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Gov't on alert over Chuseok gatherings

Education Minister Yoo Eun-hae speaks during a meeting with vice superintendents of 17 metropolitan and provincial education offices at the Government Complex in Sejong, Wednesday. YonhapBy Bahk Eun-jiThe health authorities are urging citizens to refrain from gathering and traveling, amid growing concerns that the country's virus cases are likely to reach a peak during the Chuseok holiday, the Korean equivalent of Thanksgiving, which runs from Sept. 20 to 22 this year.Ahead of the traditional holiday, the numbers of daily new cases of COVID-19 are hovering around 2,000.Experts are concerned that the virus spread will gain speed after Chuseok, and predict that infections will continue to increase especially in the capital area. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) reported 1,943 new infections for Wednesday, including 1,921 local transmissions, raising the aggregated total to 279,930.Daily cases were down from the previous day's 2,080, but quarantine authorities remain vigilant over a series of mass infections centered on the metropolitan area where the country's pop

Sep 16, 2021By Bahk Eun-ji
Gov't on alert over Chuseok gatherings

New COVID-19 cases fall under 2,000

Visitors wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus arrive at the International Quarantine Expo in Goyang, Sept. 14. AP-YonhapSouth Korea's daily coronavirus cases fell under 2,000 on Thursday, but health authorities are keeping their guard up against potential virus flare-ups after an upcoming major holiday as infections continue to spread in the capital area. The country added 1,943 COVID-19 cases, including 1,921 local infections, raising the total caseload to 279,930, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).The latest caseload was down from 2,080 cases the previous day. Daily cases have stayed above the 1,000 threshold for over two months amid the fast spread of the more transmissible delta variant nationwide.The country added six more deaths from COVID-19, raising the death toll to 2,386. The fatality rate was 0.85 percent.Infections in the greater Seoul area, home to half of the country's population, have been a challenge to the country's virus fight, with 80 percent of domestic cases being reported in Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and

Sep 16, 2021
New COVID-19 cases fall under 2,000

3 in 10 employees experience 'work-from-home syndrome'

GettyimagesBy Lee Hae-rinThree out of every 10 employees who telecommute are experiencing “work-from-home (WFH) syndrome” as the pandemic rolls on and the boundary between work and life blurs. According to a survey of 910 remote workers conducted by recruiting platform Job Korea from Sept. 3 to 10, 32.1 percent of the respondents said they have experienced the WFH syndrome, experienced as physical and emotional stress.Where multiple answers were allowed, 54.8 percent said they experienced the feeling that they were still working even after work hours, similar to 46.2 percent who answered they felt a nervous and stressed all day. “In a from-home working environment, the physical distinction between work and home life is pretty vague. I think that's why I can't get my mind off of work even when my computer is turned off and feel like I'm working all day,” said a 28-year-old employee in Seoul who asked to be identified only by her surname Kim. Other negative aspects of WFH syndrome reported in the survey included “stress from non-face-to-face communication&

Sep 15, 2021By Lee Hae-rin
3 in 10 employees experience 'work-from-home syndrome'

New virus cases in capital area surge to record high ahead of Chuseok

Visitors wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus visit at the International Quarantine Expo in Goyang, Sept. 14. AP-YonhapSouth Korea's daily coronavirus cases surpassed 2,000 Wednesday as infections in the capital area surged to a record high ahead of a major holiday.The country added 2,080 COVID-19 cases, including 2,057 local infections, raising the total caseload to 277,989, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).The latest caseload was sharply up from 1,497 cases the previous day and topped the 2,000 mark for the first time in six days. It is also the fourth-largest daily figure since the country began to suffer from COVID-19 last year. Daily cases have stayed above the 1,000 threshold for more than 70 days amid the fast spread of the more transmissible delta variant nationwide.The country added 13 more deaths from COVID-19, raising the death toll to 2,380. The fatality rate was 0.86 percent. Infections in the greater Seoul area, home to half of the country's population, have been weighing down the authorities' containment effor

Sep 15, 2021
New virus cases in capital area surge to record high ahead of Chuseok

