Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun (second from right) on Feb. 24 watches the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines leave the manufacturing facility of pharmaceutical manufactur...

Feb 24,2021

The government from Feb. 21 set up screening clinics for conducting COVID-19 field inspections in 14 areas known to have many foreign workers to better contain the pandem...

Feb 22,2021

Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun on Feb. 21 gives a speech at a meeting on the COVID-19 response held at Government Complex-Seoul. (Yonhap News) By Oh Hyun Woo and Kim Mi...

Feb 22,2021

President Moon Jae-in (center) on Feb. 18 inspects low dead space syringes on a production line of the medical device manufacturer Poonglim Pharmatech in Gunsan, Jeollabu...

Feb 19,2021

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Feb. 15 told an online media briefing that his organization approved the emergency use of t...

Feb 16,2021

The government on Feb. 16 announced that multinational pharmaceutical giants Pfizer and Novavax will supply additional vaccines against COVID-19 for 23 million people, me...

Feb 16,2021

Korea Rail Corp. and Supreme Railways from Feb. 15 will sell tickets for aisle seats. From Dec. 8 last year, both companies had adopted the government's recommendation of...

Feb 15,2021

Korean-made KF94 masks are growingly popular in the U.S. because of comfort and efficiency. The photo above is of KF94 masks for sale at a supermarket in Korea. (Yonhap N...

Feb 10,2021

The current account surplus last year rose to USD 75.28 billion despite the pandemic. The photo shows the wharf Sinseondae at the Port of Busan filled with containers in ...

Feb 05,2021

The U.S. business magazine Forbes on Jan. 29 posted a column lauding Korea's response to COVID-19 and its optimistic economic outlook this year in the pandemic era. (Scre...

Jan 31,2021