#Hot Issues of the Week Entry Restrictions Due to COVID-19 Outbreak 2020-03-15 As the coronavirus increasingly spreads worldwide, the number of countries and territories restricting travelers from South Korea has risen ... Listen News
#Hot Issues of the Week The Rise of “Untact Economy” 2020-03-15 Social distancing is the latest campaign under way in South Korea in an effort to minimize social contact to contain the spread of the coronavirus. ... Listen News
#Hot Issues of the Week Moon, Kim Exchange Letters on COVID-19 2020-03-08 South Korea's presidential office said Thursday that President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un have exchanged letters amid ... Listen News
#Hot Issues of the Week N. Korea's Show of Force Amid COVID-19 Crisis 2020-03-08 South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff(JCS) said last Monday that North Korea fired two projectiles into the East Sea from an area near the coastal ... Listen News
#Hot Issues of the Week Joint Global Response to COVID-19 2020-03-08 The Group of Seven nations or G7 have declared to employ all policy tools to respond to the coronavirus outbreak. The U.S. has slashed its key rate ... Listen News
#Hot Issues of the Week COVID-19 Continues to Spread in S.Korea 2020-03-01 "Citizens of Daegu and North Gyeongsang Province, stay strong. We can fully overcome this COVID-19 and we will."President Moon Jae-in ... Listen News
#Hot Issues of the Week BOK Keeps Base Rate Unchanged, Lowers Growth Forecast 2020-03-01 The Bank of Korea has decided to leave unchanged its base rate of one-point-25 percent.South Korea’s central bank made the decision at a meeting ... Listen News
#Hot Issues of the Week UN Human Rights Chief Calls for Global Fight Against Virus-related Prejudice 2020-03-01 The United Nations human rights chief urged the international community on Thursday to fight prejudice against people of ethnic Asian origin, ... Listen News
#Hot Issues of the Week Ex-Pres. Lee Out of Prison Again after Appealing Bail Revocation 2020-03-01 Former President Lee Myung-bak has been released from prison again, less than a week after he was re-incarcerated on charges of bribery and embezzlement.The ... Listen News
#Hot Issues of the Week S. Korea Designates Daegu, Cheongdo 'Special management Zones' over COVID-19 2020-02-23 South Korea's southeastern city of Daegu and nearby Cheongdo have been declared special quarantine zones amid a sudden spike in COVID-19 cases ... Listen News