Korea urged to improve support for LGBT students

Human Rights Watch issued a report titled, “'I Thought of Myself as Defective': Neglecting the Rights of LGBT Youth in South Korean Schools,” Tuesday. Courtesy of Human Rights WatchBy Lee Hyo-jin Kim Do-hyun, a 25-year-old transgender male, remembers the day when a classmate in his middle school, after watching a film in class portraying a same-sex relationship, said, “All homosexuals should be shot dead.” The remarks left him trembling with rage, so he had to leave the classroom and calm down outside. “The teacher didn't intervene,” Kim said. “Other classmates just laughed.”Jin Pu-reun, a 22-year-old lesbian, said, “Once it became known that I was a lesbian in high school, I was singled out for harassment and the older students rebuked me saying, 'You are homosexual, you're dirty.'”These two cases of discrimination in school against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students were included in a report titled, “I Thought of Myself as Defective: Neglecting the Rights of LGBT Youth in South Korean Schools,&rdq

Sep 14, 2021By Lee Hyo-jin
Korea urged to improve support for LGBT students

Parents hesitant about vaccinating children over safety concerns

Students walk toward an elementary school in Seoul, Sept. 6. YonhapBy Bahk Eun-jiDebate is arising over the government's plan to allow COVID-19 vaccinations for children aged 12 to 17 starting next month. Some parents say the inoculations will ensure their children's safety and allow them to be more active, while others say they are concerned about potential side effectsThe health authorities said, Monday, they plan to start offering vaccinations for children in that age group in the fourth quarter and will announce details within this month after consulting with the education ministry.They are considering providing the Pfizer vaccine as recommended by the Korea Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, adding the vaccine has been proven safe for use for the age group in various countries including Japan and the United States.The government's plan to vaccinate children seems to have been affected by the recent uptick in cases among them. According to the education ministry, Monday, the average daily number of confirmed new cases in elementary, middle and high schools from Sept. 2

Sep 14, 2021By Bahk Eun-ji
Parents hesitant about vaccinating children over safety concerns
  • New cases under 1,500 for 2nd day

New cases under 1,500 for 2nd day

A visitor wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus is silhouetted while walking past outside of a shopping mall in Seoul, Sept. 13. AP-YonhapSouth Korea's daily coronavirus cases stayed under 1,500 for the second straight day Tuesday as health authorities worry about a potential virus flare-up during a major holiday that starts later this week. The country added 1,497 COVID-19 cases, including 1,463 local infections, raising the total caseload to 275,910, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).The latest caseload was up 64 from 1,433 cases the previous day. Virus cases usually begin spiking Wednesday when more people receive tests. Daily cases have stayed above the 1,000 threshold for more than two months amid the fast spread of the more transmissible delta variant nationwide.The country added seven more deaths from COVID-19, raising the death toll to 2,367. The fatality rate was 0.86 percent.Infections in the greater Seoul area, home to half of the country's population, have been hampering the authorities' containment efforts, with

Sep 14, 2021
New cases under 1,500 for 2nd day
  • Parents hesitant about vaccinating children over safety concerns

Increasing claims of vaccine-related deaths raise concerns

People wait to receive a COVID-19 vaccine shot at a vaccination center in Seodaemun District, Seoul, Sept. 9. Yonhap By Lee Hae-rinA growing number of people are claiming that their family members have died or become seriously ill after receiving COVID-19 vaccines as the nation's inoculation rate increases. While they demand the government clarify the correlation between the vaccination and the tragic incidents and compensate for the damage, the health authorities have so far acknowledged such correlation in very limited cases.As of Monday, over 60 petitions have been posted on the Cheong Wa Dae website during the past 30 days, in which the petitioners claimed severe vaccine-related side effects or deaths. The number is more than double the figure of the previous 30 days.According to a petition posted on Sept. 10, a middle-aged man, the petitioner's father, died Sept. 8, two weeks after receiving the first dose of Pfizer at a hospital in Incheon.The father allegedly

Sep 13, 2021By Lee Hae-rin
Increasing claims of vaccine-related deaths raise concerns
  • 1st-shot vaccination rate to top 70 percent this week

Chuseok delivery

Red Cross workers carrying relief kits packed with daily necessities walk up the stairs in a residential area of Busan, Monday, to deliver them to impoverished people ahead of the upcoming Chuseok long weekend, which runs from Sept. 18 to 22. Yonhap

Sep 13, 2021By Lee Hyo-jin
Chuseok delivery

Afghans enjoying activities after self-quarantine

Afghan evacuees enjoy outdoor activities on a playing field at the Leadership Campus of the National Human Resources Development Institute in Jincheon, North Chungcheong Province, Monday, after they underwent two weeks of self-quarantine following their arrival in Korea late last month. Afghans who had helped the Korean government's activities in the country and their family members were airlifted here from their Taliban-controlled homeland. Joint Press Corps

Sep 13, 2021By Lee Hyo-jin
Afghans enjoying activities after self-quarantine
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