masters of the Korean Peninsula. Therefore, the fate of the peninsula should be given to the two Koreas,” Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said during his meeting with National Assembly Speaker Park Byeong-seung. & -
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[Newsmaker] Opposition parties call for parliament-led probe into Choo-Yoon clashSocial affairsNov 27, 2020Opposition parties on Friday submitted a written request for an investigation led by the National Assembly into the justice minister’s unprecedented action to suspend the top prosecutor from duty. The request was signed by 110 lawmakers -- 103 from the main opposition People Power Party, three from the minor People’s Party and four independent lawmakers. The procedural legitimacy of the disciplinary actions taken by Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae against Prosecutor General Yoon Seok -
Stalking perpetrators to face up to 5 years in jail under new lawSocial affairsNov 27, 2020The government will push for a new law to drastically raise punishments for stalking perpetrators, the Ministry of Justice said Friday. The ministry made a prior announcement of the plan for the legislation via the government gazette, which calls for punishing convicted stalkers with up to five years in prison. Under the new law, acts of continuously or repeatedly approaching, following or blocking a victim against his or her will; waiting for or watching a victim in and around his or her resi -
Protesters deter shipments of construction materials onto THAAD base in SeongjuSocial affairsNov 27, 2020SEONGJU -- The defense ministry's latest attempt to bring non-weapon materials and construction equipment onto a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) base in central South Korea on Friday ran into fierce protests from local residents and civic activists opposed to the deployment of the American missile defense system. About 70 residents and activists gathered on a bridge leading to the base for the THAAD system in the central town of Seongju, about 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul, to b -
About 900 illegal migrant workers deported or arrested from Aug.-Nov.Social affairsNov 27, 2020Nearly 900 migrant workers were deported or arrested over a three-month period after being caught working illegally in South Korea, the Ministry of Justice said Friday. Immigration authorities have rounded up 1,294 illegal foreign workers from Aug. 1 to Nov. 2 before deporting 885 of them out of the country and placing four others under arrest, the ministry said. They also busted 254 employers of illegal migrant workers and imposed a fine on 232 of them, the ministry said, adding 17 others wer -
Moon's adviser calls for S. Korea to break away from 'US or China' frameworkPoliticsNov 27, 2020South Korea should work together with Australia, Canada and Japan to form regional economic or security frameworks so as to create a new order free from the burden of choosing sides between the United States and China, an adviser to President Moon Jae-in said Friday. Moon Chung-in, special foreign policy and security adviser, made the remarks during a virtual seminar, stressing that it is very unlikely the tensions between Washington and Beijing will get any better under the next US administrat
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