Stuck-home South Koreans could prop up economy for third of the price
The tens of millions of Koreans who usually go abroad could cover the loss in private consumption by simply spending a third of what they do when overseas, a study says.
Lost Seoul: Middle-class dreams spoiled by soaring house prices
Even with unemployment spiking as the coronavirus pandemic swept South Korea in February, Baek Seung-min asked his wife to quit her nursing job to help reach a dream they had spent a lifetime chasing: buying their own apartment. The 35-year-old interior designer said giving up ...
Seoul mayor's funeral held despite half a million objections
The funeral service for Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon, who took his own life after being accused of sexual harassment, was held Monday despite a petition against the city-run ceremony signed by half a million people. Former human rights lawyer Park was a heavyweight figure in ...
Seoul mayor missing after sending daughter 'words like a will'
Police are reportedly concentrating their search in the area of Gilsangsa Temple in Seoul's northeastern ward of Seongbuk where his mobile phone signal was last accessed.
Hundreds of drones light up Seoul night sky with coronavirus advice
Three hundred drones took to the evening sky over the Han River in South Korea to dispense coronavirus prevention advice through a synchronized light display featuring images of hand-washing and social distancing. A horde of pin-point lights lifted into the air in military-like formation on ...
Holiday homes and battlefields: Legacies of the Korean War line DMZ
From North Korean party headquarters to holiday homes to cemeteries, 70 years after the Korean War began its legacies line the Demilitarized Zone that marks where the fighting came to a standstill. A few kilometers from the DMZ's eastern end, a small stone villa stands ...
One conflict, two museums: How Korean War still divides the peninsula
In the capitals of the two Koreas, flagship museums offer radically different accounts of the same conflict — the war launched to unify the peninsula but that now defines its division. In Pyongyang, a giant statue of a North Korean soldier holding aloft a flag ...
South Korea says it is battling 'second wave' of coronavirus
Health authorities in South Korea said for the first time on Monday it is in the midst of a "second wave" of novel coronavirus infections around Seoul, driven by small but persistent outbreaks stemming from a holiday in May. The Korea Centers for Disease Control ...
A report quoted an anonymous source as saying the request to take down the banner came from the office of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
South Korea coronavirus cases jump to highest since early April
South Korea reported 79 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, the most since April 5 and the third straight day of rising infections, raising the specter of a second wave of the disease in a country widely praised for containing the initial outbreak. Health Minister Park ...
How South Korea turned urban planning system into a virus tracking database
System seen as critical in helping health authorities identify coronavirus hotspots.
Seoul closes bars and clubs over fears of coronavirus second wave
South Korea's capital has ordered the closure of all clubs and bars after a burst of new cases sparked fears of a second coronavirus wave, and President Moon Jae-in urged the public to remain vigilant. The nation has been held up as a global model ...
