Daily infections will likely drop to the lower 100-thousand range later this month or early next month amid a receding omicron wave, according to a new projection from a state-backed mathematical group.A mathematical modeling task force on COVID-19 sai…
Health authorities are considering a readjustment of the infectious disease level of COVID-19 from a Class One to Class Two disease. Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum said on Friday that the government will make a timely decision, citing the need to fundame…
Health authorities will not bring in additional COVID-19 vaccines this year from the COVAX Facility, a global vaccine distribution program. The Central Disease Control Headquarters said on Friday that it has decided not to bring in any more vaccines fr…
President-elect Yoon Suk Yeol will embark on a regional tour next week, starting with the main opposition People Power Party strongholds in the southeastern city of Daegu and the surrounding North Gyeongsang Province.Yoon’s spokesperson Bae Hyun-jin sa…
The main opposition People Power Party(PPP) conducted interviews of those vying for candidacy in the upcoming June 1 local elections.The PPP’s nomination committee on Friday reviewed candidacies for ten municipal government leadership positions, includ…
Main opposition People Power Party(PPP) Rep. Kweon Seong-dong, widely considered a close ally of President-elect Yoon Suk Yeol, has been chosen as the new party floor leader.The four-term lawmaker won 81 of the votes cast by 102 PPP representatives in …
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization(NATO) on Thursday convened a meeting of foreign ministers from its 30 member states and eight non-member nations, including South Korea, to discuss the situation in Ukraine.Following the meeting held at NATO’s hea…
Finance minister Hong Nam-ki said the government is giving serious consideration to joining the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework(IPEF), a new U.S.-proposed economic framework for the region.Chairing a meeting on economic security on Friday, Hong said th…