South Korea plans to take "maximum" quarantine steps in the southeastern city of Daegu and its surrounding province to contain the new coronavirus and seek to create an extra budget, party officials said Tuesday.The government, the ruling Democratic Party (DP) and the presidential office decided to

South Korea said Sunday that the next seven or 10 days will be the most crucial juncture in the fight against the new coronavirus, vowing to take all possible measures to prevent further spread of the potentially fatal illness.The country raised its alert level to the highest of "red," to deal with

More than half of coronavirus infections in South Korea are linked to the homegrown religious group of Shincheonji, data showed Sunday.The religious organization, known as Shincheonji Church of Jesus, Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony, has been suspected as a hotbed for the recent surge in i

South Korea on Sunday reported its sixth death from the new coronavirus with the number of the total confirmed cases spiking to 602, forcing the country to raise the virus alert to highest level.Despite stepped-up quarantine efforts, health authorities added three deaths and 169 additional cases to

The new coronavirus is spreading across the country, but it is in the initial stage of a full-blown outbreak and still "manageable," although the number of infections has almost tripled in just three days.The country reported on Friday 52 new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing its total number

South Korea confirmed 15 more cases of the novel coronavirus Wednesday, bringing the total number of infections here to 46, amid growing concerns that the respiratory illness is spreading across the country despite tighter quarantine measures.According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Pr

South Korea's public health authorities announced Tuesday that the country should prepare for more coronavirus infections not linked to known clusters as its latest confirmed cases are believed to be without links to other existing cases or to China and overseas countries.The Korea Centers for Disea

South Korea will provide 300 billion won (US$253.5 million) in emergency loans to local budget carriers, which have been suffering from the economic fallout of the spread of the new coronavirus, Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki said Monday.Budget carriers will also be exempted from paying airport usage

South Korea reported another confirmed case of the new coronavirus Sunday, involving an 82-year-old man with no record of overseas travel, bringing the total to 29 after a five-day lull in new cases.The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said the new patient tested positive for

Madam Sripriya Ranganathan, Ambassador of the Republic of India in Seoul, said, “This has been an eventful and productive year for the friendship between the government and people of India and the Republic of Korea; Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid a state visit in February and President Moon Jae-i

Around 20 military doctors, nurses and ordinary service personnel will be assigned to temporary accommodation for evacuees from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the defense ministry said Tuesday.The government plans to send a third flight to Wuhan later Tuesday to evacuate about 170 South Koreans and thei

South Korea on Tuesday confirmed one more case of the novel coronavirus, bringing the total here to 28 with four of them discharged after being fully recovered.The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said the latest patient is a 30-year-od Chinese woman who is an acquaintance of

South Korea's exports jumped 69.4 percent in the first 10 days of February, mainly due to rising shipments of cars and semiconductors, customs data showed Tuesday.The country's exports stood at US$10.7 billion in the Feb. 1-10 period, compared with $4.38 billion in the same period last year, accordi

South Korea said Monday it has launched a probe into a firm that illegally hoarded more than 1 million face masks amid the spread of the novel coronavirus.The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said it found a firm that hoarded 1,050,000 masks, the single largest amount since Seoul launched a governme

South Korea said Monday it is testing 809 people in quarantine for the novel coronavirus, with the number of confirmed cases unchanged at 27.On Sunday, the country reported three new cases of the new strain of virus, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC).The number

The South Korean military has been reconsidering whether to participate in an upcoming multinational military exercise in Thailand as the new coronavirus continues to spread, officials said Sunday.The 39th Cobra Gold exercise, co-sponsored by the Thai and U.S. armed forces, is scheduled to be held f

South Korea said Sunday that it will send an additional flight to the central Chinese city of Wuhan to evacuate about a hundred Korean nationals and their Chinese family members as concerns are growing over the global spread of the new coronavirus.South Korea earlier sent two chartered flights to Wu

About 1,100 soldiers are quarantined and outdoor military training has been adjusted as part of efforts to contain the new coronavirus, the defense ministry said Friday.The quarantined soldiers, including 400 conscripts, have either visited China, Hong Kong or Macao in the past 14 days or had contac

South Korea said Friday it will spare no efforts to help local automakers suffering from a supply crunch amid the fast-spreading coronavirus, which led to disruptions at parts suppliers in China."South Korea is taking all necessary efforts to minimize the economic fallout of the new coronavirus on t

A civilian worker for the Navy tested negative for the new coronavirus but will remain quarantined until after the incubation period, the defense ministry said Thursday.The Navy worker was put into isolation and underwent a coronavirus test after a 38-year-old man he ate together with last month was