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N. Korea says it test-fired tactical ballistic missile with new guidance technology
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[Weekender] Geeks have never been so chic in Korea
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NewJeans members submit petitions over court injunction in Hybe-Ador conflict
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S. Korea's exports of instant noodles surpass $100m for 1st time in April: data
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[News Focus] Mystery deepens after hundreds of cat deaths in S. Korea
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[Herald Interview] Byun Yo-han's 'unlikable' character is result of calculated acting
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US Air Force blames power loss, weather for F-16 crash in S. Korea in May 2023
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Samsung expected to introduce new Exynos processor in next Galaxy series
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Ex-president Moon recalls in memoir NK leader voiced will not to use nukes
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US expert says N. Korea might ignore Trump if he returns to White House
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Virus patient takes precautions, prevents spread
South Korea’s 17th confirmed case of the new coronavirus is being highlighted as a successful example of containment efforts after all of his close contacts tested negative. The Korean man, 37, came down with a fever on Jan. 26, two days after arriving here from Singapore. When he visited a hospital in Guri, Gyeonggi Province, he was initially sent to the emergency room as he had not recently been in China. An emergency physician isolated the man in a negative-pressure room,
Feb. 10, 2020
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Did he cough? Medical chief in hot water over gesture on TV
The chief of the state-run National Medical Center found himself in hot water on Monday over a cough-like gesture he made a day earlier on a TV program that discussed the new coronavirus, which has infected 27 people here. President Chung Ki-hyun allegedly made a fist and coughed into his left hand, against the advice of the country’s health protection agency. The Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention recommends coughing into one’s sleeve to help stop the spread of germs.
Feb. 10, 2020
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[Graphic News] Majority of low-income families attendcultural events
A record number of families in the lowest-income bracket - more than five out of every 10 - paid at least one visit to cultural and art events last year, government reports showed. According to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Culture and Tourism Institute, 51.7 percent of families with a monthly income of 1 million won ($840.70) or less attended at least one cultural event in 2019, sharply up from 42.5 percent on-year. The corresponding figure for 2016 was 30.9
Feb. 10, 2020
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Monitoring ends for nearly 3,000 people who visited Wuhan
Nearly 3,000 people who entered Korea from China’s Wuhan have cleared the two-week monitoring period for possible coronavirus infection, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday. The virus’s incubation period passed as of Monday for 2,991 people, including 1,831 foreigners, who entered Korea from Jan. 13-26 after visiting Wuhan, where the new coronavirus was first detected in December. Since they arrived here, KCDC officials have checked on their condition
Feb. 10, 2020
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Epidemiologists ask to dial down ‘virus paranoia’
Epidemiologists and preventive medicine specialists on Monday voiced concerns against “excessive” fear of the Wuhan coronavirus, asking for the public’s cooperation with and trust in disease control authorities and health experts. “Disease control, health officials and medical providers alone cannot overcome the public health crisis,” the Korean Society of Epidemiology and the Korean Society for Preventive Medicine said in a joint statement, stressing the need for
Feb. 10, 2020
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3rd evacuation of Wuhan planned, Chinese relatives of Koreans to be included in flight
The South Korean government plans to airlift some 150 Korean nationals and their immediate family members from Wuhan, China, on Tuesday. The government’s coronavirus response team said Monday that plans are being finalized with Beijing and that this time Chinese nationals who are immediate family members of Koreans will be allowed to leave the Chinese city. Parents, partners and children of South Korean nationals are allowed to board the flight. China had prohibited Chinese nationals
Feb. 10, 2020
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3 S. Koreans in China confirmed to be infected with new coronavirus: Seoul govt.
