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Nine take Covid-19 pills; many see improvement in symptomsPatients who have been prescribed with the COVID-19 pill for the first time have seen their symptoms improve. “There are varianc…Jan. 17, 2022 08:30
Bank of Korea raises benchmark interest rate to 1.25%The Bank of Korea turned its key interest rate back to 1.25 percent or the pre-COVID-19 levels in an effort to respond to inflati…Jan. 15, 2022 07:48
A stepmom sentenced to 30-year imprisonment for killing daughterA stepmother who beat her teenage daughter to death was subjected to a heavy penalty. This marks the first precedent of the so-ca…Jan. 14, 2022 08:02
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety designates GBL as narcoticThe Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced the designation gamma-Butyrolactone (GBL) as a temporary narcotic, which is an ing…Jan. 13, 2022 07:51
Foreign direct investment in Korea up 42% last yearForeign direct investment (FDI) in Korea amounted to 29.5 billion won last year. It was the biggest FDI in 58 years since the gov…Jan. 11, 2022 08:14
COVID-19 pass system to start at superstores and department storesStarting from Monday, the COVID-19 pass scheme is put in place at large-size supermarkets and department stores. When citizens us…Jan. 10, 2022 08:09
Gov’t appeals against court order exempting hakwon from vaccine passesThe South Korean government appealed the court order exempting private academic institutions (hakwon) from vaccine pass mandates …Jan. 06, 2022 07:59
A man who defected to the North mistaken by S. KoreaWhen a South Korean citizen, who had previously defected to the South, crossed the heavily fortified border to defect back to the…Jan. 05, 2022 08:00
COVID-19 countermeasures should be redirected, say expertsExperts suggested that South Korea needs to change its COVID-19 prevention and control measures to a more scientifically oriented…Jan. 05, 2022 08:00
N. Korean defector crosses military lines for the second timeThe male that defected to North Korea on Saturday by crossing the security fence that borders Goseoong, Gangwon Province, was con…Jan. 04, 2022 07:57
New book published to shed light on Seoul’s first public servantsThe 13th volume of the historical verbal accounts of Seoul – the “Reconstruction, Government of Seoul, and the People on the Grou…Jan. 04, 2022 07:56
Validity dates applied for vaccination pass, effective from Jan. 1Effective from Jan 3, validity dates will be applied for vaccination passes. Those who have expired the dates will not be permitt…Jan. 03, 2022 07:59
A South Korean scales iron fence to defect to N. KoreaA person who is believed to be a South Korean national scaled iron fence dividing South and North Korea to defect to North Korea …Jan. 03, 2022 07:58
Peak of Mt. Jangsan in Busan is open to visitors"It is my first time to reach the peak in more than 50 years since I started farming on the mountains. It has been used for the s…Jan. 03, 2022 07:58
Election law’s revision bill passes National AssemblyThe legal age for people’s eligibility to be elected in general elections and local elections is set to be lowered from the curre…Jan. 01, 2022 07:43
S. Korea to extend social distancing measures by two more weeksThe South Korean government has decided to extend the 10-day quarantine mandate by four weeks for all inbound travelers in order …Dec. 30, 2021 07:42
Increased wages for parental leave effective in 2022Effective from next year, the wage for parental leave for the fourth to 12th month will increase from up to 1.2 million to 1.5 mi…Dec. 29, 2021 07:44
Female job seekers with humanities major hit harder in pandemic aftermathOwing to the aftermath of COVID-19, the employment rate dropped to an all-time low since 2011 for the South Korean job seekers wi…Dec. 28, 2021 07:53
Most freezing day of December in 41 yearsThe fiercest freeze since this winter smashed South Korea over the Christmas weekend. Its capital of Seoul was met with the colde…Dec. 27, 2021 08:44
Small business owners to suspend operation collectivelyThe self-employed in South Korea announced that they will close their operations starting from Jan. 4 amid the growing financial …Dec. 25, 2021 07:29

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