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Critically ill COVID-19 cases hit record high amid growing omicron fearsSocial affairsDec 3, 2021South Korea's daily coronavirus cases fell below 5,000 on Friday, but the number of critically ill patients hit yet another record high as the country prepares to limit private gatherings amid growin... -
Nat'l Assembly passes record W607.7t govt. budget for 2022PoliticsDec 3, 2021The National Assembly passed the 2022 government budget Friday, a record high amount of 607.7 trillion won ($516.3 billion) to cope with the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic and other expens... -
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[Graphic News] S. Korea’s 2021 rice output rises for first time in 6 yearsNationalDec 3, 2021South Korea’s rice output rose for the first time in six years due mainly to favorable weather conditions and an increase in the cultivation area, data showed. The country’s rice production reache... -
S. Korea to limit private gatherings to 6 in capital area, 8 elsewhere: PMSocial affairsDec 3, 2021South Korea will limit private gatherings to six people in the capital area and eight in other regions for four weeks starting next week, Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum said Friday, reversing an easing ... -
UN excludes N. Korea from humanitarian aid plans for two straight yearsNorth KoreaDec 3, 2021The United Nations has excluded North Korea from its global humanitarian assistance plan for 2022, its recent report showed, apparently due to the impoverished country's prolonged border lockdown aga... -
S. Korea reports additional omicron variant infection, total now at 6Social affairsDec 2, 2021A teenage boy tested positive for the omicron variant of coronavirus on Thursday, bringing the total caseload of the heavily mutated variant in South Korea to six, health authorities said Thursday. ... -
Lee Jae-myung asks US firms for investment and jobs while promising to ease regulationsPoliticsDec 2, 2021Presidential nominee hopes for continued partnership of Korea and US at AMCHAM meeting, promising to ease regulations -
S.Korea, US agree to update war plans against growing N. Korean threatsDefenseDec 2, 2021Postponed assessment to transfer OPCON to Seoul to begin next fall -
Omicron throws travel plans into doubt, as post-travel quarantine returnsSocial affairsDec 2, 2021From BTS, professors to Korea Herald reporters, new mutation is ruining December -
Korea’s push for bringing normal life back marred by omicron, soaring casesSocial affairsDec 2, 2021Korea’s three-month plan for exiting pandemic restrictions is being threatened by a record surge in infections and the likely community spread of the omicron variant. On Thursday, Korea’s new cases ... -
People Power Party’s continued strife puts dent in electioneering effortsPoliticsDec 2, 2021Lee Jun-seok says he is not ‘boycotting’ duty because he was never given one -
Moon’s end of war proposal faces multitude of challengesNorth KoreaDec 2, 2021Time running too short to untangle complicated interests of all parties -
Korea to foster 89,000 more software talents by 2025ScienceDec 2, 2021Science Ministry to provide AI, software learning programs to enlisted soldiers starting next year -
NK to hold key party meeting as Kim’s 10-year leadership anniversary approachesNorth KoreaDec 2, 2021North Korea will hold a key party meeting later this month as leader Kim Jong-un is set to mark 10 years in office, North Korean media said Thursday, with growing speculation that Pyongyang could unv... -
Seoul reports record high of 2,268 daily COVID-19 casesSocial affairsDec 2, 2021The number of Seoul's daily COVID-19 cases has hit a record high of 2,268, surpassing 2,000 for two straight days, health authorities said Thursday. Of the cases reported Wednesday, 2,262 were local...
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