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Korea's national response to COVID-19 outbreak
Korea's national response to COVID-19 outbreak
- Dine in at cafes allowed, ban on indoor gyms, karaoke boxes lifted
- Jan 18,2021
- The government on Jan. 18 allowed coffee shops in the Seoul metropolitan area to allow customers to dine in again. (Yonhap News) By Sarah Oqelee and Lee Hana Coff...
- NHK covers Korea's containment of COVID-19 via restaurant limits
- Jan 15,2021
- The public Japanese network NHK on Jan. 14 said Korea's limit on the number of participants at private gatherings has effectively helped contain COVID-19. (Screen capture...
- Interior Ministry launches support team for COVID-19 vaccinations
- Jan 13,2021
- Minister of the Interior and Safety Jeon Hae-cheol (third from left) on Jan. 12 inspects the preparation of COVID-19 vaccines at a testing center in Cheongju, Chungcheong...
- British daily analyzes vaccination delay in Korea
- Jan 11,2021
- A temporary facility for COVID-19 testing on Dec. 17, 2020, is set up in Seoul's Jung-gu District. (Jeon Han) By Lee Jihae The British daily Guardian has analyzed...
- President pledges to overcome COVID-19 in New Year's address
- Jan 11,2021
- President Moon Jae-in on Jan. 11 gives his New Year's address at Cheong Wa Dae. (Yonhap News) By Oh Hyun Woo and Kim Minji President Moon Jae-in on Jan. 11 named re...
- Foreign visitors must have negative COVID-19 tests upon arrival
- Jan 05,2021
- All foreign nationals entering the country from Jan. 8 must submit a negative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test result for COVID-19. The photo shows foreign nationals ...
- Moderna to supply 40M COVID-19 vaccines to Korea
- Dec 30,2020
- The U.S. pharmaceutical company Moderna on Dec. 29 said it will begin in next year's second quarter its supply of 40 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Korea. (Yonhap ...
- 'Nation to reach herd immunity by September next year'
- Dec 29,2020
- Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) Commissioner Jeong Eun-Kyeong on Dec. 28 holds a regular briefing of the Central Disease Control Headquarters in Seoul....
- [Year-end review 2] Leading keywords during pandemic-stricken 2020
- Dec 28,2020
- By Kim Minji and Lee Jihae Everyday life in 2020 saw a drastic change from that in other years, as the COVID-19 pandemic led to a new normal. There was life before the...
- Korea, Japan, China discuss sports cooperation amid pandemic
- Dec 28,2020
- Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Park Yang-woo (right) on Dec. 24 takes part online in the third Korea- Japan-China meeting of sports ministers with his Japanese a...