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[From the scene] As home isolation becomes default, bed availability remains issue

Nov 21, 2021

Amid climbing cases, more Seoul patients to recover from COVID-19 at home
[News Focus] Pay gap for regular, nonregular workers widening

Nov 21, 2021

Pay-raise records 17% vs. 12% since 2016
Fine dust blankets much of South Korea

Nov 20, 2021

A choking pall of fine dust plagued much of South Korea on Saturday, prompting authorities to urge vulnerable people to stay indoors. As of noon, the density of ultrafine dust, called PM 2.5, hit the "very bad" level for Seoul, Incheon, Gyeonggi Province and South Chungcheong Province, according to data from the state-run Korea Environment Corp. Other parts of the country, excluding Gwangju and South Jeolla Province in the southwest, registered "bad." The level of fine d
US service member detained for refusing sobriety test after car accident

Nov 20, 2021

A US service member stationed in South Korea was detained by local police after refusing to take a field sobriety test following a minor car accident, authorities said Saturday. The Air Force staff sergeant was nabbed for bumping into a car parked on a street in Sinsa-dong in southern Seoul Friday evening and refusing police's request for the breathalyzer test, the Gangnam Police Station said. Police officers came to the scene upon the report from the parked car's owner and caught the staff
S. Korea's daily COVID-19 cases hover over 3,000 for 4th day

Nov 20, 2021

South Korea's new coronavirus cases stayed above 3,000 for the fourth consecutive day Saturday, raising concerns over a virus resurgence ahead of the winter months and the full-fledged reopening of schools. The country reported 3,212 new COVID-19 cases, including 3,194 local infections, raising the total caseload to 412,311, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). Saturday's caseload was up 178 from the previous day and marks the third-largest tally since the p
Ultrafine dust advisory in effect in Seoul

Nov 19, 2021

An ultrafine dust advisory was issued for all of Seoul on Friday for the first time in about six months, the metropolitan government said. The advisory was issued at 7 p.m. as the hourly average density of ultrafine dust particles soared to 83 micrograms per cubic meter as of 6 p.m. and to 96 micrograms per cubic meter one hour later in 25 districts across the capital, according to the city-run Research Institute of Public Health and Environment. It was the first ultrafine dust advisory iss
[From the scene] Korea’s top health protection agency chief gets third COVID-19 shot

Nov 19, 2021

Jeong promises to meet with families of people who died from suspected side effects
Return to normal could stop with rise in serious COVID-19 cases: PM

Nov 19, 2021

South Korea could stop its return to normal, Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum said Friday as the country continued to see a sharp rise in the number of critically ill COVID-19 patients, placing a strain on the supply of medical resources. Kim said in a meeting Friday that hospital beds across the country must be efficiently managed as they are quickly being filled, impeding a swift medical response for COVID-19 patients. Setting aside more hospital beds and medical resources is a priority for the go
Quintuplets born in South Korea for first time in 34 years

Nov 19, 2021

South Korea saw the first successful birth of quintuplets in 34 years, with help from dozens of doctors and nurses on the night of the delivery. Seoul National University Hospital said Friday that the four girls and one boy were born there at around 10 p.m. Thursday. Twenty doctors and 10 nurses assisted in the cesarean section delivery. The surgery was done under the lead of Dr. Jun Jong-kwan, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the hospital and an expert in multiple births. The child
In-person school classes to fully resume next week

Nov 19, 2021

In-person school classes will fully resume next week following the end of this year's national college entrance exam, the education ministry said Friday. In line with the government's "living with COVID-19" scheme, all kindergartens, elementary, middle and high schools across the country will return to full-fledged in-person classes Monday for the first time in nearly two years since the pandemic broke out. Early this month, the government eased social distancing rules under the firs
S. Korea's daily COVID-19 cases hover over 3,000 for 3rd day

Nov 19, 2021

South Korea's new coronavirus cases stayed above 3,000 for the third consecutive day Friday amid deepening concerns over the continued growth in critical cases and strained medical resources. The country reported 3,034 new COVID-19 cases, including 3,011 local infections, raising the total caseload to 409,099, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). Friday's figure marked a fall from an all-time high of 3,292 the previous day, but it is still the fourth-largest d
17 days of normal push Korea’s COVID-19 cases to hit new high

Nov 18, 2021

South Korea saw the highest number of new COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic Thursday, just 17 days into its return to normal scheme. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said 3,292 cases were registered in the preceding 24 hours, exceeding the 3,000 mark for the second day in a row. The previous one-day record was 3,270 cases on Sept. 25, in the aftermath of Chuseok holiday season. The new all-time high comes as the country takes its first step toward normal life, wit
[News Focus] Nonregular jobs increase faster in 5 major cities

Nov 18, 2021

Only Sejong sees negative growth during Moon’s term
Beaumax donates 30,000 masks to Myanmar upon high school kid’s request

Nov 18, 2021

Cosmetics firm Beaumax donated 30,000 face masks to support disadvantaged children in Myanmar struggling with COVID-19, acting on a high school student’s proposal. The Seoul-based company said Thursday it has donated the masks to Myanmar as part of nonprofit Worldshare’s Disaster Vulnerable Overseas Children’s Project. The donation, made in the name of Beaumax CEO Han Hyun-woo, was suggested by a high school sophomore. The company said Kim Jae-yeon, a student at Cheongshim In
[Photo News] Rogers family in hanbok

Nov 18, 2021

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