US State Department thanks S. Korea for sending 2m masks
(Screenshot from US State Department's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs Twitter-Yonhap)WASHINGTON -- The US State Department thanked South Korea on Monday for...
PM warns of strong steps against club visitors over non-cooperation in...
South Korea's prime minister warned Monday the government could take strong measures if visitors of clubs and bars in Itaewon, Seoul's multicultural neighborhood, do...
‘Covid-19 has revealed PM’s ineptitude’: Opposition criticises govt’s handling of crisis
The opposition on Monday, during a National Assembly session convened after a gap of nearly two months, criticised the federal government for its handling...
Nightlife cluster gives S. Korea largest case rise in a month
SEOUL: South Korea announced its highest number of new coronavirus cases for more than a month Monday, driven by an infection cluster in a...
Penalty likely to sextuple for foreign quarantine breakers
(Yonhap)Amid mounting fears over a spike in coronavirus infections here, foreign nationals caught breaking their 14-day quarantine upon arrival are to be slapped with...
Online applications for virus relief money begin
An online application for the government's emergency coronavirus relief funds to all households began on Monday morning.The Ministry of the Interior and Safety said...
Saudi triples VAT, suspends handouts amid oil price slump
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's finance minister on Monday said the kingdom will triple its Value Added Tax (VAT) and halt monthly handout payments to citizens...
S. Korea sends 2 million face masks to US
Boxes of masks are loaded onto a US cargo plane at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)South Korea on Monday...
‘Korea will initiate post-pandemic era’
Moon introduces strategies to overcome challenges from COVID-19By Do Je-hae President Moon Jae-in said South Korea will take the initiative in the post-pandemic global...
For Malaysian schoolgirl, homework is sewing PPE gowns
SEREMBAN, Malaysia: For a nine-year-old Malaysian schoolgirl, the new coronavirus was hard to fathom. But Nur Afia Qistina Zamzuri knew one thing for sure:...
