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Gov't Scraps Pre-entry PCR Test Requirement

Written: 2022-08-31 10:36:43 / Updated: 2022-08-31 14:18:03

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Nation Adds Some 104,000 New COVID-19 Cases

Written: 2022-08-31 10:20:06 / Updated: 2022-08-31 11:38:08

Daily COVID-19 cases hovered slightly above 100-thousand on Wednesday amid gradual signs of easing of the latest pandemic wave in the nation. The ...

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2021 Saw Another Surplus in National Health Insurance Balance Concerning Foreigners

Written: 2022-08-31 08:43:46 / Updated: 2022-08-31 10:50:20

The latest government data on national health insurance usage by foreign residents shows that contributions by the demographic once again outweighed ...

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Interest-free Loans to be Offered for Tenants to Move out of ‘Ban-jiha’ Units

Written: 2022-08-30 19:29:10 / Updated: 2022-08-30 19:47:01

Tenants of "ban-jiha", or semi-underground housing, units will be provided with interest-free loans of up to 50 million won to assist their move ...

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'Parental Allowance' to be Raised to up to 700,000 Won Monthly in 2023

Written: 2022-08-30 18:49:21 / Updated: 2022-08-30 19:07:37

Parents of a child younger than two years old will be eligible for up to 700-thousand won in monthly "parental allowance" issued by the state beginning ...

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Top Court Rules for State Compensation for Victims of Park Chung-hee Era Decree

Written: 2022-08-30 16:39:33 / Updated: 2022-08-30 16:51:22

The Supreme Court has ruled that the state is responsible for compensating victims of a 1975 decree issued by the Park Chung-hee government which ...

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Nuclear, Renewables to Account for Larger Proportion of Energy Creation by 2030

Written: 2022-08-30 16:00:42 / Updated: 2022-08-30 19:42:29

Nuclear power is set to account for nearly 33 percent of South Korea’s total energy creation by 2030, according to a new energy plan that aims to reduce ...

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New COVID-19 Cases Rise Above 110,000

Written: 2022-08-30 09:48:06 / Updated: 2022-08-30 10:45:52

Daily COVID-19 cases climbed back above 110-thousand as weekday testing rates resumed. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said ...

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S. Korean Company Workers to Pay Over 7% of Paycheck for Health Insurance

Written: 2022-08-30 08:24:05 / Updated: 2022-08-30 19:40:03

Corporate subscribers of state health insurance in South Korea will have to pay more than seven percent of their monthly income for the premium next ...

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THAAD Base Moves toward Normalization with Start of Environmental Survey

Written: 2022-08-29 16:45:47 / Updated: 2022-08-29 19:18:16

The government has begun an environmental impact assessment survey at the THAAD missile defense base in Seongju, North Gyeongsang Province, taking ...