Posted : 2021-04-13 16:06
Updated : 2021-04-13 18:35
New Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon speaks at a regular press briefing at Seoul City Hall, Monday. Yonhap
By Bahk Eun-ji
Newly-elected Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon has been pushing the implementation of COVID-19 self-testing kits, in an effort to roll out tailored antivirus measures. However, health experts are voicing their concern mainly due to problems with accuracy when the test is conducted by non-medical professionals.
In an online briefing, Monday, Oh said that the fundamental solution to easing the economic difficulties suffered by small business owners who have been ordered to limit their operating hours or shut down temporarily, is to let them operate longer hours and return to business as usual
By Lee Min-hyung
The National Pension Service (NPS) is set to introduce tighter environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) criteria for companies that it seeks to invest in.
Under the tightened screening measures, the nation s largest pension fund will stop investing in any listed firm if it is found to have any problems involving the criteria. The NPS is set to introduce the move as early as the first half of the year. Details of the tightened screening measures have not been fixed yet.
The NPS considered adopting such a strategy in 2019, as part of its bid to expand socially responsible investments.
Calls grow for tougher social distancing measures amid increasing infections
Posted : 2021-04-05 17:12
Updated : 2021-04-05 20:45
People walk under cherry blossoms on a street along Gyeongpo Lake in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, Sunday, although fears of COVID-19 transmissions are growing. Yonhap
By Bahk Eun-ji
Calls are rising for the government to strengthen the country s social distancing measures as the current levels have failed to curb the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Seoul Capital Area (Seoul, Incheon and Gyeonggi Province) is presently at Level 2, while the rest of the country is at Level 1.5, in the five-tier social distancing scheme.
Last week, the daily caseload hovered over 500, as the country has been observing sporadic infection clusters across the country in various locations.
Posted : 2021-04-04 16:22
Updated : 2021-04-05 10:10
People wait in line to receive COVID-19 tests, Sunday, at a makeshift testing center in front of Seoul Station. Yonhap
By Bahk Eun-ji
Concerns are growing over the possibility of a fourth wave of the pandemic as the country s daily new coronavirus cases exceeded 500 for the fifth consecutive day, Sunday.
Health authorities called on the public to cooperate on quarantine measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus as sporadic infection clusters have been continuing to appear across the country, showing little sign of abating. We are standing at a crossroads between achieving herd immunity through vaccination and whether to face the fourth wave of infections as group infections are soaring in various facilities where many people come into close contact such as retail stores, restaurants, schools and daycare centers, Health Minister Kwon Deok-chul said in a press briefing, Sunday, warning that the number of daily case