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3 out of 4 Koreans dissatisfied with political situation: poll

Three out of 4 South Koreans said they were dissatisfied with the country’s political situation, according to the results of a survey summarized in a recent report. The Korea Institute for Health an...

58% in poll say everyone should get disaster relief

Six out of 10 Koreans think the government should pay emergency disaster relief money to everyone, not just the bottom 70 percent income bracket as planned to help fight COVID-19, a recent survey sho...

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Social affairs
Bus stops closed, flowers plowed up to prevent crowds in blossom-viewing season

Seoul City said on Friday it will close seven bus stops around Yunjung-ro, a street lined with cherry blossoms that attract visitors in Yeouido, this weekend in a bid to curb the spread of COVID-19. ...

April 3, 2020
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Public bath emerges as a new cluster of infections

Concerns are rising that a public bath in Cheorwon, Gangwon Province, may have become the site of a COVID-19 infection cluster as at least four people who used it have been confirmed with the virus. ...

April 3, 2020
Social affairs
Government to invest W215b in vaccine research

The government said Thursday it would invest 215.1 billion won ($175 million) over the next 10 years in research and development of vaccines for COVID-19, tuberculosis, hepatitis A and hand-foot-and-...

April 2, 2020
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Prosecutor denies report he plotted against prominent liberal figure

A high-ranking public prosecutor accused of plotting with a journalist to tarnish the reputation of a vocal supporter of President Moon Jae-in denied Wednesday the accusation made against him by MBC....

April 1, 2020
Social affairs
Red Cross delivers W33.4b worth of COVID-19 relief

The Korean Red Cross said Tuesday that it had collected 53.5 billion won ($43.9 million) in donations since Feb. 27 to help fight the novel coronavirus, and spent 33.4 billion won of it on emergency ...

March 31, 2020
Social affairs
Smartphones can be ‘dangerous weapons’: court

A local court ruled Tuesday that using a smartphone to hit and injure others is a criminal offense of assault and punishable as per relevant laws. The Seoul Central District Court sentenced a 25-yea...

March 31, 2020
Social affairs
PM says hard to ban overseas arrivals

Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said Friday that it was difficult to ban arrivals from Europe and the US to contain the novel coronavirus, as 90 percent of imported cases were Korean nationals. “The n...

March 27, 2020
Social affairs
Nearly half of Korean workers at US military camps face furloughs

Nearly half of South Koreans working at US military camps here may face furloughs next month as the two countries failed to narrow their differences during the latest round of cost-sharing negotiatio...

March 20, 2020
Defense
Social distancing waning? Public transport usage up slightly in Seoul

Vehicle traffic and public transport ridership in Seoul inched up in the second week of March despite campaigns to continue with social distancing to contain the novel coronavirus. According to the ...

March 19, 2020
Social affairs
Ruling camp floats 2nd extra budget, supports anti-virus cash transfers

A day after the parliament endorsed a 11.7-trillion-won supplementary budget, the ruling Democratic Party on Wednesday started official preparations for another extra budget, as the country fights a ...

March 18, 2020
Politics
‘Shincheonji didn’t lie about membership figures’

Despite suspicions to the contrary, the Shincheonji Church of Jesus membership list that authorities obtained through a probe was not much different from the list the Christian sect had provided earl...

March 17, 2020
Social affairs
Liberal proportional coalition off rocky start

The ruling Democratic Party’s efforts to launch a liberal coalition party to win more parliamentary seats via the new proportional representation system in next month’s general election got off to a ...

March 16, 2020
Politics
As virus spreads, govt. tells public officials to work from home

As the number of officials infected with COVID-19 continues to rise in the administrative capital of Sejong, the government has required all public servants to work from home on shifts. The Ministry...

March 13, 2020
Social affairs

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