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Flames and black smoke from a fire that broke out at a logistics center in Icheon, Gyeonggi, are pictured on May 13. [YONHAP]

178 evacuated after fire breaks out at Icheon logistics center

A fire at a logistics center in Incheon prompted a Level 2 response. No injuries had been reported as of 2 p.m.

2025.5.13

Police officers put on protective gear ahead of the Constitutional Court's announcement of its verdict on now former President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment on Apr 4. [YONHAP]

Police rescind highest-level emergency alert after 18 hours

Police rescinded the highest-level emergency alert, which had been issued nationwide, on Friday evening as the Constitutional Court's ruled to uphold the impeachment motion against now-former President Yoon Suk Yeol earlier the same day.

2025.4.4

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Festivalgoers at The Beautiful Mint Life 2021 music festival watch performances on picnic mats Saturday at Olympic Park in southern Seoul. The Beautiful Mint Life 2021 is Korea's first large-scale outdoor music festival to be held in a year and eight months since the Covid-19 pandemic broke out early last year. All visitors must use a self-testing kit to help ensure they do not have the virus. [NEWS1]

Only a few days left until social restrictions are lightened

Starting July 1, the Seoul metropolitan area will allow private meetings of up to six people and restaurants and bars to stay open until midnight.

2021.6.27

A pedestrian passes a restaurant decorated with Christmas ornaments in the neighborhood of Hongik University in Mapo District, western Seoul, on Monday. As the Level 2.5 social distancing measures are imposed in the capital area, shopkeepers worry that year-end revenues will vanish. [YONHAP]

Gov't desperate to avoid Level 3 measures

Over 50 people linked to a hospital for the elderly in Ulsan were diagnosed with the coronavirus Monday as daily infections exceeded 600 for the second day in a row.

2020.12.7

An employee at a restaurant in Myeong-dong, central Seoul, prepares to shut down before 9 p.m. on Saturday as Seoul’s city government applied stricter social distancing measures from Saturday. Health authorities Sunday announced that the social distancing level for the Seoul metropolitan area would be raised to Level 2.5 as daily coronavirus cases surpassed 600 for the second time in nine months. [NEWS1]

Seoul's social distancing goes to Level 2.5 on Tuesday

Health authorities Sunday announced that the social distancing level for the Seoul metropolitan area will be raised by another notch to Level 2.5, while the rest of the nation's will also be elevated to Level 2.

2020.12.6

A restaurant in a shopping mall in Yeongdeungpo District, western Seoul, sits empty Sunday as central health authorities announced the social distancing level of the greater Seoul area would be raised to Level 2.5. [YONHAP]

Greater Seoul going to Level 2.5 restrictions soon

Health authorities Sunday announced that the social distancing level for the Seoul metropolitan area would soon be raised by another notch to Level 2.5, as daily coronavirus cases surpassed 600 for the second time in nine months.

2020.12.6

Empty Chairs at Empty Table

Seats are stacked up on the tables at a cafe in Seo District in Gwangju on Thursday to prevent people from sitting inside after the city government decided to raise the social distancing level in the region to Level 2 until Dec. 6

2020.12.3

People line up at a Covid-19 testing site in Dongjak District, southern Seoul, Thursday. [YONHAP]

Daily cases hit 583 and aren't declining soon

Korea registered 583 new Covid-19 cases Wednesday, the largest daily increase in nearly nine months, as health authorities warned the disease was spreading far and fast.

2020.11.26

Starting Tuesday, buses are running at 80 percent of their normal frequencies after 10 p.m., as part of the Seoul city government's social distancing measures. Subways in the city will also reduce frequencies by 20 percent after 10 p.m., starting Friday. A sign is placed at a bus stop in central Seoul notifying the public of the reduction of buses. Level 2 social distancing recommendation is in place in the greater Seoul area starting Tuesday. [NEWS1]

Barflies, dancing queens face dull nights with Level 2

People flocked to bars and nightclubs in Seoul Monday night, knowing many would be shut as the government ratcheted up the social distancing recommendation to Level 2. Health authorities deemed bars and nightclubs that allow dancing in Seoul...

2020.11.24

No time to rally (KOR)

After the government upgraded social distancing to Level 2 in the greater Seoul area from Tuesday, the city has enforced a ban on gatherings of more than 10 citizens. The city government took the step to prevent a third wave of...

2020.11.23