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Who will get COVID-19 vaccine first? The debate begins

As South Korea gears up for COVID-19 vaccinations, with the first batch of vaccines to be shipped here next month, the government is weighing whom to push to the front of the line. The Korea Disease...

Jan 12, 2021
More snow hits S. Korea, threatening rush hour traffic

The capital area began to see snowfall Tuesday afternoon as weather authorities warned of a bigger flurry around evening rush hour. The Korea Meteorological Administration said the snowfall will be ...

Jan 12, 2021
Govt. urged to increase rewards for medical workers fighting COVID-19

A local medical workers' union on Tuesday called for greater government attention to increasing financial compensation for frontline health workers fighting the coronavirus pandemic, saying insuffici...

Jan 12, 2021
Evangelical church emerges as new hotbed of coronavirus infection in S. Korea

An evangelical church in a central city has emerged as a new hotbed of infections amid a downturn in the daily number of coronavirus cases in the country, health authorities said Tuesday. The Korea ...

Jan 12, 2021
Two former executives acquitted in humidifier cleaner deaths case

A court on Tuesday acquitted the former heads of SK Chemical Co. and the consumer goods company Aekyung Industrial Co. in a deadly humidifier sterilizer case. The Seoul Central District Court found ...

Jan 12, 2021
Seoul Library added 15,000 Korean, foreign e-books, available for free

The Seoul Metropolitan Library added 15,000 Korean and foreign books in the digital format and 3,000 audiobooks to its catalog, making them available for free for registered users. Any registered us...

Jan 12, 2021
Seoul detention center reports 7 more COVID-19 cases, 5 of them among female inmates

A detention center in southeastern Seoul, the center of recent mass COVID-19 outbreaks, has reported seven more confirmed cases from its latest round of mass testing, the justice ministry said Tuesda...

Jan 12, 2021
Revised traffic law to allow police, firefighters to act promptly

Emergency vehicles to be exempt from penalties for running red lights, crossing median

Jan 12, 2021
S. Korea nears deal to buy Novavax COVID-19 vaccines

South Korea is close to striking a deal to purchase COVID-19 vaccines for 10 million people from US drugmaker Novavax, according to informed sources Tuesday. The Seoul government has been negotiatin...

Jan 12, 2021
[Newsmaker] Public outcry grows over group killing, torturing stray cats

Public outrage is growing in South Korea over a group of people shown brutally killing and torturing stray cats in videos and then encouraging such acts in a mobile chat room, leading the police to l...

Jan 12, 2021
[News Focus] Small businesses to launch legal challenge to social distancing rules

Small business owners are taking legal action against the government, calling the social distancing rules unfair and saying the restrictions have greatly diminished their chances of economic survival...

Jan 12, 2021
[Newsmaker] S. Korea investigating 3 suspected cases of highly pathogenic bird flu

South Korea's agricultural ministry said Tuesday it is investigating three suspected cases of highly pathogenic bird flu from poultry farms. The latest suspected case of the malign H5N8 strain of av...

Jan 12, 2021
New sentencing guidelines subject biz owners to up to 10 1/2 yrs in prison for workplace deaths

New sentencing guidelines will subject business owners to up to 10 1/2 years behind bars in the event of their employees' deaths owing to lax safety or health protection measures, the top court said ...

Jan 12, 2021
S. Korea identifies remains of another Korean War soldier

South Korea has identified the remains of a soldier killed in the 1950-53 Korean War through DNA analysis after they were recovered from a former battle site, the defense ministry said Tuesday. The ...

Jan 12, 2021
New virus cases in 500s on tougher curbs, alert high over potential upticks

The number of new coronavirus cases in South Korea remained in the 500 range on Tuesday, possibly indicating that the country's virus curve is flattening on the back of tightened social distancing me...

Jan 12, 2021

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