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Asiana flight attendant infected with new coronavirus
Asiana Airlines Inc., South Korea's second-biggest airline, said Tuesday it has asked 12 cabin crew members to self-isolate after their colleague on a Incheon-New York flight was diagnosed with the new coronavirus. The infected flight attendant flew with the 12 others on the flight OZ222, which left Incheon last Tuesday (Korean time) and returned on the flight OZ221 from New York on Thursday (US time), according to Asiana. The purser reportedly traveled in his private car to Samcheok, Gangwon
Mobility March 24, 2020
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Korean Air to halt more flights to China amid virus woes
South Korean airlines are facing further challenges after the government imposed stricter entry restrictions to fight the spreading coronavirus outbreak. Korean Air Co., South Korea's biggest airline and national flag carrier, said Monday it will temporarily suspend all flights on the Incheon-Beijing route from Saturday to April 25, leaving only three routes available to China. The move comes as China steps up efforts to keep out imported COVID-19 cases. On Sunday, the Chinese aviation author
Mobility March 24, 2020
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Moon pledges W100tr of emergency funding for virus-stricken business sector
President Moon Jae-in unveiled plans Tuesday to double the size of his administration's emergency-financing aid package to 100 trillion won ($80 billion) for businesses here under growing stress from the coronavirus pandemic, and he announced a set of special funds to stabilize South Korea's bond and securities markets. He stressed that the government would serve as a "stout breakwater" to prevent the huge crisis facing the nation's firms, speaking at the second session of the emerge
Politics March 24, 2020
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2 baseball clubs halt training over coronavirus concerns
Two South Korean baseball clubs halted their offseason training on Tuesday over coronavirus concerns. The Doosan Bears canceled their practice Tuesday after learning that a player had been in secondary contact with a coronavirus patient. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) team said a family member of the player had come in direct contact with the COVID-19 patient at work, and that relative is awaiting test results. In the meantime, all Doosan players have been asked to self-isolate at hom
Baseball March 24, 2020
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Allies considering holding defense cost talks via videoconferencing amid virus concerns: official
The military reported no additional cases of the new coronavirus among its population Tuesday, with the total number of infections standing at 39, the defense ministry said. Thirty-four COVID-19 patients are active-duty service members, and the remaining five are civilians working for the military, the ministry said, adding that 21 were in the Army, 14 in the Air Force, two in the Marine Corps and one each in the Navy and a unit under the direct control of the ministry. Of the total, 24 have
Defense March 24, 2020
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Coronavirus pandemic halts overseas shoots of Korean movies
The coronavirus pandemic is affecting the production of films in South Korea as on-location filming schedules have been canceled due to widening travel bans worldwide. The production team of the crime movie "Bogota," starring Song Joon-ki, has decided to stop shooting at a location in Colombia and return to South Korea. "We've made the decision in consideration of the safety of the cast and crew," said an official from the film's local distributor, Megabox Plus M, last wee
Film March 24, 2020
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Men's basketball league cancels season due to coronavirus
The South Korean men's pro basketball season came to an abrupt end on Tuesday, with the coronavirus outbreak forcing a premature finish for the first time in the league's 23-year history. The Korean Basketball League announced Tuesday that the rest of its regular season and playoffs will be scrapped. The largely expected decision was reached during the league's meeting with representatives from its 10 teams. Last Friday, the Women's Korean Basketball League canceled its remaining regular seas
More Sports March 24, 2020
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Govt. stresses role of fiscal spending for growth in 2021
South Korea on Tuesday highlighted the importance of its budget spending in supporting the country's economic growth next year, signaling a budget hike amid the growing fallout from the spread of the new coronavirus. Under its 2021 budget guidelines, the government said it will continue to maintain the active role of fiscal spending in boosting growth, while seeking to enhance its fiscal soundness. The guidelines, reviewed and approved by the Cabinet on Tuesday, are designed to direct governme
Economy March 24, 2020
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Govt. tightens virus guidelines against cram schools
South Korea's education ministry on Tuesday released tightened guidelines for cram schools to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus on fears of group transmissions breaking out in the private-sector education institutions. Under the advisory, local and provincial governments will be able to impose a ban on group activities at "hagwon" that are found to have breached the government's guidelines on virus prevention. Cram schools that continue to violate the ban by opening classes
Social Affairs March 24, 2020
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New virus cases on downhill as imported infections steadily rise
South Korea's new virus cases appeared to be on a downhill Tuesday, but imported infections marked the biggest one-day increase as the nation enforced quarantines on arrivals from Europe and other regions. The 76 new cases, which were detected Monday and slightly up from 64 new cases a day earlier, brought the nation's total infections to 9,037, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The death toll rose by nine to 120. Monday's new cases marked the 13th consecuti
Social Affairs March 24, 2020
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Military reports no fresh coronavirus cases, total at 39
The military reported no additional cases of the new coronavirus among its population Tuesday, with the total number of infections standing at 39, the defense ministry said. Thirty-four COVID-19 patients are active-duty service members, and the remaining five are civilians working for the military, the ministry said, adding that 21 were in the Army, 14 in the Air Force, two in the Marine Corps and one each in the Navy and a unit under the direct control of the ministry. Of the total, 24 have
Defense March 24, 2020
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Uncertainty growing over S. Korean exports despite recent upturn
Despite a recent recovery, uncertainty is growing over South Korea's exports down the road due to the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, sources said Tuesday. The country's outbound shipments grew 10 percent on-year in the first 20 days of March on brisk overseas demand for chips and automobiles, along with more working days, according to government data. The solid increase follows a 4.5 percent rise in February, the first rebound in 15 months. This month's improved export performan
Economy March 24, 2020
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Stricter containment steps necessary for US arrivals: experts
While South Korea has been implementing strict quarantine measures against arrivals from Europe, there are also growing calls that the country needs to apply stepped-up quarantine steps, such as virus tests, on passengers coming from the United States, medical experts said Tuesday. South Korea in recent weeks has been focusing on stemming imported virus cases after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization earlier this month. As of Tuesday, there were 171 imported case
Social Affairs March 24, 2020
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Real estate trust firms' 2019 net down 5.5%
Real estate trust firms in South Korea saw their combined profit fall 5.5 percent in 2019 from a year earlier due to increased operating costs, data showed Tuesday. The combined net profit of 14 real estate trusts stood at 480 billion won ($379 million) in 2019, compared with 507.9 billion won in 2018, according to the data released by the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS). Real estate investment trusts are a type of security that invests in real estate to be traded on major exchanges and p
Market March 24, 2020
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Navy holds commemorating ceremony ahead of 10th anniversary of Cheonan sinking
The Navy has held a memorial ceremony to honor dozens of sailors killed in North Korea's 2010 deadly sinking of a South Korean warship ahead of its 10th anniversary, the military said Tuesday. The warship Cheonan went down near the Northern Limit Line, the de facto maritime border between the two Koreas, on March 26, 2010, killing 46 sailors. After an international probe, the South concluded that the sinking was caused by a torpedo attack by a North Korean submarine. On Monday, service membe
Defense March 24, 2020
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