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AS COVID-19 CASES GO UP, SEOUL TO CONTINUE SOCIAL DISTANCING CURBS
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• The social distancing restrictions announced to curb the spread of the dreadful virus were previously scheduled to end on Thursday
• As per the Korea Disease Control and Preventing Agency, the decision to extend protocols comes after a spike in the COVID...
SEOUL STOCKS START THE WEEK ON POSITIVE NOTE
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• KOSPI went up by 8.95 points or 0.46 percent to 1,936.23 in late Monday morning
• Most of the pharmaceutical companies including Samsung BioLogics and Celltrion saw a rise of 1.82 and 0.69 percent respectively
• Investor sentiment was larg...
SEOUL WILL HOST THREE-NATION ESPORTS COMPETITION IN NOVEMBER
South Korean capital city is also set to host a three-state esports tournament in the month of November which will see participation of China and Japan.
The confirmation regarding this sporting event was given by the South Korea Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (SKMCST) in the last ...
SEOUL INCREASES NUMBER OF COVID-19 TESTS AFTER RECENT SPIKE
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• Anti-gay prejudice is impeding South Korea’s response against coronavirus
• Seoul is testing more than 8,000 people per day
• At present, South Korea has 11,018 cases of coronavirus and 260 people have lost their lives
Afte...
SEOUL WILL IMPLEMENT A CONVENTION THAT WILL STOP MNCs' TAX AVOIDANCE
According to officials in Seoul, the government of South Korea has decided to implement a multilateral convention that will become effective from the month of September and will work towards keeping multinational corporations (MNCs) away from taking benefits of loopholes in the tax laws as their ...
SEOUL: CORONAVIRUS CASES LINKED TO NIGHTCLUBS REACH 102
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• Majority of newly confirmed cases of coronavirus are traced back to one man
• At present, South Korea has reported total 10,962 cases of COVID-19, while 259 people have lost their lives
According to South Korean health authorities, new coronavi...
SEOUL: HOW ONE MAN’S NIGHT OUT IS MAKING THE ENTIRE CITY SUFFER
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• All the nightclubs and bars in the city are closed indefinitely
• At present, South Korea has reported total 10,936 cases of coronavirus while 258 people have lost their lives
South Korea was initially one of the worst affected countries ...
SEOUL STOCKS START THE WEEK ON HIGHER SIDE
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• Despite gains by various stocks, South Korea’s top cap Samsung Electronics went down by 0.31 percent in early morning trading
• Seoul has reported fresh cases of COVID-19 that are linked to the bars and pubs across the city
As the result ...
NIGHTCLUBS IN SEOUL ARE THE NEWEST HUB OF CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS
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• Around 15 new cases of coronavirus were reported and majority of them are linked to nightclubs in Itaewon
• KCDC officials have asked people to refrain from visiting such places
As soon as the country of South Korea took steps towards the reviv...
SEOUL STOCKS OFF TO A FLYING START
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• The Wall Street saw some gains in overnight trading courtesy of decline in number of jobless claims
• Newly released exports data from China helped to improve investor sentiment
After some gains by the Wall Street in the overnight trading, Frid...
SEOUL: MOSQUES IN THE COUNTRY REOPENED FOR RAMADAN
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• People coming in mask will maintain social distancing along with use of hand sanitizers, face mask and writing names in register
• More than 150,000 Muslims stay in South Korea and make up 0.3 percent of total population
After recording zero ne...
SEOUL STOCKS START ON POSITIVE NOTE
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• KOSPI went up by 23.51 points to 1,918.88 in the first 15 minutes of Wednesday’s trading
• Market situation is stabilizing every passing day as majority of countries are gradually reopening their economies
• Majority of large-cap sto...
SEOUL: TENSED SITUATION AS NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA EXCHANGE GUNFIRE
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• Multiple gunshots were fired by North Korea in the Demilitarized Zone
• According to the JCS, as a response two rounds were fired by the South Korea
As per statement given by South Korean military, on Sunday, multiple gunshots were fired by Nor...
NORTH KOREA’S KIM JONG-UN FINALLY MAKES A PUBLIC APPEARANCE
According to the local media in North Korea, the country’s supreme leader Kim Jong-Un has made an appearance for the first time in last 20 days as he arrived for celebrating the completion of a fertilizer factory near Pyongyang. This appearance ends numerous speculations surrounding the hea...
SEOUL: FIRE AT A BUILDING SITE KILLS 38 PEOPLE
An accident which resulted into taking lives of 38 people took place in the capital city of South Korea. The cause of this accident was fire which broke out at a building site, situated in Icheon, south of Seoul.
Rescue work is still on and officials suspect about more people could trapped...
SEOUL REPORTS ZERO LOCAL CASES OF COVID-19
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• As per health authorities, not a single case of coronavirus has been related to the parliamentary election which took place on April 15
• At present, South Korea has around 10,765 cases of coronavirus while 247 people have lost their lives
Acco...
SEOUL AND THE U.S. SAY NORTH KOREA’S KIM JONG-UN IS NOT ILL
Number of rumors are continuously being spread related to the health of North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-Un. Few stated his death, while few said that North Korean leader has gone through a cardiovascular surgery which was due to his habits of excessive smoking and obesity.
In the lat...
SEOUL SAYS NORTH KOREA’S KIM JONG UN IS ‘ALIVE AND WELL'
Speculations have been made over North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's health, few say he is critically in danger while others say he is no more. Ending all the speculations, a top security adviser to South Korean President Moon Jae-in have stated that North Korean supremo Kim Jong Un is “a...
SEOUL: STOCK MARKET CLOSES AT A LOWER NUMBER
South Korean shares saw a fall of 1.3 percent, which is the sharpest decline in the period of a week courtesy of economic data which predicts recession, majorly in the United States and Europe. Coronavirus pandemic has been cited as the key reason for recession. The currency of South Korea &ldquo...
SEOUL: INTER-KOREAN RAILWAY PROJECT TO RESTART SOON
The government of South Korea has finally decided to restart a project to reconnect railways between the two Koreas, which was delayed since months. The decision is taken despite the complexity of inter-Korean relations.
On Thursday, the Unification Ministry of Seoul stated that it has des...