T oday, south Korea’s COVID-19 response strategy sits atop three pillars: fast and free testing, expansive tracing technology, and mandatory isolation of the most severe cases. Each pillar was ...

SEOUL, South Korea -- The South Korean government has implemented draconian measures to secure and distribute face masks to the public amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Manufacturers of ...

SEOUL -- South Korea has widely been praised for its relatively successful response to the COVID-19 pandemic, thanks to its rigorous contact tracing, mass testing capacity, and high degree of ...

South Korea is one of the only countries in the world that has brought a major COVID-19 outbreak under control. It's not currently enforcing stay-at-home orders, and most businesses are open.

How South Korea accelerated its coronavirus testing, while early missteps left the U.S. lagging far behind, is a story of flexibility, preparedness and painful lessons from a past fumble.

A new report from the FDA examines South Korea’s successful implementation of a national COVID-19 testing strategy, identifying key findings that might inform future public health emergencies.

More than half of South Korea’s coronavirus cases are linked to Shincheonji members, and more 9,000 members are in quarantine, the government has said.

In South Korea, the rate of testing has been quite high (3,692 tests per million people as of March 8), and its mortality among those infected quite low (about 0.6%, or 66 deaths, at last count).

A Covid-19 patient getting treatment in Daegu, South Korea, on March 2, 2020. Seung-il Ryu/NurPhoto via Getty Images Workers disinfect a public station in Daegu on February 29, 2020.

South Korea President Lee Jae Myung has chosen a former vice finance minister, Koo Yun-cheol, to be his finance minister, his ...

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea President Lee Jae Myung has nominated a former vice finance minister, Koo Yun-cheol, to be ...