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A notice about Wegovy is seen posted at a pharmacy in Jongno District, central Seoul on Dec. 2, 2024. [YONHAP]

Government to designate Wegovy and Mounjaro as drugs of concern for misuse

The government plans to designate medications like Wegovy and Mounjaro as “drugs of concern for misuse,” citing widespread off-label use for cosmetic weight loss.

2025.10.27

The newly-established Compensation & Support Center for Covid-19 Vaccine Injury created at the National Institute of Health in Cheongju, North Chungcheong [YONHAP]

Center takes charge of vaccine side effect cases

Korea opened a Covid-19 vaccine injury compensation center on Tuesday as access to fourth vaccine doses was widened amid a new wave of the virus.

2022.7.19

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A vial of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine. [KIM SUNG-TAE]

65-year old dies after first Moderna jab

A 65-year-old man died nine days after receiving a Moderna Covid-19 vaccine, and health authorities are investigating any correlation between his death and the vaccine.

2021.8.4

The AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine is prepared for injection. On Monday, Korea confirmed its first case of unusual blood clotting in someone who got the AstraZeneca vaccine. [KIM SEONG-TAE]

Rare blood clotting traced to AstraZeneca shot in Korea

Korea confirmed its first case of an unusual type of blood clotting in a young man who got an AstraZeneca Covid-19 shot.

2021.5.31

Moon orders review of Sputnik V amid concerns of shortage

President Moon Jae-in ordered a review for possible use of Russian Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V as competition over the limited number of Covid-19 jabs heats up around the globe.

2021.4.22

A Blue House petition was posted by the husband of the nursing assistant who was hospitalized with a serious neurological disorder after receiving the AstraZeneca shot, pleading the government to acknowledge the vaccination side effect as an industrial accident and criticizing the government’s long compensation period. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

Husband pleads for gov't assistance for wife's ailment following vaccine

President Moon Jae-in ordered health authorities review a support plan for the 45-year-old nursing assistant who was hospitalized with a serious neurological disorder after receiving the AstraZeneca shot, following an online plea from her husband.

2021.4.21

A notice Monday informs visitors that the Bangi Market in Songpa District, southern Seoul, will accept government emergency disaster relief through Seoul's local currency and the Zero Pay mobile payment system. [YONHAP]

Markets and shops seek their cut of disaster relief funds

With five days left until the central government officially rolls out disaster relief grants to the entire nation, Gyeonggi, the first region on the peninsula to provide such relief to all residents, is grappling with the unintended consequences.

2020.5.7

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side effect

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Government to designate Wegovy and Mounjaro as drugs of concern for misuse

Center takes charge of vaccine side effect cases

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65-year old dies after first Moderna jab

Rare blood clotting traced to AstraZeneca shot in Korea

Moon orders review of Sputnik V amid concerns of shortage

Husband pleads for gov't assistance for wife's ailment following vaccine

Markets and shops seek their cut of disaster relief funds