The Korea Herald

[News Focus] 8 of 17 areas in Korea top 40% in portion of single households

Jul 27, 2020

1-member households up 1.6 million since 2015
Saemaul song contest calls for performances in English and French

Jul 27, 2020

The Saemaul Globalization Foundation is hosting an international song contest from July 6 to Sept. 4, calling for contestants around the world to submit videos of themselves singing the Saemaul song ...
14,000 estimated to have died from humidifier sanitizer scandal: study

Jul 27, 2020

Some 14,000 people were estimated to have died from a deadly humidifier sanitizer scandal that broke out in 2011, a figure that is roughly 10 times bigger than previously reported, a study showed Mon...
Jeju sees longest monsoon season on record

Jul 27, 2020

Jeju Island is having its longest-ever monsoon season, with rain falling on the island almost every two days. According to the Korea Meteorological Administration on Monday, the island province star...
Civic groups launch signature campaign for formal end to Korean War

Jul 27, 2020

South Korean civic groups launched an international signature campaign calling for a formal end to the Korean War on Monday, as the nation marked the 67th anniversary of the signing of the armistice....
54.5% don’t think capital relocation will help stabilize real estate prices: poll

Jul 27, 2020

More than half of Koreans are not convinced the proposed relocation of the country’s administrative capital from Seoul to Sejong would help stabilize the overheated real estate market, a poll showed ...
S. Korea to consider reopening ASF-hit pig farms after summer

Jul 27, 2020

South Korea said Monday it will consider reopening pig farms struck with the African swine fever (ASF) last year after the summer season, although the country needs to remain vigilant over the spread...
New virus cases dip below 30, imported cases still in focus

Jul 27, 2020

South Korea's new coronavirus cases fell back to below 30 on Monday as imported cases dwindled from a record high over the weekend, but the country is still on guard against a steady rise in cases co...
[Graphic News] S. Korea’s mail volume dips 9% in H1 amid coronavirus

Jul 27, 2020

South Korea’s mail volume fell at the biggest-ever pace in the first half of the year as the coronavirus outbreak sharply reduced demand, data showed. Mail volume in Asia’s fourth-largest economy ...
S. Korea to charge foreigners for COVID-19 treatment

Jul 26, 2020

New cases dip below 60 Sunday after topping 100 Saturday
[Herald Interview] ‘Stigma and discrimination undermine epidemic responses’

Jul 26, 2020

A key lesson from the HIV epidemic is that stigma and discrimination often send people with symptoms underground, ultimately endangering the health of the general public and undermining epidemic resp...
New wave of imported cases strains Korea’s fight against COVID-19

Jul 26, 2020

New cases dip below 60 Sunday after topping 100 Saturday
[Newsmaker] Another heavy downpour expected; authorities on alert

Jul 26, 2020

With heavy rainfall expected again this week, authorities are on high alert to prevent further damages during the monsoon season, especially down south. The Ministry of the Interior and Safety calle...
New virus cases tumble on fall in imported cases, local infections

Jul 26, 2020

South Korea's new coronavirus cases dropped to under 60 on Sunday, a day after the country recorded its highest figure in nearly four months due to a surge in infections among people arriving from ab...
Prosecution helps foreign victims go through criminal procedures

Jul 26, 2020

The prosecution said Sunday it is providing a number of services to support foreign crime victims going through local criminal procedures. Foreign victims can learn criminal procedures from videos p...