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Fri, August 14, 2020 | 03:20

Opposition overtakes governing party. What is to blame for reversal?

Opposition overtakes governing party. What is to blame for reversal?

The main opposition conservative United Future Party (UFP), formerly the Saenuri Party, is ahead of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) in public approval ratings for the first time since the end of October 2016, according to a poll released Thursday. A Realmeter survey showed the approval rating for the DPK stood at 33.4 percent, 1.7 percentage points down from the pr...

Do Je-hae | 2020-08-13 17:53

More people hit by coronavirus blues

More people hit by coronavirus blues

The COVID-19 pandemic is causing more people to suffer anxiety, fear and depression.

Kim Se-jeong | 2020-08-13 17:22

'Incheon airport, Haeundae Beach will be underwater by 2030'

'Incheon airport, Haeundae Beach will be underwater by 2030'

Haeundae Beach in Busan and Incheon International Airport could disappear underwater before 2030 not if but when hit by a big rainstorm or typhoon, as a consequence of the rising sea levels caused by climate change, according to Greenpeace Korea, Thursday.

Kim Se-jeong | 2020-08-13 17:21

Doctors to go on nationwide strike Friday

Doctors to go on nationwide strike Friday

Thousands of doctors are expected to hold a nationwide walkout Friday, in protest of the government's plan to increase medical student quotas, according to the Korean Medical Association (KMA), Thursday.

2020-08-13 17:01

Lotteria under fire for negligent response to coronavirus infections

Lotteria under fire for negligent response to coronavirus infections

Lotteria, the fast-food chain of retail giant Lotte, has come under criticism for its bungled management of a COVID-19 outbreak that occurred among its employees, which is raising concerns over the possibility of a bigger outbreak.

Jun Ji-hye | 2020-08-13 16:48

North Korea remains silent on joint exercise

North Korea remains silent on joint exercise

North Korea has been unusually mute about the joint military exercise between South Korea and the United States. Pyongyang watchers believe recent floods there as well as the rescaled drill have made the country shift away from warlike rhetoric against the exercise that it denounces as a rehearsal for an invasion of the North.

Kang Seung-woo | 2020-08-13 16:29

Schools under rising COVID-19 threat as more students catch virus

Schools under rising COVID-19 threat as more students catch virus

A recent rise in coronavirus cases among high school students has raised the alarm about a bigger risk to school safety, as more schools are considering larger in-person instruction in the fall semester.

2020-08-13 16:13

8 more USFK-affiliated Americans test positive for COVID-19

8 more USFK-affiliated Americans test positive for COVID-19

Seven more American service members and a Department of Defense civilian contractor tested positive for the new coronavirus upon their arrivals in South Korea, the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) said Thursday. Of them, three service members arrived at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul, on a U.S. government chartered flight while the others arrived at Incheon International...

2020-08-13 15:51

Schools under rising COVID-19 threat as more students catch virus

Lotteria case raises alert over additional infections in greater Seoul area

Lotteria case raises alert over additional infections in greater Seoul area

A new cluster infection traced to a meeting of managers at fast-food franchise Lotteria has sparked fresh concerns over the new coronavirus further spreading in Seoul and surrounding areas. At least 11 employees who attended a meeting at a Lotteria franchise in the eastern Seoul ward of Gwangjin on Aug. 6 have tested positive for COVID-19 as of Wednesday evening.

2020-08-13 15:11

KOICA helps developing countries' distance learning

KOICA helps developing countries' distance learning

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic that has hit the education sector hard, Korea's overseas aid agency has stepped up efforts to minimize the fallout on developing countries, by building infrastructure and offering various programs for distance learning.

Kang Seung-woo | 2020-08-13 13:08

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