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Authorities investigate infectious outbreak at spinal pain treatment clinic

A suspected outbreak of infections following spinal pain treatment at a clinic in Gangneung has grown to 18 patients, with one death and four in intensive care.

2025.8.7

Officers from the Aceh Province National Narcotics Agency hold a urine and drug test for massage parlor workers as part of a campaign against drugs and the spread of HIV in the city community in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on May 15. [EPA/YONHAP]

New HIV cases in Korea down 3% in 2024, says KDCA report

The number of newly reported human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases in Korea declined by 3 percent in 2024 compared to the previous year, according to new data released Tuesday by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).

2025.7.1

Can you feed your pet your own food? (KOR)

If a pet’s skin has chronic problems, the owner should be open to considering more flexible food options.

2024.4.25

Can you feed your pet your own food?

If a pet’s skin has chronic problems, the owner should be open to considering more flexible food options.

2024.4.24

Workers load boxes carrying 1.6 million doses of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine, which the government has procured through a direct contract with the pharmaceutical giant, onto a truck at Incheon International Airport on Wednesday. [YONHAP]

Virus cases expected to peak after Chuseok holidays

The government predicted that Korea’s Covid-19 cases will hit a peak after the Chuseok harvest holidays in mid-September, as cases hover around 2,000 despite the stricter distancing measures implemented for over a month.

2021.8.25

People wait in a long line to get tested for Covid-19 at a testing center in Gwanak District, southern Seoul, on Wednesday morning, when the country's daily new infections surged to a record 2,223. [YONHAP]

Covid cases hit record 2,223, holiday travel discouraged

Korea’s daily Covid-19 cases soared past 2,200 for the first time since the pandemic began, and health authorities warned the worst is yet to come — telling people not to go on summer holiday.

2021.8.11

HMM’s 5,000 TEU container ship that transports cargo to India [HMM]

Korean companies active in India providing support

Local companies operating in India are offering humanitarian aid to help in its fight against Covid-19.

2021.5.12

4 more infected at a Samsung Electronics facility in Suwon

Four more workers at a Samsung Electronics mobile research lab have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the company said Wednesday, stoking concerns of group transmissions at the facility.

2020.11.25

A teacher prepares for class at Itaewon Elementary School on Friday. Starting Monday, kindergartens, elementary and middle schools throughout the country, which have been allowing only one-third of the student body to be present in school at a time, will allow up to two-thirds of students to return. [YONHAP]

Korea records lowest daily Covid caseload in two weeks

Korea added 47 new coronavirus infections on Thursday, recording its lowest figure in over two weeks.

2020.10.16

A sign shows that a Lotteria fast food outlet at Seoul Station, central Seoul, is temporarily closed Wednesday after 10 of the chain's employees tested Covid-19 positive following a meeting and dinner gathering last week. [YONHAP]

Clusters grow from Lotteria, Namdaemun workers

Korea saw the highest number of Covid-19 cases this month with 54 patients Wednesday, amid mounting alarm over a group of Lotteria fast-food workers who got infected after eating together at another franchise restaurant in Seoul.

2020.8.12

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