All posts tagged "MERS"

  • YG Family concert featured its artists Psy, Big Bang and 2NE1 in Taiwan last month. The top Korean entertainment company has been actively advancing into the China market.
    S. Korea to hold K-pop concert to reinvigorate post-MERS tourism

    SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) — A K-pop concert will be held next month to reassure foreigners of their safety from MERS, an infectious disease that has claimed dozens of lives here but is nearing its eradication, the...

    • Posted July 23, 2015
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    S. Korea says MERS virtually over

    SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) — The South Korean government told foreign diplomats here Monday that the MERS outbreak in the nation is effectively over and it’s safe for travel. The Foreign Ministry held another briefing for the...

    • Posted July 20, 2015
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    S. Korea reports no new MERS cases for 12th day

    SEJONG, July 17 (Yonhap) — South Korea reported no additional cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) for the 12th straight day Friday, with no fatalities occurring in a week, the health ministry said. The number of...

    • Posted July 17, 2015
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  • A group of Chinese tourists leaves Incheon airport, west of Seoul, on July 13, 2015, as the group came to South Korea on a familiarization tour program organized by Korean Air Lines Co. South Korean airlines are ramping up efforts to lure Chinese tourists as the spread of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) is recently showing signs of slowing down. (Yonhap)
    Chinese tourists flock to S. Korea as MERS scare dies down

    SEOUL, July 16 (Yonhap) — Hundreds of Chinese toured a bustling shopping district in central Seoul on Thursday, in a sign that foreign tourists are returning to South Korea as the health scare over a respiratory virus...

    • Posted July 16, 2015
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    S. Korea reports no new MERS cases for 11th day

    SEJONG (Yonhap) — South Korea reported no additional cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) for the 11th straight day on Thursday, with no fatalities occurring since Friday as well, the health ministry said. The number of...

    • Posted July 15, 2015
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  • A woman wearing a mask as a precaution against Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) walks in a shopping district in Seoul, South Korea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    S. Korea reports no new MERS cases for 9th day

    SEJONG, July 14 (Yonhap) — The number of people diagnosed with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in South Korea remained unchanged at 186 on Tuesday as the country has seen no new cases for nine straight days,...

    • Posted July 14, 2015
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    S. Korea reports no new MERS cases for 8th day

    SEJONG, July 13 (Yonhap) — The number of people diagnosed with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in South Korea remained unchanged at 186 on Monday as the country has seen no new cases for eight days running,...

    • Posted July 13, 2015
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