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Public anxiety grows as Korean expats rush home

Social affairs

Public concerns are growing over a continued influx of COVID-19 cases from abroad, as more and more Koreans living overseas rush home amid increasing uncertainties in the wake of the global novel coronavirus crisis. Despite a stabilizing trend in new infections here, the country has seen an increasing number of imported cases in the past weeks, posing a threat to the country’s fight to stem the spread of the infectious virus. Kim Ji-young, a student doing her master’s degree at a
Moon urges finance industry’s support for economic measures

Politics

President Moon Jae-in on Monday urged South Korean banks to ensure that the government’s financial measures against the COVID-19 pandemic are executed as smoothly as possible. Speaking at a meeting with heads of major private and state-run financial institutions, Moon stressed the importance of the financial sector’s role in shoring up the economy against the impact of the pandemic. “The finance (sector) is like the medical staff on the frontlines of quarantine. Just as th
Social distancing slackens, jeopardizes virus control

Social affairs

Social distancing is an epidemiologists’ term that has entered the public lexicon with the dawn of the COVID-19 outbreak. Its aim is to slow transmission of the virus by reducing human-to-human contact so that fewer people become ill until we have vaccines and cures. Experts say it is our most effective weapon against the new disease. South Korea is well into the second phase of the nationwide “intense” social distancing campaign that officially kicked off in late

New infections drop below 50, but PM warns against complacency

New infections drop below 50, but PM warns against complacency

South Korea reported 47 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Monday, the lowest number since late February. Still, the trend toward more new cases in the capital area has authorities on edge. As of Monday at 12:01 a.m., the total number of COVID-19 infections to date stood at 10,284, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.　 This is the first time infections reported in a single day have fallen below 50 since late February. At its peak on Feb. 29, the country count

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