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Gyeonggi residents, including foreigners, to receive COVID-19 relief
All residents of Gyeonggi Province, including registered foreigners, will receive 100,000 won ($90.90) in emergency cash payouts to cope with the COVID-19 economic fallout regardless of their income,...
Jan 20, 2021
State-run Youth Startup Academy set to recruit record-high number of students
Branches across the country to accept applications until Feb. 8
Euljiro opens resting area dedicated for essential public workers
“Gongmugwan” is the official name given for street cleaners today who play a direct and major role in managing the public environment, picking up garbage and sweeping streets every morning, supportin...
‘Child abuse is still a family matter, not a crime, in Korea’
Adoption process should be tougher
Seoul city's bike service users soar amid pandemic
The accumulated membership of Seoul's public bike service has surpassed 2.78 million, largely due to high demand for personal transport means amid the coronavirus pandemic, the city government said W...
Additional bird flu case confirmed, total now at 68
South Korea's agricultural ministry Wednesday confirmed yet another highly pathogenic bird flu case traced to a farm, with the total caseload of confirmed infections reaching 68. The latest confirme...
Delivery chaos looms as parcel workers consider full-scale strike ahead of Lunar New Year
South Korea may be headed for delivery chaos ahead of next month’s Lunar New Year holiday, as unionized parcel delivery workers consider a full-scale walkout next week in their fight for better worki...
Seoul women spend nearly four times longer than men on housework: report
Women in Seoul spent almost four times longer than men on household chores and were paid less in 2019, highlighting the persistent gender disparity in the country’s capital, according to a report by ...
New virus cases rise from low plateau 1 year after COVID-19 outbreak
South Korea's daily new coronavirus cases hovered around 400 for the third straight day Wednesday as the country struggles to further slow down the third wave of the pandemic with an enhanced social ...
S. Korea confirms 67th case of highly pathogenic bird flu
South Korea on Tuesday confirmed another case of highly pathogenic bird flu in poultry, raising the total caseload to 67. The latest case of the H5N8 strain of avian influenza came from an egg farm ...
Jan 19, 2021
[Herald Interview] Front-liners who treated first COVID-19 patients look back on experience
South Korea marks one year since its first case
S. Korea's Buddhist leader vows to seek inter-Korean exchanges through COVID-19 relief
The leader of the Jogye Order, South Korea's largest Buddhist sect, said Tuesday that he will strive to promote inter-Korean religious exchanges this year by helping the North's battle against the no...
31 USFK-linked people test positive for coronavirus upon arrival in S. Korea
Twenty-six American service members and five civilians affiliated with the US Forces Korea (USFK) have tested positive for the new coronavirus upon their arrival here over the past few weeks, the US ...
Special Sewol probe ends, clears most of allegations
A special investigation unit tasked with reinvestigating the 2014 Sewol ferry disaster announced Tuesday that it had put most of the allegations to rest without additional indictments, ending its 14-...
UK flight ban extended by 1 week, arrivals from Brazil required to prove virus-free
South Korea's health authorities said Tuesday that the ban on flights from Britain will be extended by one week again and arrivals from Brazil will have to prove that they are virus-free as the count...