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New COVID-19 Cases Below 6,000, Critical Cases at New High

Written: 2021-12-25 11:59:27 / Updated: 2021-12-25 13:55:03

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S. Korea Seeking to Move up Schedule to Purchase COVID-19 Pills

Written: 2021-12-24 18:47:50 / Updated: 2021-12-24 18:56:19

The government said on Friday that it is talking with foreign developers of antiviral pills so they will be administered to local COVID-19 patients ...

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Civic Groups Condemn Ex-Pres. Park's Special Pardon

Written: 2021-12-24 15:39:58 / Updated: 2021-12-24 15:55:53

Civic groups and labor organizations have denounced a special pardon granted to former President Park Geun-hye. The People's Solidarity for ...

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Data: Over Half of One-Person Households Consist of Unmarried People in 2020

Written: 2021-12-24 15:05:43 / Updated: 2021-12-24 15:06:44

More than half of one-person households consisted of unmarried people last year. According to data from Statistics Korea on Friday, there ...

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Civic Groups Denounce Ruling on Recorded Testimony of Underage Sex Crime Victims

Written: 2021-12-24 14:59:40 / Updated: 2021-12-24 16:09:10

Women's rights groups have criticized a Constitutional Court ruling that found unconstitutional a legal clause that acknowledges recorded files ...

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CIO Expresses Regret over Checking Phone Records of Politicians, Journalists

Written: 2021-12-24 13:05:40 / Updated: 2021-12-24 15:09:58

The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials(CIO) expressed regret over allegations it made an inquiry into the telecommunication ...

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PCR Tests to Detect Omicron Strain to Be Distributed Next Week

Written: 2021-12-24 12:57:12 / Updated: 2021-12-24 15:38:49

The government and private sector have collaborated to develop a reagent for a PCR test that can detect the omicron COVID-19 variant. Korea Disease ...

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Cold Wave Warning Issued for Capital Area, Central, Eastern Provinces

Written: 2021-12-24 11:55:15 / Updated: 2021-12-24 15:04:08

A cold wave warning was issued on Friday for Seoul and most parts of the capital region, as well as the central and eastern provinces of Gangwon, North ...

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Purchase Deal for Pfizer’s COVID-19 Pill in Final Stage

Written: 2021-12-24 09:26:27 / Updated: 2021-12-24 14:03:14

Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum said on Friday that South Korea is in the final stage of completing a deal with U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer to ...

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S. Korea Expected to Soon Decide on Emergency Use of COVID-19 Pills

Written: 2021-12-23 19:00:56 / Updated: 2021-12-23 19:34:03

South Korea is expected to announce as early as next week when to bring in antiviral pills to treat COVID-19 patients.  Kim Ok-su, a senior official ...