News about South Korea

SEOUL (Nov 19): The South Korean government will be offering 114,000 rental units for the public by acquiring and converting unoccupied hotels and offices into residential studios.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 28): The Ministry of Health (MoH) has announced a temporary halt of the use of two influenza vaccines, namely SKYCellflu Quadrivalent and VaxigripTetra, after a number of deaths following flu shots in South Korea.

SEOUL (Oct 23): South Korean Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun on Friday called for a thorough probe into the deaths of people after being vaccinated against seasonal influenza, Yonhap News Agency reported.

SEOUL (Oct 17): "Tteokbokki," (pictured) a popular Korean snack made from rice cakes and red chili pepper sauce, has been voted the No 1 food to lift people's spirits during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Seoul city government said Saturday.

BUSAN (Oct 14): More than 50 patients and workers at a nursing hospital in Busan have been diagnosed with COVID-19, municipal authorities said Wednesday, in the southern port city's latest coronavirus cluster, Yonhap news agency reported.

SIHEUNG, South Korea, (Oct 8): A water park with the world's largest artificial wave pool has opened in Siheung to offer various water sports activities to its visitors, Yonhap News Agency reported.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 22): Malaysia will establish relations with South Korea and Russia in the field of culture to further boost the country's tourism industry.

SEOUL (Sept 11): Google has pledged US$500,000 (RM2.

  SEOUL (Aug 17): South Korea warned today of tighter Covid-19 restrictions as the country’s biggest outbreak linked in nearly six months appeared.

SEOUL (August 11): South Korea’s public health authorities have discovered three new mutated genome sequences of the novel coronavirus among imported cases-- two from Pakistan and one from Uzbekistan, reported Yonhap News Agency.