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COVID-19: South Korea reports 20 new coronavirus cases as social distancing measures eased off
South Korea was reporting around 500 new cases a day in early March but has since managed to stabilize infections with aggressive tracing and testing.
Bullied South Korea apartment workers killing themselves, reports say
Employees of South Korea’s vast apartment complexes who have been bullied are resorting to suicide, according to local press reports.
Film and TV Productions Make Hesitant Restart in Korea
In a world still largely struggling with COVID-19 most film and TV productions remain halted. South Korea is one of the few places where filming has restarted – albeit hesitantly. Among the most …
SMTown COEX: Giant 3D wave sweeps over South Korea’s Gangnam District
A giant wave has appeared on the LED façade of the city’s SMTown COEX building, South Korea’s biggest digital billboard. The anamorphic illusion rears up before crashing into the surface of the screen …
North Korea launches projectiles hours after it offers to resume talks with U.S.
North Korea reportedly launched two more projectiles into the sea. South Korea’s military says the unidentified objects traveled about 200 miles, and splashed down in the water off the country’s east …
‘Kids will be kids’: Furtive hugs, complex logistics on South Korea’s first day back at school
It was a complex choreography with more than 300 unpredictable moving parts, the stage a labyrinth of multiple wings and floors. The timing and precision were made trickier still by a wheelchair, a …
Olympus to end camera operations in South Korea
Olympus will end its consumer camera operations in South Korea, the company announced on Wednesday. The Japanese optics giant said it “wanted to provide great products and services” but decided to end …
Defecting from North Korea ‘virtually impossible’ amid COVID-19, report says
North Korea’s borders remain tightly sealed and security personnel are carrying out temperature checks, according to a South Korean press report.
South Korea’s COVID precautions as students head back to school offers a glimpse of what’s needed to re-open
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, …