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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
- Overcome together at Gwanghwamun Square
- Mar 25,2020
- People on March 24 donate masks to fight COVID-19 to the Salvation Army campaign in Gwanghwamun Square, central Seoul. Director = Jeon Han Video = Kim Sun-joo, Choi T...
- Korea asks G-20 to ease limits on human activity, material resources
- Mar 24,2020
- Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Hong Nam-ki on March 23 attends a video conference at Government Complex-Seoul with the finance ministers and ce...
- President pledges KRW 100T in emergency aid for businesses
- Mar 24,2020
- President Moon Jae-in on March 24 speaks to the second meeting of an Emergency Economic Council at Cheong Wa Dae. (Yonhap News) By Lee Hana President Moon Jae-in on...
- Popular 'Wonderland' video spurs 'Overcome Together' campaign
- Mar 23,2020
- By Kim Young Deok and Lee Jihae The Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS), an affiliate of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, has launched on soci...
- Germany seeks to adopt Korea's strategy to overcome COVID-19
- Mar 23,2020
- By Monika Klages and Richard Kubitzki As Germany struggles to slow the spread of the coronavirus, the main measure Berlin has introduced so far is limited contact betwe...
- Korea keeps getting int'l kudos for COVID-19 response
- Mar 23,2020
- Forbes magazine of the U.S. on March 21 highlighted Korea's acclaimed response to the COVID-19 outbreak in the article "Italy Considers Adopting South Korean Model For Co...
- Stronger social distancing rules announced for next 2 weeks
- Mar 23,2020
- Minister of Health and Welfare Park Neunghoo on March 22 announces a set of strengthened measures for social distancing aimed at preventing infection clusters, urging the...
- Arrivals from Europe to get COVID-19 testing from March 22
- Mar 20,2020
- All passengers arriving in Korea from Europe from March 22 will have to undergo testing for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The photo above is from March 16 of ...
- O'seas media note Korea's tech knowhow against COVID-19
- Mar 20,2020
- The Russian news agency ENV on March 17 reported that scientists at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology developed masks with aligned nano-fiber that ar...
- Korea, US agree to USD 60B currency swap
- Mar 20,2020
- The Bank of Korea announced on March 19 that it agreed on a USD 60 billion currency swap with the U.S. Federal Reserve System to remain in effect for at least six months....