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3 Korean teams to save 270 citizens quarantined in Vietnam

South Korea is seeking to send three "rapid response" teams to Vietnam to help some 270 citizens in quarantine over coronavirus concerns, Seoul's foreign ministry said Wednesday. YonhapSouth Korea is seeking to send three "rapid response" teams to Vietnam to help some 270 citizens in quarantine over coronavirus concerns, Seoul's foreign ministry said Wednesday. In Vietnam, 276 South Koreans have been put under a quarantine program at military installations, health care facilities or hotels, as the number of COVID-19 infections here has risen to 5,328, with the death toll standing at 32.Vietnam has imposed the entry ban on people who have traveled to Korea's southeastern city of Daegu and nearby North Gyeongsang Province, both the focus of Seoul's quarantine efforts, in the last two weeks. Those from other parts of Korea are to face a 14-day quarantine. "As soon as conditions are met, South Korea plans to send three rapid response teams to Vietnam," a foreign ministry official told reporters on condition of anonymity.South Korea has been in talks with Vietnam over the possibility of q

Mar 4, 2020
3 Korean teams to save 270 citizens quarantined in Vietnam

Korea proposes 11.7 tril. won extra budget to fight virus, shore up economy

South Korea on Wednesday proposed an extra budget of nearly 12 trillion won to help better deal with the new coronavirus and minimize economic fallout from its outbreak here. YonhapSouth Korea on Wednesday proposed an extra budget of nearly 12 trillion won to help better deal with the new coronavirus and minimize economic fallout from its outbreak here.The extra budget bill for 11.7 trillion won (US$9.82 billion), to be submitted to the National Assembly for approval on Thursday, is the country's largest-ever supplementary budget bill to handle the fallout from a contagious disease.In 2003, the country allocated an additional 4.2 trillion won in the face of the SARS outbreak and then 11.6 trillion won in 2015 to brace for MERS.The ministry asked the parliament to move quickly, highlighting the importance of speed in taking necessary measures against a looming economic slump. The parliament's ongoing session ends on March 17."As stressed every time the government submitted a bill for extra budget, 'timing' and 'speed' are again important and are more urgently needed than ever," the fi

Mar 4, 2020
Korea proposes 11.7 tril. won extra budget to fight virus, shore up economy

91 countries, regions restricting entry of people from Korea over coronavirus fears

Incheon International Airport. Korea Times fileA total of 91 countries and regions were planning or imposing entry bans or quarantine procedures on visitors from South Korea on Tuesday, up eight from a day earlier, despite Seoul's push to curb what it calls excessively restrictive measures.As of 8:00 p.m., 37 countries and regions plan to ban or were barring the entry of travelers who have visited Korea in the past two weeks, while 54 countries and regions, including China, prepared or were carrying out quarantine programs or recommendations for them, according to the foreign ministry.The number of COVID-19 infections in South Korea has risen to 5,186, with 31 deaths, as the country accelerates what it terms a "transparent and open" testing process in its all-out campaign to stem the virus.On Tuesday, the Pacific island country of Nauru banned the entry of foreigners who have visited South Korea, China, Italy and other virus-hit regions in the past three weeks.Nepal announced a plan to stop issuing arrival visas for foreigners from South Korea and other countries, starting Tuesday ne

Mar 4, 2020
91 countries, regions restricting entry of people from Korea over coronavirus fears
  • Trump says looking closely at Korea for possible travel restriction

Korea to sharply restrict face mask exports, rev up weekend production

Government, ruling party and presidential officials agreed Wednesday to sharply restrict exports of face masks and spur their production even during weekends to fight against the new coronavirus. YonhapGovernment, ruling party and presidential officials agreed Wednesday to sharply restrict exports of face masks and spur their production even during weekends to fight against the new coronavirus.The government has begun to provide face masks via public organizations since last week amid a surge in infections. But many people still find it difficult to buy protective goods due to a sharp supply shortage.The ruling Democratic Party (DP), the government and the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae discussed ways to cope with a shortage of mask supply in their consultative meeting held at the National Assembly."(The participants) decided to come up with all measures to increase the production of face masks," Lee Nak-yon, head of the party's COVID-19 response panel, said."The measures include sharply reducing exports of face masks and encouraging their production during weekends," he added.At

Mar 4, 2020
Korea to sharply restrict face mask exports, rev up weekend production
  • 'Keep masks on, Koreans (and foreign residents)!'

