Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

Health authorities recommend masks again as Covid-19 spikes

The chief of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) urged Koreans to reconsider their choice to go mask-free as the daily average number of Covid-19 cases in the past week surpassed 45,000.

2023-08-02

Korean scientists successfully separate and culture monkeypox virus

Korean scientists successfully separated and cultured the monkeypox virus for the first time, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said Wednesday.

2022-08-17

Korea's guard is slowly raised for monkeypox

With monkeypox spreading to more than 30 countries, Korea issued its first alert and will soon legally designate it an infectious disease that requires compulsory reporting and quarantine.

2022-06-01

Are 'coronavirus criminals' worth chasing down?

The pandemic brought death, illness, economic dislocation and an entirely new class of "coronavirus criminals," people caught violating quarantine or social distancing restrictions. The cases are still piled up, and police don't know what to do...

2022-05-31

Japan is opening, Gimpo-Haneda route to be resumed

Travelers from Korea will be able to go to Japan from June 10, but only on group tours.

2022-05-29

Pandemic created a class of 'coronavirus criminals'

Tens of thousands of people have been charged with violating quarantine and social distancing rules over the past two years. From January 2020, when Korea’s first Covid-19 case was reported, through March, 28,011 people were charged with violating...

2022-05-26

Moderna and IAVI to cooperate on developing vaccines

Moderna has joined forces with the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) in developing vaccines for highly infectious diseases that can be used in low-income countries.

2022-04-08

400,741 Covid cases is higher than gov't predicted

Korea’s steepest Covid-19 surge shows no signs of subsiding as cases hit a record 400,741 Wednesday with rapid antigen test results included in the calculation.

2022-03-16

Committee formed to manage Samsung's 700 billion won donation

A committee to manage the 700 billion won ($593 million) donated to the National Medical Center by the Samsung family to bolster the country’s medical infrastructure was formed Thursday, four months after the donation was made.

2021-09-09