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韩政府全力应对新型冠状病毒
韩政府全力应对新型冠状病毒
- KRW 100B allocated for COVID-19 treatments, vaccines
- Jun 03,2020
- Minister of Health and Welfare Park Neunghoo on June 3 holds a joint briefing with Minister of Science and ICT Choi Kiyoung at Government Complex-Seoul on the development...
- President Moon: Korea to fully play its role within G7
- Jun 03,2020
- President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump on June 1 held a phone summit on agenda such as the opening of the next G7 summit, which will include Korea. The pho...
- Korean War veteran's son in Italy thanks Korea for protective masks
- Jun 01,2020
- An op-ed by Michele Santoro, the son of a Korean War veteran from Italy, was posted on May 20 by the Italian news outlet Osservatorio Sicilia. In his contribution, he exp...
- GDP growth to hit -0.2% in 2020, +3.1% in 2021
- Jun 01,2020
- The Bank of Korea on May 28 forecast that the nation's economic growth will fall to minus 0.2% this year due to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) but rebound to 3....
- Top vaccine expert stresses int'l cooperation in COVID-19 fight
- May 29,2020
- Jerome Kim, director general of the Seoul-based International Vaccine Institute (IVI), on May 25 discusses the progress in developing a vaccine for the novel coronavirus ...
- Bank of Korea cuts basic interest rate to 0.50%
- May 28,2020
- Bank of Korea Governor Lee Juyeol, concurrently chairman of the Monetary Policy Board, on May 28 chairs a meeting at the bank's headquarters in Seoul. (Bank of Korea) ...
- Massive 2-week sales event to start on June 26
- May 28,2020
- A large-scale sale festival in Korea will run from June 26 to July 12. The photo shows a sales event at a department store in Seoul's Jung-gu District in April 2020. (Yon...
- 2.37M students attend school under 'distancing in daily life'
- May 27,2020
- First graders at Chungwoon Elementary School in Seoul's Jongno-gu District on May 27 enter the school grounds while maintaining distance after attending a welcoming cerem...
- Culture minister, UAE reaffirm trust, friendship amid COVID-19
- May 27,2020
- Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Park Yang-woo (right) and United Arab Emirates Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development Noura Al Kaabi recently exchanged vid...
- Korea-led UNESCO group to fight COVID-19-induced woes
- May 27,2020
- Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-wha on May 26 gives a speech in a videoconference on the launch of the Group of Friends for Solidarity and Inclusion with Global Ci...