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When can children go to school?Social affairsMar 14, 2020The spring semester is set to start in 10 days after closing for three weeks, but is it safe for children to go to school? The Ministry of Education says it plans on resuming K-12 classes March 23... -
‘Seoul hospitals unprepared for virus’Social affairsMar 12, 2020The new coronavirus outbreak in Seoul, a city of 9 million, is feared to grow after an infection cluster was identified Monday at a call center in a heavily trafficked district in Guro. Health offic... -
When avoiding virus is luxurySocial affairsMar 11, 2020South Korea is telling its citizens to stay home and avoid gatherings, in an anti-coronavirus campaign known as “social distancing.” But staying put is a luxury for many rent-paying small business ow... -
50 days of COVID-19: What needs to be doneSocial affairsMar 9, 2020The spread of the novel coronavirus has outpaced any other epidemic in South Korea so far this century. 50 days into the outbreak, much still remains unknown about the disease, which is deadlier than... -
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[Herald Interview] Virus data from Korea ‘to be of great value globally’HealthMar 9, 2020South Korea is the country with the highest number of confirmed cases of the new coronavirus outside China, accounting for about 6.9 percent of the 105,586 infections worldwide. Since the first case... -
Virus doesn’t stop kids from going to cram schoolsSocial affairsMar 8, 2020The new coronavirus epidemic in South Korea has led to an upheaval in school calendars across the country, with all schools ordered to suspend classes until at least March 23. But for many students h... -
To mask or not to maskSocial affairsMar 5, 2020New government guidelines issued Tuesday say face masks are not recommended for healthy individuals who are not having respiratory symptoms or fever. Instead, practicing social distance, maintaining... -
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[Herald Interview] Doctors face test of endurance in DaeguSocial affairsMar 4, 2020Being exposed to the risk of becoming infected was also something Kim and his colleagues had to accept, working closely with the patients. At the hospital where he is, there were only around 2,000 p... -
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[News Focus] Shincheonji head’s political fashion provokes controversySocial affairsMar 4, 2020Founder and leader of a messianic Christian church Shincheonji Lee Man-hee’s purported presidential watch is fueling suspicions about his ties with the conservative political faction. In a press con... -
Breakdown of virus deaths so farSocial affairsMar 3, 2020According to the latest data from the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, COVID-19 deaths in South Korea are linked to existing medical conditions, with the disease proving to be more d... -
What went down at Shincheonji leader’s first press conferenceSocial affairsMar 2, 2020Lee Man-hee, the founder and leader of a messianic Christian church at the center of South Korea’s explosive outbreak, refused to be tested for the new coronavirus after claiming he was negative at a... -
Still not enough face masks to go aroundSocial affairsFeb 29, 2020Protective items against the virus have been running short since the outbreak’s onset at the end of January. Prices for face masks with respirator filters have shot up nearly tenfold, despite the gov... -
Virus outbreak keeps Koreans indoorsSocial affairsFeb 29, 2020South Korea’s virus tally has skyrocketed from double to quadruple digits in a matter of a week, with the number of infected hovering well above 3,000 as of Saturday afternoon. As fears grip the coun... -
Peak of virus outbreak not in sight: KCDCSocial affairsFeb 28, 2020South Korea has been adding new coronavirus patients by the hundreds every day since Saturday with no end in near sight. Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the country had 2,337 c... -
Drive-thru clinics, drones: Korea’s new weapons in virus fightSocial affairsFeb 27, 2020South Korea is trying new ploys to battle the novel coronavirus outbreak, with two of the latest being drive-thru clinics and disinfecting drones. Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, set up a drive-thru test...
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