Fatalities related to occupational accidents in Korea are steadily rising despite government efforts to reduce the number by implementing new laws and amending the existing laws.
Diplomatic missions in Korea struggled to make contact with their nationals caught up in the deadly crowd crush that occurred late Saturday night during Halloween festivities in Itaewon as the Interior Ministry confirmed 20 foreigners were killed.
New cases of Covid-19 continued to drop across the country on Thursday, though the number of new deaths soared to a four-month high of over 100.
President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol's transition team on Wednesday called for an end to the 11 p.m. Covid-19 curfew, one of the main pandemic restrictions.
The Omicron surge continues to boost the number of serious cases of Covid-19 and deaths, with serious cases approaching 1,000 as of Monday.
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