New cases stay in 500s for 2nd day amid woes over variants

May 07, 2021

Seoul (South Korea), May 7: South Korea's daily new virus cases remained in the 500s for the second day Friday as the country remained guarded...

S. Korea, U.S. discuss joint responses to falling Chinese rocket debris

May 07, 2021

Seoul (South Korea), May 7: South Korea and the United States on Friday discussed ways to jointly respond to remnants of a Chinese rocket expected...

New cases under 600 again on fewer tests; variants in focus amid vaccine rollout

May 06, 2021

Seoul (South Korea), May 6: South Korea's daily new virus cases fell back to the 500s again Thursday as fewer people took virus tests on...

Moon sends condolence letter to Mexican leader over metro line disaster

May 06, 2021

Seoul (South Korea), May 6: South Korean President Moon Jae-in expressed his condolences to Mexican people over a deadly metro line disaster in their country,...

Sri Lankan PM elected chair of ADB's Board of Governors

May 06, 2021

Colombo (Sri Lanka), May 6: Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, who also serves as minister of finance, was on Wednesday elected chair of the...

Moon holds online meeting with kids for Children's Day

May 05, 2021

Seoul (South Korea), May 5: President Moon Jae-in held an online meeting with a group of elementary school students on the occasion of Children's Day.

Vaccinated people to be exempted from mandatory self-isolation in S. Korea

May 05, 2021

Seoul (South Korea), May 5: People who have been fully vaccinated against the novel coronavirus in South Korea are exempted from the mandatory 14-day isolation...

Philippine FDA approves Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

May 05, 2021

Manila (Philippines), May 5: The Philippines' Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the emergency use authorization for Moderna's vaccine against COVID-19, FDA Director General...

Over 40 foreigners found infected with COVID-19 in Gangneung's preemptive testing

May 04, 2021

Gangneung (South Korea), May 4: More than 40 foreign migrant workers in the east coast city of Gangneung tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday after...