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Korea's national response to COVID-19 outbreak
Korea's national response to COVID-19 outbreak
- Mask-wearing rule expanded for public transit, flights
- May 26,2020
- Quarantine authorities have boosted measures to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). One new rule came on May 26, when a ban was instituted ...
- President urges 'full fiscal capacity' for 'wartime economic situation'
- May 25,2020
- President Moon Jae-in (center) on May 25 chairs a meeting on national fiscal strategy at Cheong Wa Dae. (Yonhap News) By Kim Young Deok and Yoon Sojung Preside...
- Gov't to share quarantine know-how with IAEA
- May 25,2020
- The Ministry of Science and ICT on May 24 said the country will share its experience and technical expertise in the coronavirus pandemic with the International Atomic ...
- Reentry permits required for foreign residents from June
- May 25,2020
- Foreign residents in Korea from June 1 must obtain for reentry permits before departing the country and obtain medical certificates before returning to Korea. The phot...
- President pledges to share quarantine knowhow with Georgia
- May 22,2020
- President Moon Jae-in on May 21 held a phone conversation with Georgian President Salome Zourabichi on cooperation in fighting the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19)...
- High school seniors return to class amid tight security
- May 22,2020
- High school seniors on May 20 started their school year after several delays due to the coronavirus. Pictured here are seniors at a Seoul high school taking a test w...
- President Moon to quickly push for 'Korean New Deal'
- May 22,2020
- President Moon Jae-in on May 21 chairs a meeting of CEOs from key industries at the Korea International Trade Association in Seoul's Gangnam-gu District. (Yonhap News)...
- [Sports under K-quarantine ③] K League attracts soccer fans worldwide amid pandemic
- May 21,2020
- FC Seoul and Gwangju FC of the K League on May 17 play a game without spectators at Seoul World Cup Stadium in the capital's Mapo-gu District. The photo shows hand s...
- Korea appointed to WHO executive board
- May 21,2020
- The World Health Organization has appointed Korea to its executive board, with Vice Minister of Health and Welfare Kim Ganglip tapped to represent the country at the...
- President calls solidarity, cooperation 'strongest weapons' to beat COVID-19
- May 19,2020
- President Moon Jae-in on May 18 delivered a keynote speech at the annual World Health Assembly via videoconferencing. The photo shows the event's venue on the same day...