GUNSAN, South Korea– A Chinese fishing boat capsized in waters off the southwestern city of Gunsan on Wednesday, leaving at least one crew member dead and two others missing, Coast Guard officials said.The 239-ton vessel capsized shortly after midnigh…
SEOUL– South Korea saw its new coronavirus cases rise by nearly 500 cases Wednesday, but the caseload stayed below 2,000 for the 12th straight day, as the country continued its vaccine campaign aimed at returning to normalcy.The country reported 1,571…
SEOUL– South Korea has confirmed 3,245 more cases of the highly transmissible Delta variant over the past week, health authorities said Wednesday.New delta variant cases accounted for all of new variant cases detected last week, according to the Korea…
SEOUL– South Korea’s daily coronavirus cases stayed below 2,000 for the 11th straight day Tuesday, as the effects of vaccines are taking hold with rising inoculations amid preparations for a gradual return to normalcy.The country reported 1,073 new ca…
SEOUL– Namgung Ho-seung hadn’t been to a ball game since May. Back then, all clubs in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) were playing in front of fans, albeit at limited numbers. But once the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic struck in July, gat…
SEOUL– With restrictions on attendance at sporting events loosened, South Korean football clubs will welcome supporters back starting this weekend, league officials said Tuesday.In its weekly press briefing, the K League said its clubs based in and ar…
Twenty-three people affiliated with the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) who have recently arrived here have tested positive for COVID-19, the U.S. military’s infection tally showed Monday.Among arrivals from Sept. 22 to Oct. 14, seven service members and eigh…
South Korea’s daily coronavirus cases dropped to the lowest level in more than three months Monday as the country eased restrictions on private gatherings ahead of preparations for a gradual shift to the “living with COVID-19” scheme.The country report…
Gyeonggi Gov. Lee Jae-myung said Monday he feels “betrayed” by a former aide and others implicated in a massive development corruption scandal and apologized for their wrongdoing, drawing the line against his own involvement in the case threatening to …
SEOUL– South Korea’s daily new COVID-19 cases fell to the 1,400s on Sunday, as health authorities plan to apply eased distancing rules for a gradual return to normal life.The country added 1,420 more COVID-19 cases, including 1,403 local infections, r…
South Korea’s daily new COVID-19 cases stayed in the 1,600s for the second consecutive day Saturday, as the government plans to relax social distancing rules, starting next week, ahead of a gradual return to normal life.The country added 1,618 more CO…
SEOUL– “In Front of Your Face” is prolific South Korean auteur Hong Sang-soo’s 26th feature film and the 11th work that has been invited to the Cannes Film Festival. And it is the second of his 2021 works after the three-part black-and-white drama “In…