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Halloween evokes COVID-19 nightmares amid easing of restrictionsSocial affairsOct 26, 2020Coronavirus fright is spooking many this Halloween as South Korea is set to maintain the least intensive form of social distancing through the end of October. Out of pandemic awareness, most events ... -
S. Korea finds no evidence of flu vaccine’s role in reported deathsSocial affairsOct 25, 2020South Korea has decided to stick to its flu vaccination program, as no evidence emerged to link the reported deaths to poorly managed or faulty vaccines, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agen... -
Sunday’s new COVID-19 cases dip to 61 on fewer testsSocial affairsOct 25, 2020South Korea conducted 5,467 tests Saturday and found 61 positive cases of the novel coronavirus disease, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency’s updates, bringing the cumulativ... -
Experts fear rise in public hesitancy toward flu vaccinesSocial affairsOct 22, 2020Reports of deaths after flu vaccinations continue to climb in South Korea, as the government investigates a potential link to contamination or improper handling of vaccines. The Korea Disease Contro... -
More deaths among flu vaccine recipients under investigationSocial affairsOct 21, 2020South Korea is investigating a series of deaths following flu vaccinations for possible association with vaccines affected by heat fluctuations or syringes found to induce contamination. The Korea D... -
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[Newsmaker] S. Korea investigating teen death’s link to heat-exposed flu vaccineSocial affairsOct 20, 2020Public health authorities in South Korea are investigating possible links between the death of a teenager and a flu vaccine that experienced heat fluctuations. The Korea Disease Control and Preventi... -
FULL TEXT: Parents of Otto Warmbier ‘pledge solidarity’ with family of slain S. Korean officialSocial affairsOct 19, 2020Fred Warmbier, whose son Otto died in 2017 after being detained in Pyongyang, said in an email response to The Korea Herald that he supported the family of Lee Dae-jun, a South Korean fisheries offic... -
Social distancing reminders issued ahead of first weekend since restrictions easedSocial affairsOct 16, 2020Health officials and experts once again urged people to maintain social distancing ahead of the first weekend since physical distancing rules were relaxed on Monday. The Ministry of Health and Welfa... -
Gyeonggi confirms case of Japanese encephalitisHealthOct 16, 2020South Korea on Thursday reported one confirmed case and two suspected cases of the Japanese encephalitis, all three of them in Gyeonggi Province. According to the Korea Disease Control and Preventio... -
Korea grapples with flu vaccine shortageSocial affairsOct 15, 2020More than a million doses of the vaccine have been dropped from use due to either contamination or handling errors while the demand for flu shots runs high this year over fears of a twindemic. The un... -
Brother of man killed by N. Korea rejects defection claims, urges fair probeSocial affairsOct 14, 2020The brother of a South Korean official who was slain at sea by North Korean soldiers last month once again rejected the Coast Guard’s claims that the deceased had defected from the South, calling for... -
Drug safety minister grilled over flu vaccine fiascoSocial affairsOct 13, 2020The South Korean Drug Ministry has been slammed over a slow response to problematic flu vaccines that have been given to at least tens of thousands of people. Friday evening, the Ministry of Food an... -
Coronavirus complacency feared as S. Korea rolls back mitigation measuresSocial affairsOct 12, 2020South Korea rolled back most of its physical distancing restrictions Monday, after two national holiday weekends passed without a surge in known infections -- so far. Korea conducted 5,127 tests Sun... -
S. Korea moves on to least restrictive physical distancing tier from MondaySocial affairsOct 11, 2020South Korea will move on to the least restrictive tier of its physical distancing system starting Monday, Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said Sunday, the final day of the holiday weekend. The relaxati... -
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[Herald Interview] Brother of slain S. Korean official hopes to reach out to WarmbiersSocial affairsOct 7, 2020The brother of a South Korean fisheries official who was killed by North Korean soldiers at sea two weeks ago said Wednesday he hoped to reach out to the family of Otto Warmbier, an American college ...
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