Children’s Day, once the happiest day for Koreans, lost its shine, dropping to No. 146 in the ranking for happy days last year, far from its No. 1 position in 2018.
Visitors and staffers at hospitals and other medical facilities will not be required to wear face masks starting Wednesday as most remaining Covid-19 restrictions were lifted.
The government disbanded the central authority dedicated to Covid-19 management on Friday, marking the end of a four-year-long pandemic response.
The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) began implementing infectious disease countermeasures three weeks ahead of schedule on Friday, in response to a rapid rise in norovirus and other respiratory illnesses.
Incheon International Airport Terminal 1 bustles with travelers on Tuesday. The daily passenger count at Incheon Airport reached 202,554 on Sunday, surpassing 200,000 for the first time in about four years since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The government is considering deleting overdue debt records for small business owners and people in vulnerable classes that had piled up during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Korean cosmetics spending remains weak due to inflation and the popularity of 'natural' makeup looks, benefitting smaller, budget-friendly sellers like Daiso, Tony Moly and Missha.
The nation's Covid-19 response headquarters plans to shut down all of its Covid-19 testing clinics by the end of 2023, almost four years after the first clinic started operating on Jan. 20, 2020.
Two face mask providers say they are closing, as the slow and steady decline of what was once a muchsought-after item continues.
A documentary series titled "BTS Monuments: Beyond The Star," covering the past 10 years of BTS and the members' personal journeys, will premiere on Disney+ next month, with two episodes uploaded every Wednesday.
Korea JoongAng Daily Sitemap