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- PCR test required for all passengers arriving from China
- Jan 02,2023
- All passengers arriving from China from Jan. 2 must take a PCR test for COVID-19. (Yonhap News) By Xu Aiying A new quarantine measure that took effect on Jan. 2 requi...
- Domestic cinema shows recovery from COVID-19 with KRW 1T in sales
- Dec 19,2022
- Shown is a movie theater in Seoul promoting "The Roundup" (second and third posters from upper right), the first Korean movie to sell 10 million tickets in three years si...
- Ski tourism resumes with arrival of tour groups from Taiwan, HK
- Dec 14,2022
- Visitors from Southeast Asia on Dec. 11 learn how to ski at Yongpyong Resort in Pyeongchang-gun County, Gangwon-do Province. (Yonhap News) By Margareth Theresia Ski t...
- Visa-free entry for people from 91 countries to resume next month
- Oct 20,2022
- Crowds of travelers are seen on Oct. 7 at the departure gate of Terminal 1 at Incheon International Airport. (Yonhap News) By Lee Kyoung Mi Nationals of eight countri...
- 🎧 PCR test for inbound travelers on 1st day of arrival to be lifted
- Sep 30,2022
- The mandatory PCR test for inbound passengers on their first day of arrival in Korea will be lifted from Oct. 1. (Yonhap News) PCR test for inbound travelers on 1...
- 🎧 Gov't next week to scrap mask rule at large outdoor events
- Sep 23,2022
- Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Sept. 23 chairs a meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters at Government Complex-Seoul. (Office for Governme...
- Reservations begin for 1st homegrown vaccine vs. COVID-19
- Sep 01,2022
- Reservations to get injected with SKYCovione, Korea's first domestically developed vaccine against COVID-19 produced by the pharmaceutical company SK Bioscience, began on...
- Predeparture PCR test for arriving passengers to be lifted on Sept. 3
- Aug 31,2022
- From Sept. 3, all incoming travelers to Korea will not have to submit a negative result from a predeparture COVID-19 test taken abroad after arrival. Shown are inbound pa...
- 🎧 Incoming passengers must get PCR test on day of arrival
- Jul 25,2022
- The COVID-19 test center at Terminal 1 of Incheon International Airport on July 24 is crowded with arriving foreign passengers. (Yonhap News) By Yoo Yeon Gyeong Kor...
- 🎧 President gets 4th COVID-19 vaccine shot, asks others to follow
- Jul 14,2022
- President Yoon Suk Yeol on July 13 gets his fourth COVID-19 vaccine shot (Pfizer) at a public health center in Seoul's Jung-gu District. (Office of the 20th President) ...