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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

Jan 20, 2021
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...

Jan 20, 2021
‘Child abuse is still a family matter, not a crime, in Korea’

Adoption process should be tougher

Jan 20, 2021
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...

Jan 20, 2021
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...

Jan 20, 2021
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...

Jan 20, 2021
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 ...

Jan 20, 2021
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 ...

Jan 20, 2021
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

Jan 19, 2021
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...

Jan 19, 2021
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 ...

Jan 19, 2021
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-...

Jan 19, 2021
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...

Jan 19, 2021

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