Seven-day quarantine for Covid patients extended for another month

The mandatory seven-day isolation is among some of the last remaining Covid rules that Korean health officials have yet to scrap, as new daily cases remain in the tens of thousands.

2022-05-20

Stealth Omicron dominates as infections start to fall

Stealth Omicron, a subvariant of the Omicron variant of Covid-19, is now the dominant strain in Korea, as the country experienced its first dip in weekly infections in nearly three months, said the health authorities on Monday. “The BA.2 type...

2022-03-28

Half of Covid-19 deaths in Korea reported this year

The Covid-19 death count is climbing rapidly in Korea, with more than half of total Covid-19 deaths reported within the past three months. A total of 14,899 people have died of Covid-19 in Korea, at a death rate of 0.13 percent, since the onset...

2022-03-27

[WORD_ON_THE_WEB] To go to class or not to go to class

Confusion is growing as the Education Ministry announced last week that it is leaving it up to schools to decide whether to teach in person or online during the first two weeks of March — from March 2 through 11.

2022-02-28

Momoland, Super Junior members test positive for Covid-19

Some members of girl group Momoland and Super Junior have tested positive for Covid-19 over the weekend, according to their respective agencies. MLD Entertainment confirmed Sunday that Momoland’s Nancy and Hyebin have both contracted Covid-19...

2022-02-20

Younghoon of The Boyz tests positive for Covid-19

Younghoon of boy band The Boyz tested positive for Covid-19, according to IST Entertainment on Wednesday. “After Eric [a member of the band] tested positive for the virus, the rest of the band’s members as well as the staff underwent PCR...

2022-01-26

Two more BTS members test positive for Covid-19

Two more members of the seven-member boy band BTS have tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday. Suga was the first member to be diagnosed on Friday and is being treated at home. Big Hit Music confirmed Saturday that “RM and Jin tested ...

2021-12-26

Girl group Kara's Hur Young-ji tests positive for coronavirus

Girl group Kara member Hur Young-ji has tested positive for Covid-19, her agency DSP Media announced Monday. “Our Artist Hur Young-ji has recently experienced health problems so she used a self-test kit for Covid-19 and and it came out positive,” ...

2021-09-06

Niki of Enhypen becomes sixth member to test positive for Covid

Niki of Enhypen has become the sixth member of boy band Enhypen to test positive for Covid-19, his agency Belief Lab announced Monday. Niki has been in self-quarantine since the five other band members tested positive last week. “Niki will be ...

2021-09-06

[THINK ENGLISH] 코로나19 하루 신규 확진자 1,212명으로 급증, 역대 두번째 최다

With new coronavirus cases shooting above 1,000 Wednesday — Korea's second-largest number ever in a single day — health authorities decided to extend the current social distancing rules in Seoul, Gyeonggi and Incheon by another week...

2021-07-13

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