National Affairs
🎧 Incoming travelers can register PCR test results on online system
From July 14, incoming travelers to Korea from abroad can register their PCR test results on the Q-code system after arrival. (Yonhap News) Incoming travelers can r...
Jul 12,2022
🎧 Korea last month topped Bloomberg's COVID-19 country rankings
An elderly man on the afternoon of April 14 is vaccinated at a medical institution in Seoul on the first day of the fourth round of vaccinations against COVID-19 for seni...
Jul 01,2022
🎧 First domestically developed vaccine vs. COVID-19 approved
SKYCovione, a vaccine against COVID-19 developed by the domestic company SK Bioscience, on June 29 gained approval from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety. (SK Bioscien...
Jun 30,2022
Rapid antigen test accepted for arriving passengers
The government from May 23 decided to accept both rapid antigen tests administered by medical professionals from incoming visitors who received PCR tests before arriving ...
May 23,2022
🎧 No. of weekly int'l flights to rise by 230 next month
Given surging demand for overseas travel, the government next month will greatly expand the number of overseas flights. The photo shows grounded airplanes at Incheon Inte...
May 13,2022
🎧 Outdoor mask mandate to be lifted on May 2
Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum on April 29 in a meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters at Government Complex-Seoul announced that the outdoo...
Apr 29,2022
Eating at theaters, supermarkets allowed, COVID-19's alert level cut
The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters from April 25 allowed the consumption of food inside indoor facilities such as movie theaters and supermarket...
Apr 25,2022
Schools to resume full in-person classes next month: minister
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education Yoo Eun-hae on April 20 holds a briefing at Government Complex-Seoul to announce the nation's full return to regular schoo...
Apr 22,2022
Foreign media follow Korea's lifting of social distancing measures
The world is watching Korea's lifting of most social distancing measures from April 18 except the mask mandate. Shown are people on the same day eating at the food court ...
Apr 18,2022
🎧 All social distancing measures to be lifted from April 18
The government on April 18 will lift all social distancing measures for the COVID-19 pandemic. Shown are the streets of the popular Hongdae area on April 13 in Seoul's Ma...
Apr 15,2022