South Korea on Monday scrapped a face mask mandate for most indoor public places in a major step to loosen COVID-19 rules, but many residents opted to keep wearing coverings due to lingering ...

South Korea is mandating the wearing of masks at all crowded facilities, on public transport and at demonstrations, even as the country eases up on coronavirus restrictions as the number of local ...

SEOUL, Jan 20 (Reuters) - South Korea will drop a face mask mandate for most indoor public places later this month, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said on Friday, though coverings will still be ...

Demand for masks in South Korea has shot up as COVID-19 patients spiked. SEOUL, South Korea -- The South Korean government has implemented draconian measures to secure and distribute face masks to ...

Unlike in the United States, masks are not a source of political divisions in South Korea — they’re a cultural norm. And though some Koreans, like Jeon, are elated to exercise their newfound ...

SEOUL—Just before 1 p.m. on Friday, Son Jae-son marched to his local pharmacy, seeking a prized item in South Korea: his weekly ration of two face masks. South Korean health officials have urged ...

Facial masks in the image of Supreme Leader of North Korea Kim Jong Un have been pulled from some store shelves in South Korea. Marketed as "unification nuclear bomb" facial masks, they promise to ...

(In rural areas of South Korea, where there are fewer pharmacies, agricultural cooperative offices and post offices sell the face masks.) At Hankyeol Pharmacy, Ms. Yoo posted a sign on the door ...

South Korea plans on furnishing Navajo veterans of the Korean War with 10,000 masks and hand sanitizer to help fight the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID), the government announced on Monday.

South Korea’s central bank has cut its key interest rate and sharply lowered its growth outlook for the country’s economy in 2025.

Women wearing masks walk in a shopping district amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Seoul 31,228 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it faster than others?