Korea Joongang Daily
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b.stage announces 'Kpop Demon Hunters' official fan memberships

An official membership service for fans of Netflix’s global smash-hit animated film “KPop Demon Hunters” will open on Thursday. The first membership kits, limited to official members, include photo cards, posters, stickers, badges and card holders.

2025-09-30

No more swabs up the nose if alternative tests approved

Covid-19 tests are evolving and becoming less invasive and easier to administer.

2022-04-24

Back to school?

Staff at the Busan Nambu Office of Education in Busan sort Covid-19 home test kits to be distributed to schools ahead of the new semester Wednesday.

2022-02-23

[WORD_ON_THE_WEB] 'I'm worried we'll have to line up to buy kits like we did masks'

The government is considering imposing a price cap on Covid-19 self-test kits as supply falls short of demand for the kits, causing their market price to soar.

2022-02-16

A confused response (KOR)

The number of new infections of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 soared to more than 50,000 for five consecutive days until Monday. As critically-ill patients also shot up to more than 300 after 17 days, ICU beds are being filled...

2022-02-15

A confused response

The number of new infections of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 soared to more than 50,000 for five consecutive days until Monday. As critically-ill patients also shot up to more than 300 after 17 days, ICU beds are being filled...

2022-02-14

Korea limits purchases of self-test kits to five, denies shortage

Korea limited the buying of Covid-19 self-test kits to five per purchase and banned online sales as the kits fly off the shelves due to the spike in new infections.

2022-02-13

Infections spike to almost 50,000

Daily Covid-19 infections shot up to an all-time high of nearly 50,000 cases on Wednesday.

2022-02-09

Covid self-test kit from SD Biosensor receives U.S. FDA EUA

SD Biosensor's Covid-19 self-test kit received an emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the company said Monday.

2021-12-27

[NEWS IN FOCUS] Covid home test kits may cause spread of virus rather than prevent it

Covid-19 self-test kits are fast, convenient and cheap. They also might be all but useless.

2021-08-28