Privacy-mad Germany turns to app to track virus spread
BERLIN - Personal data protection is a thorny subject in privacy-loving Germany, but the country is nevertheless considering using a smartphone app to help...
8 foreigners denied entry after refusing 14-day quarantine
(Yonhap)South Korea’s Ministry of Justice on Thursday said it denied entry to eight foreign nationals who refused to quarantine themselves for two weeks upon...
Govt to provide protective kits to journalists visiting quarantine centres, ICUs
Special Assistant to the...
Trump pivots to somber tone on coronavirus — for now
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has pivoted to a dark new tone on the coronavirus pandemic after a warning on staggering potential casualties rendered...
Mandatory 14-day isolation on all arrivals take effect
Quarantine officials direct travellers arriving from overseas to designated bus stop at the Incheon International Airport on Wednesday. YonhapSouth Korea on Wednesday implemented a...
Beijing 2022 Olympics face ‘special situation’ after Tokyo delay
BEIJING - Beijing 2022 organisers said they face "a special situation" after the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics means less than six months...
S. Korea voices regret over furloughs for USFK workers, vows supportive...
(Yonhap)South Korea expressed regret Wednesday after US Forces Korea put thousands of South Korean employees on indefinite furloughs, vowing to come up with diverse...
USFK begins furloughs for Korean employees over stalled cost-sharing talks
Thousands of South Koreans working for the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) were furloughed indefinitely starting Wednesday amid a deadlock in defense cost-sharing negotiations between...
