South Korea to end outdoor mask mandateThe announcement comes after Seoul dropped almost all other social-distancing measures earlier this month, ending two years of strict requi...
South Korea reports 407,017 new COVID-19 casesThe daily caseload was sharply down from a record high of 621,328 in the previous day, but it marked the second-highest number, according t...
Over 6 lakh cases a day & a mortality rate of 0.14%: Behind South Korea's COVID strategySouth Korea has reached two seemingly contradictory pandemic milestones: It recorded more than 600,000 new Covid-19 infections on Thursday,...
South Korea reports over 6 lakh Covid cases amid Omicron surgeAccording to WHO data, South Korea leads the world in newly reported cases in the last seven days with 2,417,174 infections, followed by Vi...
South Korea marks deadliest day of pandemic as hospital buckleOfficials have been squeezing hospitals to set aside more beds for COVID-19 patients and scrambling to speed up the administration of boost...
South Korea to test AI-powered facial recognition to track Covid casesSouth Korea will soon roll out a pilot project to use artificial intelligence, facial recognition and thousands of CCTV cameras to track th...
South Korea sets pandemic high with 4,000 new virus casesThe country's death toll is now 3,363 after 35 virus patients died in the past 24 hours. The 586 patients who are in serious or critical co...
S.Korea says AstraZeneca, Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines 87% effective after first shotData by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) showed the Pfizer vaccine, jointly developed by BioNTech , was 89.7% effecti...
Alone in the dark: South Korea's small businesses reel from new virus clampdownThe measures range from closures of nightclubs and karaoke bars and curbs on eating in cafes and restaurants to fewer nighttime public tran...
South Korea to tighten social distancing, warns of new COVID-19 crisisStarting Thursday, tighter curbs will ban public gatherings of 100 people or more, limit religious services and audiences at sporting event...
Nine in ten recovered COVID-19 patients experience side-effects: StudyIn an online survey of 965 recovered COVID-19 patients, 879 people or 91.1% responded they were suffering at least one side-effect from the...