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Sat, February 4, 2023 | 14:49

Last weekend before highest social distancing rules go into effect in Seoul [PHOTOS]

Last weekend before highest social distancing rules go into effect in Seoul [PHOTOS]

Korea reported 1,324 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday amid growing concerns over a fourth wave of the pandemic. Starting Monday, private gatherings of more than two people will be banned after 6 p.m. in the Seoul metropolitan area according to the Level 4 social distancing rules.

2021-07-11 17:44

COVID-19 variants feared to spread throughout country

Heavy rains flood southern parts of Korea [PHOTOS]

Heavy rains flood southern parts of Korea [PHOTOS]

Emergency responders conduct a rescue operation at the site of a landslide following torrential rain in Gwangyang, South Jeolla Province, July 6. One resident in her 80s is reportedly trapped under the wreckage, but the heavy rain and water-soaked mud are hindering rescue efforts. The Korea Meteorological Association is asking people to stay away from risky areas prone to flo...

2021-07-06 16:09

Southern regions damaged by heavy rain

China celebrates 100th anniversary [PHOTOS]

China celebrates 100th anniversary [PHOTOS]

Participants sing during a rehearsal before celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing, July 1.

2021-07-01 16:50

China's Xi pledges 'reunification' with Taiwan on party's birthday

Historic Joseon-era relics excavated [PHOTOS]

Historic Joseon-era relics excavated [PHOTOS]

Movable metal type (printing) blocks were found inside a pot buried in the ground, along with other fragmented artifacts believed to be components for an automated water clock. Other relatively bigger relics were unearthed around the area, during an archaeological excavation expedition carried out in Insa-dong, central Seoul, from March to June, by the Sudo Research Institute...

2021-07-01 14:22

Team Korea trains for Olympic glory at Tokyo [PHOTOS]

Team Korea trains for Olympic glory at Tokyo [PHOTOS]

A fencer holds a protective mask bearing the “taegeuk” pattern as seen on Korea's national flag at the Jincheon National Training Center in North Chungcheong Province, June 28. The opening ceremony for the Tokyo Olympics is scheduled for July 23, with 24 days remaining.

2021-06-29 15:09

Moonlight tour for the vaccinated [PHOTOS]

Moonlight tour for the vaccinated [PHOTOS]

Visitors take a stroll around Changdeok Palace during a special “Moonlight Tour” program for people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19, June 23. The night tour was offered for free to people, who have received their first shots, as part of incentives for those participating in the nationwide vaccination campaign. The participants were chosen by lottery, acc...

2021-06-24 17:50

Sungnyemun reopens [PHOTOS]

Sungnyemun reopens [PHOTOS]

A guard stands at the entrance of Sungnyemun, also known as Namdaemun - one of the remaining gates that mark the old city of Seoul, then known as Hanseong. The back entrance reopened to the public on June 22, for the first time since the National Treasure was damaged by an arsonist in 2008. The gateway will provide easier access to Namdaemun Market and Seoul Station, said the...

2021-06-23 17:51

Award-winning 'Man in the Mirror' photo captures true self of surgeon-novelist

Award-winning 'Man in the Mirror' photo captures true self of surgeon-novelist

Korea Times photographer Shim Hyun-chul's “The Man in the Mirror” won the Best Portrait Photo of the month award from the Korea Press Photographers' Association. In the award-winning work, Shim zoomed in on the plastic surgeon-novelist Kim You-myung, 50, seen in a mirror in his clinic in Seoul's affluent southern district of Gangnam.

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2021-06-23 13:56

Delivery workers continue strike [PHOTOS]

Delivery workers continue strike [PHOTOS]

A pile of unsorted parcels at a logistics center in Songpa District, Seoul, as delivery workers continue their strike for better working conditions, June 16. Workers have demanded that logistics companies hire additional employees to sort parcels, which they say is the main cause of existing employees' overwork. The government offered them a deal to reduce their work to 60 ho...

2021-06-16 15:12

Moon at the G7 summit in the UK [PHOTOS]

Moon at the G7 summit in the UK [PHOTOS]

Front row from left, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, France's President Emmanuel Macron, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, South Korea's President Moon Jae-in, U.S. President Joe Biden; from left in the second row, Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morr...

2021-06-13 15:31

G7 calls for 'complete' denuclearization of Korean Peninsula

G7's rivalry with China complicates Korea's balancing act

Moon joins G-7 summit, vows financial support for global vaccine supply

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