National Affairs
Korea's outbreak curve starting to flatten: Fauci
Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, says in a March 15 interview on the ABC News of the U.S. program "This Week" Ko...
Mar 16,2020
Global media dub Korea 'role model' for COVID-19 response
Reuters on March 12 compared the responses to the novel coronavirus outbreak in Italy and Korea in its special report "Italy and South Korea virus outbreaks reveal dispar...
Mar 13,2020
President Trump, US lawmakers laud Korea's response to COVID-19
U.S. President Donald Trump on March 11 in his Oval Office address on the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the White House said Korea's situation is improving. (Yo...
Mar 12,2020
President Moon makes surprise visit to KCDC
President Moon Jae-in on March 11 visited the Central Epidemic Control (KCDC) to encourage officials there. He is pictured here on March 9 holding a meeting of his senior...
Mar 12,2020
Korea's drive-through COVID-19 screening method catches on abroad
Wales on March 6 opened its first drive-through testing facility to detect the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the BBC reported. (Screen capture from BBC homepage) ...
Mar 11,2020
Arts university holds online concert amid COVID-19 outbreak
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Park Yang-woo on March 10 meets at Korea National University of Arts in Seoul the performers of an online concert sponsored by his...
Mar 11,2020
US ambassador briefed on Incheon airport screening process
U.S. Ambassador to Korea Harry Harris (wearing a black mask) on March 11 is briefed on the quarantine procedure for U.S.-bound passengers at Incheon International Airport...
Mar 11,2020
Mobile apps, websites offer real-time data on COVID-19 outbreak
The central and local governments are quickly sending emergency alerts on areas hit by the COVID-19 outbreak. This photo taken on March 5 shows text messages sent to resi...
Mar 10,2020
WHO commends Korea's response to COVID-19 outbreak
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in a March 9 news conference at his organization's headquarters in Geneva lauds Korea as a good exam...
Mar 10,2020
Gov't reports success in slowing COVID-19 outbreak
Vice Health and Welfare Minister Kim Gang-lip, who is also deputy director of the Central Epidemic Control Countermeasure Headquarters under the Korean Centers for Diseas...
Mar 09,2020