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[Graphic News] Population mobility unchanged in May amid coronavirus pandemic

The number of South Koreans who changed residences to different regions remained unchanged in May, data showed, even as the coronavirus outbreak restricted public movement. The number of people wh...

Jun 29, 2020
Seoul adopts three-level social distancing as virus cases rise

South Korea said Sunday it will implement a three-level social distancing scheme as the country‘s daily new coronavirus cases rebounded to over 60 without showing signs of slowdown. The country adde...

Jun 28, 2020
[News Focus] Prosecution under pressure over Samsung heir case

Prosecutors’ yearslong intensive probe into Samsung Group took a fresh twist after a panel of outside experts advised them not to indict the group’s de facto leader Lee Jae-yong and drop the investig...

Jun 28, 2020
Sports games to reopen to limited numbers of fans in S. Korea

South Korea said Sunday that it would allow spectators to start attending sports events amid the coronavirus pandemic as early as this week, on condition that strict infection preventive measures are...

Jun 28, 2020
[Feature] Controversy over corporal punishment rekindled

In light of two brutal child abuse cases that grabbed major headlines of Korean media outlets, many angry Koreans are calling for tough penalties on parents who abuse their children under the pretext...

Jun 28, 2020
[News Focus] Inside the controversy over Incheon Airport’s hiring plan

Ruling camp blames fake news, but critics see simmering anger of youth for diminishing opportunities

Jun 28, 2020
Teacher, child at defense ministry day care center infected with coronavirus

A three-year-old boy who has attended a day care center run by the defense ministry tested positive for the new coronavirus on Sunday after his teacher was infected, officials said. Disinfection wor...

Jun 28, 2020
Nearly 10,000 booked for alleged dating abuse in 2019: data

Reports of violence by dating partners rose last year from a year earlier, police said Sunday, vowing to step up efforts to prevent this type of crime and protect victims. The number of dating viole...

Jun 28, 2020
Seoul adopts three-level social distancing as virus cases rise

South Korea said Sunday it will implement a three-level social distancing scheme as the country's daily new coronavirus cases rebounded to over 60 without showing signs of slowdown. The country adde...

Jun 28, 2020
USFK eases anti-virus restrictions in central Seoul

US Forces Korea (USFK) said Saturday it's lifting some restrictions on activities by its personnel in the central Seoul district of Yongsan, citing the continued low numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cas...

Jun 27, 2020
S. Korea reports 51 more coronavirus cases amid cluster infections at Seoul church

The number of South Korea's daily COVID-19 cases bounced back to over 50 on Saturday amid another outbreak of cluster infections traced to a major church in Seoul. A total of 51 people tested positi...

Jun 27, 2020
Independent panel recommends against prosecution indictment of Samsung heir in succession case

An independent committee recommended Friday against an indictment of Samsung Group heir Lee Jae-yong, dealing a blow to the prosecution's plan to formally charge him over his role in a controversial ...

Jun 26, 2020
Five preschoolers suffer kidney failure following E. coli infection

Five children have been treated for kidney failure after an E. coli outbreak at a preschool in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, health authorities said Friday. Senior official Kim Jae-seon at Ansan Sangnok...

Jun 26, 2020
Relatives of Korean War dead urged to submit DNA for testing

Cheong Wa Dae on Friday urged relatives of people thought to have died during the Korean War to give DNA samples to aid in the efforts to identify remains. Speaking at a briefing on the government’s...

Jun 26, 2020
Wealth sharing campaign spreading in Suncheon to aid coronavirus victims

SUNCHEON -- A wealth sharing campaign has been spreading in Suncheon, a city about 415 kilometers south of Seoul, to support underprivileged citizens hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak, the municip...

Jun 26, 2020

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