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Tue, June 2, 2020 | 08:58

Seoul sees renewable energy potential in building facades

Seoul sees renewable energy potential in building facades

Solar energy evokes for many an image of solar panels covering up an empty, vast area of land.

Kim Se-jeong | 2020-03-11 16:02

80% of people shun outdoor activities amid coronavirus epidemic: survey

80% of people shun outdoor activities amid coronavirus epidemic: survey

Nearly 90 percent of people spend more time than usual catching up with epidemic-related news on TV or through a portal's news section, it said. Only 5 percent took YouTube as a main source of up-to-date coronavirus information.

Park Si-soo | 2020-03-10 14:12

Public transportation use in Seoul sinks amid virus angst

Public transportation use in Seoul sinks amid virus angst

The number of passengers on public transportation in the capital city of Seoul tumbled more than 30 percent in the first week of this month from two months earlier amid the coronavirus outbreak in the country, data showed Sunday. According to the data by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the daily number of people who took subways and buses over the Monday-Friday period of l...

2020-03-08 14:29

26 injured in Lotte Chemical plant fire

26 injured in Lotte Chemical plant fire

At least 26 company employees and residents in the southern city of Seosan were injured Wednesday following an explosion at Lotte Chemical Corp.'s plant here.

2020-03-04 09:52

34 Shincheonji members on Jeju 'show symptoms of coronavirus'

34 Shincheonji members on Jeju 'show symptoms of coronavirus'

The Jeju provincial government said Thursday that 34 members of Shincheonji, a doomsday “church” responsible for much of the spread of coronavirus in Korea, have shown symptoms of the disease - a red signal for the island that has a population of 670,000.

Jung Min-ho | 2020-02-27 13:34

Blanketed in snow

Blanketed in snow

A snowplow clears snow on the old Daegwalnyeong road in Gangwon Province, Tuesday, after the Korea Meteorological Administration issued a heavy snow advisory for the east of the country until Wednesday. /Yonhap

Bahk Eun-ji | 2020-02-25 16:37

60% of Korean adults 'want to move to another country for better life': poll

60% of Korean adults 'want to move to another country for better life': poll

Those in their 30s were the most positive age group to the idea, with 66 percent of respondents interested in escaping from what they called “hellish reality.” Next was those in their 40s (62.8 percent), followed by those in their 20s (56.4 percent) and those in their 50s (51.5 percent).

Park Si-soo | 2020-02-25 16:02

Hotels cry out over soaring 'unoccupancy rate'

Hotels cry out over soaring 'unoccupancy rate'

Tourism and hotel industries are bearing the blunt of the coronavirus epidemic. Fears of the virus have killed numerous festivals and events that used to flourish this time of the year. The situation has sparked a wave of phone calls cancelling rooms and space reservations at hotels around the country.

Park Si-soo | 2020-02-18 14:08

Homeless man freezes to death in Busan

Homeless man freezes to death in Busan

A homeless man froze to death while sleeping outdoors in the cold spell that gripped the country on Monday.

Park Si-soo | 2020-02-18 11:04

Seoul to promote 4 'Parasite' shooting locations as tour attractions

Seoul to promote 4 'Parasite' shooting locations as tour attractions

The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Thursday it will actively promote four locations where scenes from the film “Parasite” were shot as tourism attractions. “Parasite” won four Oscars at the 92nd Academy Awards that were held Feb. 9.

Kim Se-jeong | 2020-02-13 16:23

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