Govt. speeds up emergency coronavirus relief payment process
(Yonhap)The government decided Tuesday to begin the process immediately of handing out "emergency disaster relief payments" to a majority of households in South Korea...
Top Italian doctor against May restart for Serie A
MILAN - A leading Italian doctor specialising in infectious diseases said on Monday he would be against Serie A restarting its season next month.Football...
[Newsmaker] US grateful to S. Korea for supplying virus test kits:...
(Yonhap)The United States is grateful to South Korea for supplying COVID-19 testing kits, a senior US government official said Monday ahead of the planned...
‘180-seat remark’ jolts general election
By Kang Seung-wooA liberal-minded political commentator's remarks predicting that the "pan-ruling bloc" could win 180 seats in the 300-strong National Assembly is emerging as...
Cautious hope for pandemic peak as Spain readies to reopen some...
MADRID: The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic has slowed in some of the worst-hit countries, with Spain readying Monday to reopen parts of...
Unemployment allowance payments hit new high in March
(Yonhap)The amount of state allowances paid to those unemployed or seeking jobs soared to a record high of nearly 900 billion won ($738 million)...
S. Korea reports 25 more cases of coronavirus, total at 10,537....
South Korea on Monday saw its daily number of coronavirus infections fall below 30 again as the country enforces strict social distancing to curb...
MMA shows shelved after new Singapore virus clampdown
SINGAPORE - Two mixed martial arts (MMA) events planned behind closed doors in Singapore this month have been postponed after the city-state tightened restrictions...
