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Lowered bar for releasing COVID-19 patients from hospitals

Health authorities on Wednesday decided to lower the bar for releasing coronavirus patients from quarantine, as virus infections continued a sustained rise, threatening the capacity of the local heal...

Jun 24, 2020
[From the Scene] Tension around comfort women statue as rival group takes over rally site

Tension and animosity were apparent Wednesday in front of the former Japanese Embassy in Seoul, as two groups with divergently different political views stood just steps apart and waged rallies. To ...

Jun 24, 2020
[Korean War Anniversary] ‘Just another day’ still remembered 70 years on

The Korean War was a much more dangerous time for civilians than soldiers, with civilians facing a host of dangers ranging from massacres and abductions to starvation and forced conscription. At a t...

Jun 24, 2020
Busan gripped with virus fear following mass infections of Russian sailors

SEOUL/BUSAN -- Fears of the coronavirus epidemic are rapidly spreading among citizens in Busan after it has been reported that at least 17 Russian sailors found to be infected with the virus after ar...

Jun 24, 2020
Govt. to allow sending of face masks to overseas Koreans regardless of nationality

The government will allow South Koreans to send face masks to overseas family members regardless of whether they have Korean citizenship or not as domestic supplies have stabilized, the foreign minis...

Jun 24, 2020
Korea reports 51 new COVID-19 cases

South Korea reported 51 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, with new infections detected in more cities compared with the previous trend of concentration in the Greater Seoul area. Of t...

Jun 24, 2020
Korean War documents designated as cultural assets

Military documents produced during the 1950-53 Korean War have been designated as cultural assets and will be open to the public this week in line with the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the con...

Jun 24, 2020
2.1 magnitude earthquake hits northern part of S. Korea

A 2.1 magnitude earthquake hit the northern city of Paju near the inter-Korean border on Tuesday, the state weather agency said. The quake occurred at 7:58 p.m., 15 kilometers northeast of Paju, Gye...

Jun 23, 2020
School attendance cap extended amid continuing virus spread

The Ministry of Education on Tuesday extended a measure to reduce classroom crowding until the end of the first semester, as the country continued to see a worrisome uptick in coronavirus cases in Se...

Jun 23, 2020
Shincheonji to donate blood plasma of 4,000 members recovered from COVID-19

Shincheonji, a minor religious sect, said Tuesday that it will donate blood plasma of thousands of its congregants who have recovered from the novel coronavirus to support the development of a vaccin...

Jun 23, 2020
Radical minimum wage hike resulted in losses of low-paying jobs, study claims

A controversial study on the effect of a radical rise in the legal minimum wage level came out Tuesday, pitting employers against employees in the midst of negotiations for the next year’s wage stand...

Jun 23, 2020
2020 monsoon season to start Wednesday

This year’s monsoon season is set to start Wednesday, with clouds from the west coast expected to pour heavy rain across the country, which has been dealing with one of the hottest summers in history...

Jun 23, 2020
[Newsmaker] Incheon Airport’s permanent job offers to staff face backlash

Over 1,900 non-regular workers to win coveted full-time employment, which critics label reverse discrimination

Jun 23, 2020
Daegu files damage suit against religious sect of Shincheonji for mass coronavirus infections

DAEGU -- Daegu, once the epicenter of South Korea's new coronavirus outbreak, filed a civil damage suit against a fringe religious sect for allegedly causing mass infections by hindering the city's q...

Jun 23, 2020
Russian cargo ship in Busan emerges as coronavirus cluster

Outbreak among sailors projected to spiral further, spooking relatively virus-free port city

Jun 23, 2020

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