President Moon Jae-in on Aug. 10 said he hopes that the first domestically made vaccine by SK Bioscience can be both "born and commercialized." The photo shows the presid...

Aug 11,2021

From the start of the fall semester to the first week of next month, schools under Level 4 of social distancing in the Greater Seoul area can allow in-person attendance b...

Aug 09,2021

President Moon on Aug. 5 at Cheong Wa Dae makes an announcement at a presentation on "Korea's Vision and Strategy for Becoming Global Vaccine Hub." (Cheong Wa Dae's offic...

Aug 06,2021

A long queue on July 29 forms in front of a temporary testing site for COVID-19 next to an expat support center in Danwon-gu District of Ansan, Gyeonggi-do Province. K...

Aug 05,2021

More than 20 million people as of Aug. 3 at 10:20 a.m. had received the first shot of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to a government task force. The photo shows people on ...

Aug 04,2021

Nurse Lee Su-ryun at Sahmyook Medical Center in Seoul plays the Korean card game hwatu (Go-stop) with a 93-year-old Alzheimer's patient who tested positive for COVID-19. ...

Aug 04,2021

President Moon Jae-in on July 18 visits a temporary COVID-19 screening clinic near Samseong Station in southern Seoul's Gangnam-gu District and encourages the staff there...

Jul 19,2021

The capital area including Seoul, Incheon and Gyeonggi-do Province on July 12 raised the social distancing status to its highest Level 4 for two weeks. Under this level's...

Jul 12,2021

From July 1, people nationwide who have received at least one shot of a COVID-19 vaccine are exempt from wearing a mask outdoors. Yonhap News  By Kim Hyelin and Lee ...

Jul 01,2021

From next month, users of multipurpose facilities like restaurants can verify their history of vaccination against COVID-19 by inputting their QR codes when checking in a...

Jun 23,2021