High school students lined up in front of school gates across South Korea on Wednesday as they waited to get their temperature checked and sanitize their hands one by one. But, after months of delay, …
Students return to school in South Korea amid COVID-19 concerns
Life in South Korea took another step towards a new normal amid the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday as high school seniors returned for their first day back to school following a delay of nearly three …
South Korea’s LG group chairman apologises for Vizag gas leak
LG Chem, the group’s key subsidiary and South Korea’s largest chemical company, is reeling from the deadly gas leak at its LG Polymers India subsidiary, which left 12 residents dead and saw more than …
Some High Schools Reopen in South Korea, With Restrictions: Live Coverage
A cyclone was bearing down on India and Bangladesh, disrupting responses to the virus. Taiwan’s president began a new term with high approval ratings for her handling of the pandemic.
North Korea fires two unidentified projectiles, South Korea says
North Korea fired two unidentified projectiles in a new military test Thursday. South Korean military officials say the projectiles were fired into the waters between South Korea and Japan. It’s …
Professor experimented with cats illegally, South Korea animal activists say
A South Korean pet rescue group has charged a professor at an elite university of illegally experimenting with cats in a laboratory.
South Korea’s central bank needs to cut policy rate to near zero: government think-tank
A South Korean state-run think-tank said on Wednesday the central bank should cut benchmark interest rates to near zero to support an economy hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
Biopharma IPO points to South Korea rebound after coronavirus
Shares in one of South Korea’s largest conglomerates jumped after it announced plans to list its biopharmaceuticals division, as investors looked to a potential rebound in the country’s capital market …
South Korea police probe reports of vandalized Maseratis, Bentleys
An increasing number of luxury vehicles are being reportedly vandalized in South Korea in wealthy neighborhoods amid perceptions of rising socioeconomic inequality in the country.
South Korea Restarts Schools After Virus Spread Slows
After an unprecedented five-month break, South Korean students are returning to their classrooms as government health officials declared that the country may have avoided a “second wave” of infections …