National Affairs

The government made all-out efforts to contain the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and prevent its further spread at the national level. This page contains all government policies and actions toward this end, the latest news and updated information on the situation.



🎧 President calls Korea 'leader in lowering COVID-19 to endemic level'

🎧 President calls Korea 'leader in lowering COVID-19 to endemic level'

President Moon Jae-in on April 5 speaks at his 15th Cabinet meeting hosted by the Presidential Secretariat building of Yeomingwan at Cheong Wa Dae. (Cheong Wa Dae's Faceb...

Apr 06,2022

🎧 CNN: Korea's low COVID-19 death toll stems from high vaccination rate

🎧 CNN: Korea's low COVID-19 death toll stems from high vaccination rate

CNN says Korea's relatively low death rate from COVID-19 is because of its high vaccination rate. With the Korean government from April 1 exempting fully vaccinated trave...

Apr 04,2022

Gathering limit raised to 10 people, curfew expanded to midnight

Gathering limit raised to 10 people, curfew expanded to midnight

Social distancing measures to halt the spread of COVID-19 on April 4 were eased by extending the operating hours of multipurpose facilities by an hour to midnight and all...

Apr 04,2022

COVID-19 vaccines drive record 2021 for health sector exports

COVID-19 vaccines drive record 2021 for health sector exports

The Korea Health Industry Development Institute on March 28 said health sector exports last year reached a record-high USD 25.7 billion. Shown are SK Bioscience researche...

Mar 29,2022

Q-code screening to quicken immigration process at Incheon airport

Q-code screening to quicken immigration process at Incheon airport

The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency on March 16 said that from March 21, the Quarantine Information Pre-entry System, or Q-Code, will be applied to all passen...

Mar 18,2022

Restaurants, cafes to suspend vaccine pass system from March 1

Restaurants, cafes to suspend vaccine pass system from March 1

Minister of the Interior and Safety Jeon Hae-cheol on Feb. 28 chairs a virtual meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters at Government Compl...

Feb 28,2022

🎧 Curfew extended, US magazine lauds Korea's low COVID-19 death toll

🎧 Curfew extended, US magazine lauds Korea's low COVID-19 death toll

The curfew on restaurants and cafes from Feb. 19 to March 13 will be extended an hour to 10 p.m. (Korea.net DB) Korea.net · Curfew extended, US magazine lauds Korea's...

Feb 18,2022

🎧 Convenience stores start selling self-testing kits for COVID-19

🎧 Convenience stores start selling self-testing kits for COVID-19

An estimated 50,000 convenience stores nationwide from Feb. 15 began selling self-testing kits for COVID-19. Shown are kits on Feb. 6 on display at a pharmacy in downtown...

Feb 15,2022

Korea was slowest OECD member state to reach 1M COVID-19 cases

Korea was slowest OECD member state to reach 1M COVID-19 cases

People on the afternoon of Feb. 6 wait in a long line to test for COVID-19 at a makeshift testing center within Seoul Olympic Stadium in the city's Songpa-gu District. Th...

Feb 07,2022

British diplomat in Seoul hails gov't response to COVID-19

British diplomat in Seoul hails gov't response to COVID-19

President Moon Jae-in on Jan. 27 shared on his social media a post from Graham Nelson, an official at the British Embassy in Seoul, thanking Nelson for lauding Korea's re...

Jan 28,2022