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Moon orders KDCA chief to lead COVID-19 vaccination program with 'full authority'PoliticsJan 15, 2021President Moon Jae-in on Friday instructed the chief of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) to lead the country's COVID-19 vaccination program with "full authority." Moon gave the... -
COVID-19 patients suffer hair loss most after 3 monthsSocial affairsJan 15, 2021Coronavirus patients in South Korea experienced side effects such as hair loss, fatigue and decreased breathing capacity months after they recovered from the infection, according to a survey of healt... -
Kia rebrands itself as mobility solution developerTransportJan 15, 2021Kia announced Friday a new brand strategy and future ambitions to transform the company to go beyond vehicle manufacturing to create mobility solutions for customers. In a digital showcase event on ... -
BOK chief says stock markets rise at 'very fast clip'EconomyJan 15, 2021Bank of Korea Gov. Lee Ju-yeol on Friday expressed concerns about the stock market’s recent rally, warning retail investors that their debt-backed equity buying spree could lead to big losses. The c... -
Short film festival folds in its 20th yearFilmJan 15, 2021The Mise-en-scene Short Film Festival has announced that this year will be its last, with no competition to be held this year, to the surprise of many preparing for the festival. “In the drastically... -
Seoul stocks tumble on profit-takingMarketsJan 15, 2021South Korean stocks dipped more than 2 percent Friday as investors booked profits from a recent rally. The Korean won fell against the US dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOS... -
Market Kurly wins packaging award for cooling cardboard boxRetailJan 15, 2021Grocery delivery firm Market Kurly has won an award for its insulation packaging from the World Packaging Organization, the company said on Friday. The WorldStar Global Packaging Award was given to ... -
Moon’s New Year’s live press conference goes virtual on Jan. 18PoliticsJan 15, 2021Moon enters his final year in office in May this year, having begun his term in May 2017, and has held a live press conference every year under the “Three No” rules -- no questionnaire, no scripting ... -
Actor Lee Min-ho promotes beauty of HangeulCultureJan 15, 2021The foundation released the video with seven foreign language subtitles: English, Chinese, Spanish, Arabic, French, Vietnamese and Indonesian, to reach a wider global audience. “Korean content is at... -
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[Newsmaker] Court acknowledges sexual harassment by late Seoul mayorSocial affairsJan 15, 2021A local court acknowledged that former Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon, who was found dead in July in an apparent suicide, had sexually harassed his former secretary in a separate trial involving the victi... -
AI chatbot creator to discard data, algorithms used in controversial personaTechnologyJan 15, 2021The South Korean developer of a controversial female chatbot said Friday it will discard all data and learning algorithms used in training the artificial intelligence (AI) platform amid mounting crit... -
T'way Air to continue 'international flights to nowhere' later this monthTransportJan 15, 2021Low-cost carrier T’way Air said Friday it will fly two more international flights to nowhere later this month, flying over Fukuoka, Japan. Passengers for the flights scheduled to take off from Inche... -
Police, taxi drivers join forces to find missing peopleSocial affairsJan 15, 2021230,000 Kakao T taxi drivers across the country to receive information of missing people from police -
Diplomats of S. Korea, Japan hold video talks amid tensions on wartime sexual slavery rulingForeign affairsJan 15, 2021Diplomats of South Korea and Japan held video talks Friday to discuss a recent Seoul court ruling ordering Tokyo to compensate victims of its wartime sexual slavery and other pending issues, the fore... -
S. Korea may extend current social distancing rules with more exemptionsSocial affairsJan 15, 2021Authorities are in discussion to potentially adjust social distancing rules for next week, as the country looks to address demands from small merchants while controlling the ongoing third COVID-19 wa...
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