A majority of parents in South Korea were found to rely heavily on smartphones or tablet computers when tending to young children while carrying out daily tasks at home, a poll showed Saturday, a development that reflects the country’s growing smartpho…
South Koreans’ consumption of flowers and ornamental plants rose 6.1 percent on-year last year on rising demand amid the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions in outdoor activities, data showed Saturday.An average South Korean spent 12,386 won (…
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un held a photo session with officials who contributed to the regime’s fight against COVID-19, state media reported Saturday, after announcing its self-proclaimed victory over the pandemic last month.Kim took the photo on t…
Sections of expressways nationwide remained clogged with traffic Saturday as South Koreans traveled across the country on the second day of the four-day Chuseok holiday, officials said.This year’s Chuseok holiday, or the Korean fall harvest celebration…
President Yoon Suk-yeol on Saturday visited an Army unit in Seoul to encourage soldiers working on the Chuseok holiday, his office said.Yoon met with some 40 enlisted soldiers and officers of an air defense company of the Seoul-based Capital Defense Co…
South Korea’s military reported 492 additional COVID-19 cases Saturday, raising the total caseload among its service members to 270,187, the defense ministry said.The new cases included 387 from the Army, 34 from the Air Force and 28 from the Navy.Ther…
South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell to the lowest tally for a Saturday in eight weeks, data showed, due largely to fewer tests carried out over the Chuseok holiday.The country reported 42,724 new COVID-19 infections, including 237 cases from overseas…
President Yoon Suk-yeol’s approval rating was recorded slightly above 30 percent in a national poll conducted just before the Chuseok fall harvest holiday, a poll showed Saturday.In a two-day poll conducted by Korea Research on 1,001 adults from Wednes…