National Affairs
Korea rises as production base for COVID-19 vaccines, medication
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Korea is rising as a production base for vaccines and medication. Pictured here are researchers at SK Bioscience on Nov. 15 working at a lab. ...
Nov 18,2020
President to discuss COVID-19 response at APEC, G20 summits
President Moon Jae-in this weekend will attend via videoconferencing summits of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Nov. 20) and the G20 (Nov. 21-22). He is pictured h...
Nov 18,2020
Failure to wear mask in public to incur KRW 100K fine
Failure to wear a mask at multipurpose indoor facilities such as public transportation stations, religious facilities and indoor sports venues from Nov. 13 will incur a f...
Nov 13,2020
Gov't pledges USD 10M for COVID-19 vaccines to developing nations
President Moon Jae-in speaks on Nov. 13 at the second Mekong-ROK (Republic of Korea) Summit through videoconferencing. (Yonhap News) By Lee Kyoung Mi and Lee Jihae ...
Nov 13,2020
Korea hosts its 1st WB offline workshop since outbreak
The workshop "IDA-Korea Workshop on Innovation and Digital Technology in the Post Pandemic World" was held on Nov. 5 at the Shilla Seoul hotel, jointly hosted by the Worl...
Nov 09,2020
Domestic reagent for diagnosing COVID-19, flu officially approved
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety on Nov. 3 officially approved a domestically made reagent to diagnose both COVID-19 and flu. (Korea.net DB) By Lee Kyoung Mi and L...
Nov 05,2020
President wears mask with webtoon character at Cabinet meeting
President Moon Jae-in on Nov. 3 wears a mask featuring a character from a popular webtoon (online comic) to mark Comics Day in a Cabinet meeting at Cheong Wa Dae. (Cheong...
Nov 04,2020
Social distancing status to be expanded to 5 levels
The social distancing alert status from Nov. 7 will be expanded from three to five levels to prepare for COVID-19 over the long term. Pictured here is Prime Minister Chun...
Nov 02,2020
Credit Suisse picks Korea as leading investment destination
Credit Suisse's Dan Fineman, co-head of equity strategy for Asia Pacific, on Oct. 27 told CNBC that Korea is one of his top picks for investment during the pandemic. (Scr...
Oct 29,2020
Int'l media spotlights Korea's economic rebound amid COVID-19
The Wall Street Journal on Oct. 27 said Korea's GDP in the third quarter grew 1.9% in the article headlined ''Why the U.S. Can’t Replicate South Korea’s Impre...
Oct 28,2020