Seoul Weekender

28/07/2021

Am I the only one who's surprised by the fact that they were here since '97? ☕️

Starbucks is officially exiting from the South Korean market by selling all of its $2 billion worth of shares to the local partner E-Mart and Singapore's GIC. According to the KOSPI reports on Tuesday, E-Mart, one of the leading retail brands in the country and a subsidiary of Shinsegae Group, has s...

07/07/2021

700k more Pfizer vaccines in Korea!

South Korea has received 700,000 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine from Israel as part of a swap deal between the two countries. The vaccines have reportedly arrived at Incheon International Airport by flight early Wednesday. The new agreement, which was first announced on Tuesday, will al...

05/07/2021

South Korea's latest COVID-19 guidelines in the greater Seoul area.

South Korea has once again reinforced outdoor mask rules for the vaccinated people in the greater Seoul area as the country recently saw a spike in daily COVID-19 cases. Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters on Sunday announced that, as a part of the "epidemic control measures for...

30/06/2021

The officials in the greater Seoul area have decided to extend the current social distancing measures for at least one more week.

South Korea's new COVID-19 case count on 29th rose to its highest in two months as lifted social distancing rules were set to take effect. Of the nation's 794 new infection count, 375 cases were from Seoul alone. Due to this alarming rate, the officials in Seoul, Gyeonggi-province, and Incheon have....

30/06/2021

Oasis Market (오아시스마켓) introduced the eco-friendly delivery service that barely uses plastic packages such as bubble wraps to deliver their fresh products. And, People Love it!😀

Oasis Market, an early morning delivery service for fresh foods, introduced a "Premium Delivery Service" that minimized the usage of bubble wraps and plastics that are packed inside with the delivered products. Instead of using packaging materials, delivery drivers will carefully deliver the product...

30/06/2021

What do you think about him? 👀

Lee Jun-seok, a 36-year-old Harvard grad, became the leader of South Korea's main opposition party, People Power Party, earlier this month. With that, he also became the country's youngest-ever leader of the biggest conservative party. Despite his relatively young age as a party leader in South Kore...

29/06/2021

Will South Korea Scrap Its Plan To Lift Social Distancing Rules?

South Korea's daily COVID-19 cases remained in the 500s for two consecutive days, just two days before the country will begin to relax its social distancing rules. On Tuesday, 595 cases were reported, a huge increase from Monday's 501 reported cases. This recent trend is even comparable with that of...

24/06/2021

University of Seoul have decided to double the tuition for international undergraduate students. Is This Discrimination?

The University of Seoul held the Tuition Review Committee on Thursday and passed a plan to double the tuition for international undergraduate students and 20% for graduate students. The new measure will be applied starting from the incoming students next year. The tuition for every undergraduate stu...

23/06/2021

New social distancing rules set to take effect starting July 1. What's changing?

South Korea's health minister announced Sunday the new social distancing rules that will be effective starting July 1. Under the new rules, citizens in the greater Seoul area will be allowed to hold private gatherings of up to six people in the greater Seoul area starting July 1. Then, it will be...

23/06/2021

South Korea's Social Distancing Rules Starting July 1. Tag & Share!
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18/06/2021

Kospi this week set a new record on Wednesday with 3,278.68 points. Then, Fed came in.

South Korea’s Kospi this week had recorded all-time high streaks for three consecutive days until Wednesday, ending the market at 3,278.68 points. Then, the US Federal Reserve's new comments came in, which ended the winning streak on Thursday. Yet, Kospi finished the week at 3,267.93 points Frid...

17/06/2021

"[Tattoo] is our basic right that our constitution should protect.”

South Korea might be one step closer to legalizing tattoos. Or at least the matter caught everyone's attention once again.  Assemblymember Ryu Ho-Jeong Wednesday showed up in front of the National Assembly showing her back tattoo, asking her fellow lawmakers to support her Tattoo Industry Act that ...