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

Back to the drawing board

Employees of the marketing department at Hana Tour are in a meeting about promotional events at the company's headquarters in Jongno District, central Seoul, Monday.

2022-03-28

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

[THINK ENGLISH] 모든 입국자들 열흘 격리

Starting Friday, all people entering Korea from overseas will have to self-quarantine for 10 days regardless of their vaccination status. In addition, Korea will close its borders to Nigeria along with eight other African nations. Korea's first...

2021-12-07

BTS can’t make it to MAMA this year

BTS will not take part in the 2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) on Dec. 11 due to newly implemented quarantine measures announced today by the government to prevent the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant. Effective from Friday, all people...

2021-12-02

Pentagon postpones concert after member crosses paths with Covid patient

Boy band Pentagon on Saturday suddenly postponed its online concert which had been scheduled for Sunday after one of its members, Yeo One, was reported to have been in the same place as someone who tested positive for Covid-19.

2020-11-29