National Affairs
Visa-free entry for Japanese nixed in response to Tokyo's move
Cheong Wa Dae Spokesperson Kang Min-seok on March 8 said in a written statement that the government will reciprocate Japan's strengthened restrictions on Koreans entering...
Mar 09,2020
[While in Korea] Episode 13 – Protecting yourself against the COVID-19 outbreak
Protecting yourself against the COVID-19 outbreak Jessie, a German exchange student in Korea, discusses with her friends how to protect onesel...
Mar 06,2020
UAE, Egypt to help Korea overcome COVID-19 outbreak
President Moon Jae-in in a March 5 phone talk with the leaders of Egypt and the United Arab Emirates asked for their understanding of his delayed visits to the two Mideas...
Mar 06,2020
White House: no under-30 deaths from COVID-19 in Korea 'reassuring'
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence (fourth from left) on March 4 holds a regular news conference at the White House with a task force on the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-...
Mar 06,2020
WHO sees 'encouraging signs' in Korea's COVID-19 outbreak
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on March 5 holds a media briefing on COVID-19 at his organization's headquarters in Geneva. (Yonhap ...
Mar 06,2020
NK leader sends letter to President Moon on outbreak
President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on March 5 exchanged letters on the COVID-19 outbreak. Pictured here is the president at a Cabinet meeting on Ma...
Mar 06,2020
Moody's: supplementary budget for COVID-19 to support Korean economy
Moody's on March 5 said the Korean government's supplementary budget to minimize the economic losses incurred by the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) could boost the ...
Mar 05,2020
Superior medical tech expedites response to COVID-19 outbreak
Korea is speeding up its development of diagnostic technology to swiftly respond to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The photo above is a test medicine kit appr...
Mar 05,2020
More COVID-19 patients making full recovery
A COVID-19 patient on March 5 is discharged from Chonnam National University Hospital in Gwangju's Seo-gu District. The hospital has 13 patients with the disease, includi...
Mar 05,2020