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New cases under 1,900 for 2nd day, critical patients on rise

South Korea's daily new coronavirus cases hovered under 1,900 for the second day Friday. YonhapSouth Korea's daily new coronavirus cases hovered under 1,900 for the second day Friday, while the number of critical patients continued to rise, as health authorities stepped up vaccination campaigns to control the worst wave driven by the highly infectious delta variant. The country added 1,841 more COVID-19 cases, including 1,811 local infections, raising the total caseload to 245,158, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).Friday's tally compares with 1,882 on Thursday, 2,155 on Wednesday, 1,509 on Tuesday and 1,418 on Monday. Daily cases have stayed above 1,000 for 52 days in a row. The country added 8 more deaths from COVID-19, raising the death toll to 2,265, the KDCA said. With the highly contagious delta variant sweeping the nation, the number of patients with serious symptoms across the country reached 427 and hovered above 400 for a fourth consecutive day. Critical patients more than tripled from some 120 in early July, when the fourth wave began. Ear

Aug 27, 2021
New cases under 1,900 for 2nd day, critical patients on rise

Afghan crisis reignites debates on refugee acceptance in Korea

Family members of Afghans who helped the Korean government's activities in their country arrive at Incheon International Airport, Thursday. A total of 377 Afghans, out of 390 to be airlifted, arrived in South Korea on Thursday as part of Seoul's efforts to evacuate locals who worked at Korea's embassy and other government facilities in the war-torn nation, as well as their families. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul Public sentiment not much changed since 2018 Yemenis' asylum seeking on JejuBy Jung Da-min The crisis in Afghanistan in the wake of the U.S. military withdrawal has stirred debate in Korea as to whether the country should take in Afghans fleeing the Taliban takeover and grant them refugee status. On Aug. 24, the Korean government announced that it has sent three military transport planes to the Middle Eastern region to evacuate Afghans who had helped the Korean government's activities there. Those who worked at organizations run by the Korean governmen

Aug 27, 2021
Afghan crisis reignites debates on refugee acceptance in Korea
  • Work mounts for government concerning Afghan evacuees in Korea
  • Afghan evacuees in Korea arrive at temporary shelter in Jincheon
  • Second group of 13 Afghan evacuees arrives in Korea
  • Afghan evacuees to spend two months in Jincheon

Critically ill patients, deaths surging amid Delta variant spread

People wait to get COVID-19 vaccines at a vaccination center in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, Thursday, when inoculations for people aged 18-49 began nationwide. YonhapVaccinations for people aged 18-49 beginBy Bahk Eun-jiKorea is seeing a rapid growth in the number of critically ill people and deaths from COVID-19, with the fourth wave of infections here showing no signs of subsiding and the highly transmissible Delta variant becoming the dominant strain here.This is raising concerns that the rapid increase may lead to a shortage of hospital beds, especially in intensive care units (ICUs), and increase the risk of collapse of the nation's medical system.Korea has reported four-digit daily new infections for 51 consecutive days, with 1,882 cases for Wednesday, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), Thursday.As the number of daily new cases increases, the numbers of patients in critical condition and deaths are also increasing. As of Wednesday, 434 patients were classified as seriously or critically ill, meaning they were undergoing intensive treatment such a

Aug 26, 2021By Bahk Eun-ji
Critically ill patients, deaths surging amid Delta variant spread

Korea reports additional African swine fever case

In this Aug. 8 file photo, a quarantine authority worker blocks entrance of a farm in Goseong County, Gangwon Province, where pigs were confirmed to be infected with African swine fever. YonhapSouth Korea reported yet another case of African swine fever from a local farm in Gangwon Province on Thursday amid lingering concerns over the fatal animal disease in the country. The latest ASF case was reported from Hongcheon, 102 kilometers east of Seoul, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. The farm was raising 2,300 pigs, and there were no additional pig farms within a 10-kilometer radius.Health authorities have been carrying out preemptive examinations on all pig farms in Gangwon Province.Earlier this month, the country confirmed an ASF case for the first time in around three months in Goseong, which was followed by another case in Inje last week. Both regions are in Gangwon Province. ASF does not affect humans but is deadly to pigs. There is currently no vaccine or cure for the disease. The fatal animal disease earlier dealt a harsh blow to the local pig ind

Aug 26, 2021
Korea reports additional African swine fever case

Ruling party, gov't agree to give monthly rent subsidy to low-income youth

Officials from the ruling Democratic Party and the government attend a consultative meeting held at the National Assembly in Seoul, Aug. 26. YonhapThe ruling party and the government on Thursday agreed on a new youth assistance program, including a monthly rent subsidy for young people in lower income brackets, party officials said.The decision was reached during a consultative meeting between the Democratic Party and the government amid the country's soaring housing costs and the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic.Under the special youth assistance program, the government will pay a monthly rent subsidy of 200,000 won ($171.4) for up to a year to each young person whose income is 60 percent or less of the country's median income, starting next year."(The program) aims to give temporary assistance to the young generations (in the lower income brackets) to ride out the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic," Lee Dong-hak, a member of the DP's supreme council, said in a briefing after the ruling party-government consultation. "Two hundred thousand won will be paid every month for the duration of up to

