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‘Hardest part is not knowing when this will end’Social affairsMar 30, 2020Infections of doctors and nurses is an emerging threat that could incapacitate action on the front lines. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Saturday that 121 health care work... -
KCDC says virus death rate rising in S. KoreaSocial affairsMar 30, 2020South Korea’s case fatality rate from the novel coronavirus reached 1.64 percent Monday, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a significant rise from March 1’s 0.4 perce... -
Operator of Telegram child sex abuse ring is 16 years old: policeSocial affairsMar 26, 2020South Korean police said Thursday a teenage boy suspected of being behind a second online child sexual abuse ring has been sent to prosecutors. Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said its cybercrime u... -
Sex abuse ring investigation goes publicSocial affairsMar 26, 2020Prosecutors grilled Cho from 10:20 a.m. to 11:35 a.m. Thursday after he agreed to undergo questioning in the absence of an attorney. In an announcement made the same day, the Justice Ministry said t... -
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[Newsmaker] COVID-19: Are kids OK?Social affairsMar 25, 2020Most kids who catch COVID-19 will fare better than adults and get mildly sick, new findings suggest, but not all will be spared from falling severely ill. Korea Centers for Disease Control and Preve... -
Deepening pandemic tests Seoul’s open-border policySocial affairsMar 24, 2020South Korea is lauded for its open-border policy in its virus response. But now that the outbreak has reached a pandemic scale, calls are growing for tighter border controls. In a phone interview ... -
S. Korea issues nonbinding social distancing ultimatumSocial affairsMar 22, 2020South Korea has called for expanded public participation in social distancing for the next two weeks, as the country witnesses a wave of community spread and imported infections leading to a resurgen... -
S. Korean teen death not linked to virus: officialsSocial affairsMar 19, 2020A teenage pneumonia patient who died Wednesday morning in Daegu was coronavirus-negative, health officials said Thursday. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a briefing the ... -
S. Korea ups virus checks on arrivals to curb imported casesSocial affairsMar 19, 2020South Korea is instituting amplified checks on arrivals at its air and sea ports to monitor infections coming in from abroad. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday that ... -
‘Chest imaging can reveal infection in some virus-negative patients’Social affairsMar 18, 2020Experts say chest CT scans and X-rays can reveal COVID-19 infections that go undetected by RT-PCR, which is currently the chief method for determining if a person has the disease. Speaking at a conf... -
S. Korea holds meeting with WHO for COVID-19 data sharingSocial affairsMar 18, 2020Health authorities and experts on Wednesday held a meeting with the World Health Organization for research on South Korean cases of COVID-19. On Tuesday, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Pr... -
S. Korea investigating potential first teen death from COVID-19Social affairsMar 18, 2020South Korea’s health authorities said Wednesday that they were looking into the death of a 17-year-old at a hospital in Daegu for a possible link to the novel coronavirus. If COVID-19 turns out to be... -
Virus fight inundated by misinformationSocial affairsMar 16, 2020What’s making the fight against the coronavirus harder in South Korea is the spread of misleading information surrounding the new disease. The National Police Agency embarked on a crackdown on circu... -
When can children go to school?Social affairsMar 14, 2020The spring semester is set to start in 10 days after closing for three weeks, but is it safe for children to go to school? The Ministry of Education says it plans on resuming K-12 classes March 23... -
‘Seoul hospitals unprepared for virus’Social affairsMar 12, 2020The new coronavirus outbreak in Seoul, a city of 9 million, is feared to grow after an infection cluster was identified Monday at a call center in a heavily trafficked district in Guro. Health offic...
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