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Damage from COVID-19 outbreak ‘unfathomable’: KCDC

The financial damage that South Korea will have to bear from the ongoing coronavirus crisis is “almost unfathomable” compared with Middle East respiratory syndrome in 2015, health authorities said in a report released Sunday. In the report submitted to

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Disposable cup deposits to be reinstated in 2022

Deposits for disposable cups will return in South Korea in 2022, as the government strives to cut back on single-use items and boost recycling. According to the Ministry of Environment on Tuesday, the plan was approved at a Cabinet meeting earlier in the d

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School reopening disrupted by spike in COVID-19 cases

As schools in South Korea sent some 2.37 million more students back to classrooms Wednesday, 561 kindergartens and schools in cities at high risk of community transmission of COVID-19 postponed reopening. About 2.7 percent of the schools that were supposed

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Face masks mandatory on public transport

The Korean government has decided to require all passengers on buses, taxis, subways and flights to wear masks, in order to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. The face-covering mandate, issued by the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headq

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Physical reopening of high schools faces confusion in Incheon

Most high school seniors here returned to school on Wednesday, but some schools were forced to postpone physical reopening due to virus-related risk factors, related officials said. Two high school seniors in Incheon tested positive for COVID-19, leading t

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Fintech groups set to thrive in e-signature market

With the National Assembly likely to pass revisions to the Electronic Signature Act on Wednesday, fintech groups and mobile carriers are projected to dominate the related market with their existing online identification services. The revision bill -- likel

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Conglomerates foster growth of internal startup units

South Korean conglomerates are increasing their support for startups created and spun off by their own employees, the companies said Monday. The move is part of an effort to strengthen the country’s startup ecosystem by encouraging creative business idea

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Though outbreak has peaked, masks becoming mandatory in Korea

Even at the peak of the novel coronavirus outbreak in February, masks were not mandatory in South Korea. But as the country struggles to navigate an exit from the public health crisis, face coverings are increasingly becoming a legal mandate. On Sunday, In

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Jobs disappear at sharpest pace since 1999

Recalling the nightmares of the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis, the number of employed in South Korea last month fell dramatically and at its fastest pace in two decades, data showed Wednesday. The number of employed here stood at 26.6 million in April, sh

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Expat community jolted by COVID-19 outbreak in Itaewon

South Korea appeared to have brought its novel coronavirus epidemic under control, Zeynep Demirezer went out with friends on May 1 for a night of clubbing in Itaewon, a party district in Seoul that is popular among Koreans and foreigners alike. That night,

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