The government announced on Oct. 11 that from midnight the following day, the social distancing status would be eased from Level 2 to 1. The photo above is of Prime Minis...

Oct 12,2020

Korean medical staff on Oct. 9 left for Uzbekistan to treat those at a geriatric care facility for Korean residents that recently suffered cluster infections of COVID-19....

Oct 12,2020

From Oct. 8, Korean and Japanese businesspeople traveling between the two countries on short-term business trips will be exempt from quarantine upon entry and can conduct...

Oct 07,2020

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on Sept. 29 reported on how COVID-19 changed the observance of Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving) this year. (Screen capture from WSJ) By Kim ...

Oct 05,2020

Domestic travel in Korea during Chuseok Su-hyeon and her friends get together for the first time in a while due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While talking abo...

Oct 04,2020

Korea.net on Sept. 14 held an interview with Yook Sungpil, head of the Korean Psychological Association's special committee on COVID-19, at Yongmoon Graduate School of Co...

Oct 02,2020

Gift sets of face masks and hand sanitizers on Sept. 13 are displayed at a Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving) gift corner in front of a grocery store in Seoul ahead of the hol...

Oct 01,2020

Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun posted on Sept. 15 a cartoon titled "Blame the prime minister this Chuseok," asking people to refrain from visiting their families during th...

Sep 30,2020

Seoul this month was ranked 25th out of 111 cities on the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI), a main index of a city's financial competitiveness. The photo above is of...

Sep 28,2020

The Wall Street Journal on Sept. 25 ran the article "How South Korea Successfully Managed Coronavirus." (Screen shot of WSJ website) By Lee Hana Korea's success in ...

Sep 28,2020