Aug 26, 2021
Ruling party, gov't agree to give monthly rent subsidy to low-income youth

New COVID-19 cases hover under 1,900, largest death toll since 4th wave

A woman gets COVI-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Buk District, Gwangju, Aug. 26. YonhapSouth Korea's daily new coronavirus cases hovered near 1,900 on Thursday, and daily COVID-19 deaths hit the highest number since the fourth wave of the pandemic began, as health authorities scrambled to add critical-care hospital beds. The country added 1,882 more COVID-19 cases, including 1,829 local infections, raising the total caseload to 243,317, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).Thursday's tally compares with 2,155 on Wednesday, 1,509 on Tuesday, 1,418 on Monday and 1,628 on Sunday. Daily cases have stayed above 1,000 for 51 days in a row. The country added 20 more deaths from COVID-19, raising the death toll to 2,257, the KDCA said. It marked the worst daily death toll since the fourth wave took hold in early July.With the highly contagious delta variant sweeping the nation, beds for critical COVID-19 patients have dwindled. As of Tuesday, 30.3 percent of 833 critical-care hospital beds were available, but some regions, including Daejeon and South Chu

Aug 26, 2021
New COVID-19 cases hover under 1,900, largest death toll since 4th wave

New cases spike to over 2,000 again, infections in Seoul at record high

People wait in line to get tested at a clinic in Seodaemun District, Seoul on Monday. YonhapSouth Korea's daily new coronavirus cases spiked to over 2,000 again Wednesday, as the Seoul metropolitan area reported a record high daily caseload since the pandemic began amid growing concerns over untraceable and variant cases.The country added 2,155 more COVID-19 cases, including 2,114 local infections, from the previous day, raising the total caseload to 241,439, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).The latest tally marked a sharp rise from 1,418 cases Monday and 1,509 cases Tuesday. The number of patients normally falls over the weekend and rises later in the week as more people get tested.Daily cases have stayed above 1,000 for a whopping 50 consecutive days. On Aug. 11, the country reported a record daily caseload of 2,222.South Korea added nine additional COVID-19 deaths, raising the death toll to 2,237. The fatality rate came to 0.93 percent.Health authorities and local governments said later that 1,519 new cases were confirmed as of 6 p.m. Wednesday,

Aug 25, 2021
New cases spike to over 2,000 again, infections in Seoul at record high

COVID-19 testing at construction site

A construction worker takes a COVID-19 test at a mobile testing station set up at a subway construction site in Yeongdeungpo District, Seoul, Wednesday. Korea reported 2,155 new COVID-19 cases for Tuesday, which was the second-largest daily caseload the country has seen so far. Daily cases have stayed above 1,000 for 50 consecutive days. Yonhap

Aug 25, 2021By Nam Hyun-woo
COVID-19 testing at construction site

Korea's childbirths at fresh low in June

In this 2020 January file photo, newborn babies are sleeping in cradles at a hospital in Seoul. YonhapThe number of babies born in South Korea dropped to a record low in June, data showed Wednesday, in the latest sign that underscores the country's gloomy demographic situation with the chronically low birth rate.A total of 21,526 babies were born in June, down 2.7 percent from the previous year, according to the data compiled by Statistics Korea.It marked the lowest for any June since 1981, when the statistics agency began compiling related data.In the second quarter, the number of newborns reached an all-time low of 66,398, down 2.7 percent from the previous year.South Korea is struggling with a sustained fall in childbirths as many young people give up getting married or having babies amid a prolonged economic slowdown.The country's total fertility rate ― the average number of children a woman bears in her lifetime ― hit a record low of 0.84 last year. It marked the third straight year that the rate was below 1 percent.In the April-June period, the total fertility rate stood at 0.8

Aug 25, 2021
Korea's childbirths at fresh low in June

New cases spike to over 2,000 again, infections in Seoul at record high

People wait to get tested for COVID-19 at a testing center in Gangnam District, Seoul, Aug. 25. YonhapSouth Korea's daily new coronavirus cases spiked to over 2,000 again Wednesday, as the Seoul metropolitan area reported a record high daily caseload since the pandemic began amid growing concerns over untraceable and variant cases.The country added 2,155 more COVID-19 cases, including 2,114 local infections, from the previous day, raising the total caseload to 241,439, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).The latest tally marked a sharp rise from 1,418 cases Monday and 1,509 cases Tuesday. The number of patients normally falls over the weekend and rises later in the week as more people get tested.Daily cases have stayed above 1,000 for a whopping 50 consecutive days. On Aug. 11, the country reported a record daily caseload of 2,222.South Korea added nine additional COVID-19 deaths, raising the death toll to 2,237. Of the newly confirmed domestic cases, 673 were from Seoul, the highest since the pandemic began last year. The city's surrounding Gyeonggi P

Aug 25, 2021
New cases spike to over 2,000 again, infections in Seoul at record high
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