S. Korea braces for rising variant cases, total nearing 2,500
SEOUL, June 28 (Yonhap) — South Korea has confirmed 267 more cases of four kinds of contagious variants of the new coronavirus, including 73 cases of the highly transmissible Delta…
June 28, 2021
Debt-ridden SsangYong opens auction to find new buyer
SEOUL, June 28 (Yonhap) — SsangYong Motor Corp. opened an auction for its majority stake after its Indian parent Mahindra & Mahindra failed to find a new investor for the…
Crowd capacity at KBO games to increase starting July 1
SEOUL, June 28 (Yonhap) — The capacity at professional baseball games across South Korea will increase to as much as 70 percent starting in July, with the nation easing social…
Moon says S. Korea’s economy expected to grow over 4 pct this year
SEOUL, June 28 (Yonhap) — President Moon Jae-in said Monday that South Korea is expected to achieve economic growth of over 4 percent this year, far above the previous target…
Old phone booths being turned into electric bike charging stations
SEOUL, June 28 (Yonhap) — A growing number of obsolete public phone booths across the country are being transformed into charging stations for various electric vehicles, officials said Monday. The…
‘Breakthrough’ infections in S. Korea hit 44
SEOUL, June 28 (Yonhap) — South Korea has confirmed 44 cases of the so-called vaccine “breakthrough” COVID-19 infections, health authorities said Monday, as the country speeds up its inoculation campaign.…