SAMSUNG & KT LAUNCH SOUTH KOREA’S FIRST COMMERCIAL 5G SA NETWORK

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• After this announcement, these two companies have been prepping up for the 5G SA launch via multiple tests and trials in KT’s major offices and in urban areas

Samsung Electronics and KT Corporation (KT) have jointly launched South Korea’s first co...

MORE TIGHTER CURBS IN SOUTH KOREA SAYS PRIME MINISTER KIM BOO-KYUM

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• This move follows imposition of a semi-lockdown in the greater Seoul area.

• The President Moon Jae-in government on Monday imposed its toughest level of social distancing curbs in the greater Seoul area

According to a statement issued by South...

LEE-JUN SEOK OF SOUTH KOREA’S BIGGEST OPPOSITION PARTY SAYS GEN-NEXT TO HAVE ZERO TOLERANCE TO CHINA’S CRUELTY

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• In an interview with Bloomberg, Lee said generational change is taking place

• Lee said “We’re definitely going to have to fight against the enemies of democracy.”

Newly installed leader of the People Power Party, the biggest ...

SOUTH KOREA CELEBRATE SUPPORT OF INDIANS IN KOREAN WAR

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• The commander of the 60th Parachute Field Ambulance of the Indian Army who treated over two lakh patients during the Korean War (June 1950 to July 1953)

The South Korean government has celebrated India’s first paratrooper Lt Col AG Rangaraj as the &lsqu...

SOUTH KOREA CONTINUES TO REPORT HIGHER NUMBER OF COVID-19 CASES

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• Despite implementing several preventive measures, the country lagged behind in terms of vaccinations and this is the primary reason behind resurgence of the virus

• Most of the infections are reported from areas where there schools, offices and shopping ...

TO TACKLE AGING SOCIETY & DECLINING POPULATION, SOUTH KOREA IS WELCOMING MORE FOREIGNERS

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• As per the plans, the Justice Ministry is considering in an attempt to create a new residency visa for remote working foreigners in IT and other cutting-edge technologies

In an attempt to deal with issues like falling number in the population and aging societ...

IN WAKE OF RISING CASES, SOUTH KOREA LIKELY TO REIMPOSE COVID CURBS

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• The Prime Minister of South Korea, Kim Boo-kyum said the country's fourth wave of the virus, was spreading rapidly, especially in the people ageing between 20 and 30, and are unvaccinated

Immediately after reading the social distancing curbs, the county o...

FEARING VIOLENCE FROM TALIBAN, SOUTH KOREANS IN AFGHANISTAN ASKED TO LEAVE COUNTRY BY MONTH END

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• Meanwhile the Taliban on Sunday captured an important district in the Kandahar region after violent skirmish with Afghan forces

As the US continues its troop withdrawal from the war-torn country of Afghanistan, the insurgent group Taliban is once again wreaki...

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...

TOP LEADERS OF NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA EXCHANGE LETTERS

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• The newspaper citing a source has said that Moon has sent a letter to the North Korean leader to seek more ways to hold a summit

According to South Korean newspaper JoongAng Ilbo, the President of South Korea Moon Jae-in has exchanged letters with North Korea...

SOUTH KOREAN PM SAYS COUNTRY TO SECURE MORE mRNA VACCINES TO USE THEM AS A BOOSTER SHOT

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• Kim said "The government plans to first secure vaccine supply, mostly mRNA ones, enough to vaccinate the entire public with at least one shot next year.”

According to a statement by the Prime Minister of South Korea, Kim Boo-kyum is planning to sec...

11 AMERICAN SOLDIERS & 2 CIVILIANS AMONG NEW REPORTED CASES OF COVID-19 IN SOUTH KOREA

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• The American agency said that all confirmed patients have been transferred to designated isolation facilities at the U.S. army bases in South Korea

As per a statement issued by the U.S. Forces Korea on Monday, total 11 U.S. soldiers and two civilians in South...

E-COMMERCE MAJOR EBAY IS SELLING ITS UNIT IN SOUTH KOREA

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• Sources claim that this consortium consists of biggest bricks-and-mortar retailer E-Mart and internet group Naver in South Korea

• E-Mart intends to fund the deal with Won3tn of asset-backed loans with the balance paid by its cash holdings, and on the ot...

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 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: 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: 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...

SOUTH KOREA: THE NATIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE WILL RESUME FROM TODAY

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• Lowest number of new coronavirus were reported on Tuesday 

• Baseball and soccer matches will be held in empty stadiums

• At present, South Korea has reported 10,804 confirmed cases of COVID-19, while 254 lost their lives due to it

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...

SOUTH KOREA RUNS OUT OF OIL STORAGE

After the collapse in demand for oil, majority of countries are in the race of purchasing maximum crude oil that too at a dream rate. South Korea is fourth-largest country in Asia when it comes to commercial storage capacity. Apparently South Korea has completely has run out of it’s oil sto...