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Vaccinations for 18-49 Age Group to Begin Aug. 26

Written: 2021-07-30 14:10:00 / Updated: 2021-07-30 15:43:10

PM Issues Emergency Order on Heat Wave Response

Written: 2021-07-30 13:41:56 / Updated: 2021-07-30 16:21:35

Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum ordered ministers on Friday morning to carry out inspections starting this weekend on government measures against ...

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Gender Equality Ministry: Misogyny Mustn't be Tolerated under Any Circumstance

Written: 2021-07-30 12:55:28 / Updated: 2021-07-30 15:37:39

The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family has stressed that misogyny and human rights violations should not be tolerated under any circumstance. The ...

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QR Code-based Registration Becomes Mandatory at Shopping Malls

Written: 2021-07-30 10:28:41 / Updated: 2021-07-30 14:21:26

Starting from Friday, quick response(QR) code-based registration of visitors at shopping arcades and department stores will be mandatory as ...

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S. Korea Adds 1,710 COVID-19 Cases

Written: 2021-07-30 09:43:25 / Updated: 2021-07-30 10:56:25

One-thousand-710 new COVID-19 cases were reported on Friday, adding more than one-thousand cases for 24 straight days. The Korea Disease Control ...

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Prime Minister: 1.3 Million Doses of Moderna Vaccine to Arrive in Early August

Written: 2021-07-30 09:42:41 / Updated: 2021-07-30 10:29:24

Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum said on Friday that a delayed shipment of Moderna vaccines will arrive in South Korea early next month. During a daily ...

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Fmr Seoul Mayor's Wife Files Lawsuit to Invalidate Watchdog's Judgment against Park

Written: 2021-07-29 19:51:30 / Updated: 2021-07-29 20:32:54

The widow of former Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon has filed an administrative lawsuit to revoke a ruling by the state's human rights watchdog ...

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S. Korea, US Work to Return ¼ of Yongsan Garrison to Seoul by Early 2022

Written: 2021-07-29 15:09:28 / Updated: 2021-07-29 15:21:53

South Korea and the United States have agreed to work together on the return of about one-fourth of the Yongsan Garrison site to Seoul by early next ...

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As Vaccinations Rise, S. Korea to Consider Home Treatment for COVID-19 Patients

Written: 2021-07-29 14:43:27 / Updated: 2021-07-29 15:10:19

Health authorities said Thursday that when the country's COVID-19 vaccination rate sufficiently rises, they will consider allowing more patients ...

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S. Korea's Total Population Posts Smallest Increase in 2020

Written: 2021-07-29 14:10:52 / Updated: 2021-07-29 14:56:19

The nation’s population rose by 50-thousand, or one-tenth of a percent, in 2020 from the year prior, hitting 51-point-eight million as of last November, ...