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COVID-19 Mask rule on public transport may be lifted in coming weeks Mask rule on public transport may be lifted in coming weeks (by Koreahearld.com, Mar 9, 2023)  Read more

COVID-19 Outdoor mask mandate fully lifted, other COVID-19 rules in r… Outdoor mask mandate fully lifted, other COVID-19 rules in review (Korea Herald, September 25th) Read more

COVID-19 S. Korea to lift pre-travel COVID-19 test requirement for in… S. Korea to lift pre-travel COVID-19 test requirement for inbound travelers this week (Aug 31st, 2022, Korea Herald)  Read more

COVID-19 South Korea removes post-travel quarantines for unvaccinated South Korea removes post-travel quarantines for unvaccinated (Korea Herald, June 8th) Read more

COVID-19 Many Koreans aren't ready to take off their masks yet  Many Koreans aren't ready to take off their masks yet (May 2, 2022. Korea JoongAng Daily)#COVID-19#Face mask off Read more

COVID-19 After short-lived freedom, Korea rolls back social distancin… After short-lived freedom, Korea rolls back social distancing (koreaherald.com) Dec 3, 2021#Vaccine pass#Social Distancing#Gathering limit#Expansion of home isolation*For more details, please vis.. Read more

COVID-19 Left out: Vaccinated foreigners in S. Korea face ‘discrimina… Left out: Vaccinated foreigners in S. Korea face ‘discrimination,’ restrictions (koreaherald.com) Nov 26, 2021#vaccine pass#quarantine exemption certificate#overseas vaccination not recognized&nb.. Read more

COVID-19 Rising number of COVID-19 patients waiting for hospital care… Rising number of COVID-19 patients waiting for hospital care in Korea (koreaherald.com) Nov 21, 2021#lack of hospital beds#More than 800 patients in Seoul waiting for beds#severe COVID-19  Read more

COVID-19 Living with COVID-19: What to expect Living with COVID-19: What to expect (koreaherald.com) Nov 7, 2021#With Corona#living with Covid-19#cases in other countries  Read more

COVID-19 S.Korea eases curbs, imposes vaccine passports in 'living wi… S.Korea eases curbs, imposes vaccine passports in 'living with COVID-19' campaign (Reuters.com) Nov 1, 2021#With Corona#living with COVID-19#New Normal#Vaccination passport  Read more

COVID-19 Is fluent Korean a must for at-home COVID-19 care? Not neces… [Newsmaker] Is fluent Korean a must for at-home COVID-19 care? Not necessarily (koreaherald.com) Oct 13, 2021#COVID-19#at-home care#medical care for foreigners  Read more

COVID-19 South Korea to maintain current distancing rules for another… South Korea to maintain current distancing rules for another 2 weeks: PM (koreaherald.com) Oct 1, 2021#Social distancing rule#Level 4 in greater Seoul area #Level 3 in other regionsCheck the.. Read more

COVID-19 S. Korea expected to adopt 'With Corona' scheme in Oct.-Nov.… S. Korea expected to adopt 'With Corona' scheme in Oct.-Nov.: minister (koreaherald.com) Sep 28, 2021#COVID-19#With Corona#New Normal  Read more

COVID-19 Seoul launching multilingual COVID-19 campaign Seoul launching multilingual COVID-19 campaign (koreaherald.com) Sep 7, 2021#Vaccine#foreigners#multilingual campaign  Read more

COVID-19 Distancing rules extended, but eased for fully vaccinated pe… Distancing rules extended, but eased for fully vaccinated people (koreaherald.com) Sep 5, 2021#Social distancing rule#eased for vaccinated#until Oct 3  Read more