South Korea said Monday that three of its nationals in mainland China have been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus. The three members of a family staying in China's northeastern province of Shandong have tested positive for the new strain of virus, according to the Seoul government. It marks the first time for South Korean nationals staying in mainland China to be confirmed to be diagnosed with the virus infection that has taken more than 900 lives there. "The World Heal
Feb. 10, 2020
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S. Korea testing 809 people for coronavirus, cases unchanged at 27
South Korea said Monday it is testing 809 people in quarantine for the novel coronavirus, with the number of confirmed cases unchanged at 27. On Sunday, the country reported three new cases of the new strain of virus, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The number of people being checked for the virus is down from 888 the day before, the KCDC said. Of the confirmed cases, 24 patients were receiving treatment at local hospitals as of early Monday with three vir
Feb. 10, 2020
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S. Korea to send 3rd flight to Wuhan to bring home Korean nationals, families
South Korea said Sunday that it will send an additional flight to the central Chinese city of Wuhan to evacuate about a hundred Korean nationals and their Chinese family members as concerns are growing over the global spread of the new coronavirus. South Korea earlier sent two chartered flights to Wuhan, the epicenter of the highly contagious virus, to shuttle around 700 South Koreans back home. More than 200 South Korean nationals and Chinese family members are staying there and in surroundin
Feb. 10, 2020
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[Herald Interview] Ban entry from China, warns medical association president
The head of South Korea’s largest doctor group said the government’s novel coronavirus response shows the country is ill-prepared for an epidemic, criticizing the failure to implement timely measures. In an interview with The Korea Herald on Saturday at his office in Yongsan, in central Seoul, Korean Medical Association President Choi Dae-zip said Korea’s measures to tackle the new virus were inadequate, and the most urgent action from the government needed right now was res
Feb. 9, 2020
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PyeongChang offers forum for peace once again
During the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, South and North Korean athletes entered the opening ceremony together and formed a joint women’s hockey team, creating momentum that led to bilateral talks between the South and North. Maintaining that legacy and peace building, the PyeongChang Peace Forum 2020 “Peace! Here and Now” takes place through Tuesday at Pyeongchang Alencia in Gangwon Province with 1000 participants from 25 countries. The three-day conference is being attended
Feb. 9, 2020
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S. Korea reports 3 more coronavirus cases, total at 27
The government said Sunday it will send another chartered plane to China’s Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, to bring back Koreans and consider imposing an additional entry ban on other Chinese regions heavily struck by the virus. Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun announced that the government would also tighten quarantine checks on those entering from virus-hit countries as he presided over an emergency ministerial meeting. Currently, Korea has barred the entry of foreigne
Feb. 9, 2020
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Arrest warrant sought for YouTuber for coronavirus prank
BUSAN -- Police said Saturday they have sought a warrant to arrest a YouTuber for allegedly pretending to be a coronavirus patient and posting a video on the website. The suspect, whose identity has been withheld, is accused of posting the video clip of him staging pranks by pretending that he came from Wuhan, the epicenter of the deadly contagious virus, the Busan Metropolitan Police Agency said. The video clip shows the suspect coughing at a subway train in the southern port city of Busan p
Feb. 9, 2020
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Govt. to provide W1.23m for 4-person families with member in quarantine
South Korea's government said Saturday it will provide 1.23 million won ($1,030) per month to a four-person family with a member in quarantine, as part of its efforts to compensate people who cooperate with the ongoing effort to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus. The health ministry said that the monthly living expenses allowance will be provided to anyone who has been in quarantine for more than 14 days, with foreign nationals also eligible for support. If a person without a fam
Feb. 8, 2020
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More people subject to coronavirus checks, confirmed cases unchanged at 24
More people in South Korea underwent tests for the new coronavirus on Saturday as health authorities have expanded the scope of people subject to virus checks, with the number of confirmed cases remaining at 24. South Korea has tested 2,097 people for the new virus as of Saturday, up from 1,352 tallied the previous day, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The data came as health authorities expanded the scope of people subject to the test for the contagious viru
Feb. 8, 2020
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Transgender student withdraws after getting accepted to Sookmyung Women’s University
A transgender student, the first to gain admission to a women-only university in South Korea, has decided not to attend due to massive opposition from other students, according to media reports Friday. “I withdrew my admission, because of growing fears on voices of opposition,” she told Yonhap News. She also wrote in an online community Friday afternoon, the last day to accept the offer, after withdrawing. “I was scared of the recent situation. I was afraid of th
Feb. 7, 2020
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In sickness and in health: mass wedding defies virus fears
GAPYEONG (AFP) -- Thousands of couples -- some in facemasks -- tied the knot in a mass Unification Church wedding Friday, despite concerns in South Korea over the spread of the coronavirus outbreak. The church founded by Sun Myung Moon -- revered as a messiah by his followers -- distributed face coverings to the 30,000 crowd, but only some donned them. "I am overwhelmed that I am getting married today," said Choi Ji-young, who met her husband -- matched by the church -- only two mon
Feb. 7, 2020
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Seoul city sets up quarantine facility
The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced Friday that the Seoul Human Resource Development Center in southern Seoul will be used to house many of those currently in home quarantine for the new coronavirus. The facility will be used to house people required to go into quarantine who have difficulty getting around or have no one living with them who can provide care, or if the infection is deemed likely to spread among family members. The head of the public health center in each distr
Feb. 7, 2020
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Govt. allows shorter school year amid coronavirus outbreak
The education ministry has allowed schools to shorten the number of school days in ongoing efforts to curb the spread of the new coronavirus. Education Minister Yoo Eun-hae sent a document to 17 education offices across the country earlier this week, allowing elementary, middle and high schools to relax mandatory school days by up to 10 percent, according to the ministry. Local law mandates schools run at least 190 days of classes in an academic year, which means schools can shorten the numbe
Feb. 7, 2020
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Another evacuee confirmed to be infected, total now at 24
South Korea on Friday confirmed another case of novel coronavirus infection, bringing the total here to 24, and the latest one is a South Korean airlifted from the Chinese city of Wuhan last week. After arriving here on a chartered plane last Friday, the 28-year-old South Korean man had been in quarantine at a state-run facility in Asan in central South Korea and started to suffer from a sore throat, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC). The agency said the
Feb. 7, 2020