Apr 8, 2020   Social affairs

[Newsmaker] COVID-19 makes case for universal health care

Easy access to health services is helping South Korea better navigate through the novel coronavirus crisis, experts suggest. More hospital beds mean more patients will likely recover from COVID-19,...

Apr 7, 2020   Social affairs

[Newsmaker] S. Korea considers wristbands to track those in quarantine

South Korea is considering using electronic wristbands to track whereabouts of those placed under compulsory home quarantine, authorities said Tuesday. But faced with concerns over privacy and hu...

Apr 7, 2020   Retail

[Newsmaker] From drive-thru markets to flower challenges, virus-hit businesses go creative

Small businesses and local governments in South Korea are testing out creative ideas as they seek to overcome a slump stemming from the new coronavirus that has infected more than 10,000 here. In th...

Apr 6, 2020   Industry

[Newsmaker] Ivermectin latest drug candidate for coronavirus

Ivermectin, a parasiticide, could be the next breakthrough solution to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to initial reports, but further tests must prove the efficacy of the drug in living organisms, ...

Apr 6, 2020   Politics

[Newsmaker] Korea to push for abolishing statute of limitations for child sex crime

The ruling Democratic Party (DP) and the government have agreed to push for abolishing the statute of limitations for sex crime involving children and minors. DP and government officials held a cons...

Apr 5, 2020   Defense

[Newsmaker] US military asks Seoul lab to test troops outside Korea

A Seoul-based lab tested 72 American troops positive for the novel coronavirus, but the US military in Korea said they belonged to soldiers stationed elsewhere, a local report said Sunday. A US ho...

Apr 3, 2020   Social affairs

[Newsmaker] Public bath emerges as a new cluster of infections

Concerns are rising that a public bath in Cheorwon, Gangwon Province, may have become the site of a COVID-19 infection cluster as at least four people who used it have been confirmed with the virus. ...

Apr 2, 2020   Social affairs

[Newsmaker] Not just Telegram: Predators also use Discord

South Korean authorities are zoning in on sex crimes involving encrypted messaging app Telegram, but the platform is not the only one used for sex crimes. After the discovery of an alleged sexual bl...

Apr 1, 2020   Social affairs

[Newsmaker] Prosecutor denies report he plotted against prominent liberal figure

A high-ranking public prosecutor accused of plotting with a journalist to tarnish the reputation of a vocal supporter of President Moon Jae-in denied Wednesday the accusation made against him by MBC....

Mar 31, 2020   Defense

[Newsmaker] American soldiers' premature twins transferred to US from virus-hit Daegu

The US military has transferred prematurely born twins of an American soldier couple stationed in South Korea's coronavirus-hit city of Daegu to a Navy hospital in the United States to provide them w...

Mar 30, 2020   Social affairs

[Newsmaker] Jeju sues coronavirus-carrying travelers

The southern province of Jeju Island said Monday it has filed a lawsuit against two travelers who tested positive for coronavirus after a five-day trip of the island. The lawsuit, filed by the provi...

Mar 30, 2020   World

[Newsmaker] Germany bets on S. Korean model in virus fightback

BERLIN (AFP) -- In the race against the coronavirus, Germany is betting on widespread testing and quarantining to break the infection chain, a strategy borrowed from South Korea whose success in slow...

Mar 29, 2020   Industry

[Newsmaker] Telegram outrage spills over to Korean ‘Lolita’ game characters

According to the Game Rating and Administration Committee, which assigns ratings to games, games for children 12 and over are limited to “almost no sexual content” but can show certain body parts inc...

Mar 29, 2020   Politics

[Newsmaker] S. Korean coronavirus test kit firms earn US FDA pre-approval

Three South Korean COVID-19 test-kit companies have obtained preliminary approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the foreign ministry said Saturday. The initial FDA approval will al...