Secrecy is paramount for South Korean sect linked to coronavirus surge. Many believers are in SoCal

This photo taken on March 1, 2020 shows Kim Shin-chang, director of international missions at the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, wearing a face mask as he speaks during an interview with AFP at the headquarters of the church in Gwacheon, south of Seoul. / AFP-YonhapBy Victoria KimSEOUL, South Korea _ It was only after months of Bible study classes, several exams based on those lessons and hundreds of hours spent with members of the religious community that Esau Martinez learned the name of the group that had come to dominate his daily life."We're based in Korea; our organization is called Shincheonji," members of his small group discreetly told him over Korean barbecue in Orange County, as if letting him in on a closely guarded secret, Martinez recalled. "We're going to be passing over soon," they told him. "We're going to be signing the 'Book of Life.'"That day, Martinez, then a 19-year-old community college student, realized how methodically he had been approached, recruited and indoctrinated, starting from the moment a classmate casually invited him to play basketball.Unbeknown to h

Mar 4, 2020

Trump says looking closely at Korea for possible travel restriction

President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he leaves the White House, Tuesday, March 3, 2020, in Washington, to visit the National Institutes of Health's Vaccine Research Center in Bethesda, Md. AP-YonhapU.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Washington is looking closely at the coronavirus outbreak in South Korea and will decide "at the right time" whether to impose travel restrictions on the country.Trump was asked by a reporter if he is considering cutting off travel to and from South Korea and Italy, two countries hit hard by the disease."We're watching Italy very closely, South Korea very closely, even Japan very closely," the president said at the White House before departing for a roundtable briefing on the coronavirus. "And we'll make the right determination at the right time."South Korea has seen a continued rise in the number of infections, with nearly 5,200 cases and more than 30 deaths as of Tuesday.U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, who is overseeing the U.S. response to the coronavirus, told reporters Monday that all airports in South Korea have begun screening t

Mar 4, 2020
Trump says looking closely at Korea for possible travel restriction
  • 91 countries, regions restricting entry of people from Korea over coronavirus fears

Embattled president faces impeachment petition

President Moon YonhapBy Do Je-hae President Moon Jae-in is receiving growing criticism for allegedly failing to properly address the national health emergency here following the COVID-19 outbreak, with some citizens calling for his impeachment. A presidential impeachment petition was filed on the website of the National Assembly secretariat last month and has since gained over 100,000 signatures.According to Assembly regulations concerning online petitions, any that receive more than 100,000 signatures in 30 days are subject to review by a relevant standing committee. The committee has 90 days to complete the review before reaching a decision on whether to put it to a vote in a plenary session.“Since the petition has met the requirements for a standing committee review, Speaker Moon Hee-sang has been briefed about it,” an official from the Assembly secretariat said. “It will be forwarded to a standing committee soon.”The Assembly will soon decide whether the House Steering Committee, which deals with issues relating to Cheong Wa Dae, or the Judiciary Committee

Mar 3, 2020By Do Je-hae
Embattled president faces impeachment petition

Cabinet members in face masks

President Moon Jae-in, ministers and other government officials salute the national flag during a Cabinet meeting at the Government Complex Seoul, Tuesday. They discussed countermeasures to fight the spread of COVID-19. Yonhap

Mar 3, 2020
Cabinet members in face masks

The Korea Times opens 2nd newsroom to prepare for coronavirus emergency

Korea Times staff at work in a second newsroom in Yongsan, about 15 minutes by car from the main newspaper's main office near Seoul Station, Tuesday. The parallel newsroom was set up in response to the coronavirus epidemic that could cause the main office to be closed. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk By Oh Young-jin The Korea Times has set up a second newsroom, separate from its main office in Wise Tower near Seoul Station. This is to ensure that The Korea Times can remain in operation and still be published should one of the offices be forced to close due to the ongoing COVID-19 epidemic. The novel coronavirus is having a devastating effect with confirmed cases being reported throughout the country, particularly in Daegu, the epicenter of the outbreak here, and the neighboring North Gyeongsang Province. Lotte Department Store, Pacific Hotel and LS buildings in Seoul, among others, have been shut down for disinfection operations. Some of our staff ― including desk

Mar 3, 2020By Oh Young-jin
The Korea Times opens 2nd newsroom to prepare for coronavirus emergency

Ahn Cheol-soo praised for volunteering as doctor to fight COVID-19 spread

The minor opposition People's Party leader Ahn Cheol-soo, drenched in sweat, returns to an emergency control center building after treating patients with symptoms of COVID-19, Monday, at the Keimyung University Daegu Dongsan Hospital in Daegu, the city hit hardest by the novel coronavirus. The doctor-turned-politician has been volunteering in the southeastern city since Sunday. YonhapBy Jung Da-min Ahn Cheol-soo, head of the minor opposition People's Party, has been gaining positive public attention ― not because of his activity or vision as a politician but because of his volunteer work as a doctor during the current spread of the corona virus.Ahn, who was a doctor before becoming an entrepreneur and then a politician, has been volunteering to help patients showing symptoms of COVID-19 in the southeastern city of Daegu, as it has reported the largest number of virus cases in Korea and is short of medical staff.According to officials from the party, Ahn and his wife Kim Mi-kyung, a professor at the Seoul National University's College of Medicine, went to volunteer in Daegu without th

Mar 3, 2020
Ahn Cheol-soo praised for volunteering as doctor to fight COVID-19 spread
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