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Sun, January 29, 2023 | 15:45

Fear grows over new variant stronger than Delta

Fear grows over new variant stronger than Delta

델타보다 강력한 새로운 변이 등장에 우려 증가

Concerns are growing over the possible spread of a new COVID-19 variant here, following rapid overseas transmission of the Omicron mutation which is believed to be stronger than the currently dominant Delta strain. 현재 우세종인 델타 변이보다 더 강력한 것으로 여겨지는 오미크론 변이의 빠른 해외 전파에 따라 새로운 코로나19 변종의 확산 가능성에 대한 우려가 커지고 있다.

2021-11-29 11:04

Foreign ownership of Korean land rises 1.3 percent in H1

Foreign ownership of Korean land rises 1.3 percent in H1

21년 상반기 외국인 토지 보유 현황, 1.3퍼센트 증가

Foreign ownership of South Korean land expanded 1.3 percent in the first half of the year from six months earlier, the land ministry said Friday. 국내 토지를 보유한 외국인이 올해 상반기 기준으로 지난 해 말 대비 1.3% 증가했다고 국토부가 금요일 발표했다.

2021-11-26 16:28

Concerns over COVID infection growing among pregnant women

Concerns over COVID infection growing among pregnant women

임산부 코로나19 감염에 대한 염려 커져

Concerns are growing among pregnant woman nationwide over whether to receive COVID-19 vaccine or not following the death of a fetus which is presumed to be due to possible infection from the coronavirus transmitted by the mother. 산모에게서 전염된 코로나바이러스 감염 때문으로 추정되는 태아의 사망에 따라 전국 임산부 사이에서 코로나19 백신 접종 여부에 대한 염려가 커지고 있다.

2021-11-26 10:21

Why it's so hard to catch taxi at night

Why it's so hard to catch taxi at night

밤에 택시 잡기 힘든 이유

Last Saturday night, a Seoul resident surnamed Lee, 29, called for a taxi through a mobile app, to get home after an evening gathering with her friends in Itaewon. But no taxis were available. 지난 토요일 밤 서울 거주자인 29살 이씨는 친구들과 저녁 모임 후 귀가하려고 모바일 앱으로 택시를 불렀다. 그러나 빈 택시가 없었다.

2021-11-25 10:57

1 in 6 Korean women quit their jobs after marriage

1 in 6 Korean women quit their jobs after marriage

기혼여성 6명 중 1명 경력 단절

More than 1 in 6 South Korean married women suffered a career break this year as they quit their jobs due to child rearing and getting married, data showed Tuesday. 화요일 발표된 데이터에 따르면, 육아와 결혼 등으로 일을 그만둬 올해 기혼여성 6명 중 1명 이상이 경력 단절 상태인 것으로 나타났다.

2021-11-23 15:44

Korea grapples with hospital bed crisis

Korea grapples with hospital bed crisis

한국, 병상 위기 극복 노력 중

Korea is grappling with a shortage of hospital beds for coronavirus patients due to a surge in the numbers of daily new infections and critically ill patients amid the government's gradual phase-out of social distancing measures. 정부가 사회적 거리두기를 단계적으로 중단하는 가운데 일별 신규 확진자와 위중증 환자가 급증하면서 국내 코로나19 환자를 위한 병상 부족 현상으로 한국이 고군분투하고 있다.

2021-11-23 10:57

Schools cautiously resume in-person classes amid surging infections

Schools cautiously resume in-person classes amid surging infections

감염 급증 속 조심스럽게 대면 수업 재개

All kindergartens and schools across the country will return to full-scale in-person classes from Monday, despite the continuous surge in daily COVID-19 infections and the number of critically ill patients. 일별 코로나19 확진자수가 급증하고 위중증 환자가 계속 발생하고 있음에도 불구하고 전국 모든 유치원과 학교가 월요일부터 본격 대면수업으로 돌아간다.

2021-11-22 13:34

Korea shortens interval for booster shots amid increasing breakthrough cases

Korea shortens interval for booster shots amid increasing breakthrough cases

돌파감염 증가로 부스터샷 간격 줄여

The government has decided to shorten the interval between regular COVID-19 vaccine doses and booster shots from six months to four months for elderly residents over the age of 60 as well as inpatients and employees at nursing homes and geriatric hospitals. 정부는 60세 이상 고령층뿐만 아니라 양로원 및 요양병원 입원환자와 종사자를 대상으로 코로나19 정기 접종과 추가 접종 간격을 기존 6개월에서 4개월로 줄이기로 했다.

2021-11-19 14:24

Irregular workers increasing despite Moon's promise

Irregular workers increasing despite Moon's promise

문 대통령 약속에도 비정규직 노동자 증가

Getting rid of precarious, irregular jobs was one of the key pledges of President Moon Jae-in to address social inequality in the form of dualism in the labor market - the gap between high-paid, well-protected regular employees, and low-paid, irregular ones with unstable working conditions. 불안정한 비정규직 일자리를 없애는 것은 노동 시장에서 비교적 안전한 고소득 정규직과 불안정한 근무 환경에 처한 저소득 비정규직 사이에 이분법 형태로 존재하...

2021-11-16 11:02

US diplomat embroiled in controversy over alleged hit-and-run

US diplomat embroiled in controversy over alleged hit-and-run

미 외교관 뺑소니 논란

Controversy has been growing over an alleged hit-and-run incident involving a U.S. diplomat stationed in Korea, after it was revealed that a vehicle with four U.S. diplomats, including the driver, allegedly fled after hitting a taxi while driving in central Seoul. 주한 미국 외교관의 일명 뺑소니 사건 관련 운전기사를 포함해 미국 외교관 총 4명이 탄 차량이 서울 도심에서 운전을 하던 중 택시를 친 후 도주한 것으로 알려지면서 논란이 커지고 있다.

2021-11-15 17:56

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