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South Korea begins to restrict operations of restaurants, bakeries, and franchise coffee chains in the Seoul Capital Area in an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19. Restaurants and bakeries can operate dine-in services until 9 p.m., and only takeaway and delivery will be permitted from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.. For franchise coffee chains, only takeout or delivery will be permitted regardless of operating hours. These restrictions will exist until September 7.
2020-08-30

South Korean health authorities announce that they are searching for around 50 foreign nationals who may have been in contact with the recently confirmed MERS patient, including those who arrived in Incheon Airport from Dubai on the same flight last Friday.
2018-09-11

A South Korean man is diagnosed with the potentially deadly MERS virus and is being treated at a hospital in Seoul, the first such case in three years.
2018-09-8

An interim report by South Korean prosecutors implicates President Park Geun-hye in a political scandal involving her close friend Choi Soon-sil. Three people have been indicted in relation to the scandal. President Park cannot be indicted due to a constitutional provision preventing a sitting President being indicted except for treason or insurrection.
2016-11-20

South Korea announces an end to the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) outbreak that has killed 36 people since May 2015. The virus infected 186 people, with nearly 17,000 people confined to their homes and thousands of schools temporarily closing at the peak of the largest MERS outbreak outside Saudi Arabia, where it first appeared in 2012.
2015-12-23

South Korea reports three more deaths from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome bringing the death toll to 19 with 154 people diagnosed with the disease.
2015-06-16

Health officials in the United States are advising doctors to be on the lookout for MERS following an outbreak in South Korea.
2015-06-11

Four people have now died of MERS in South Korea with five new cases reported. [http:--www.bangkokpost.com-news-asia-583563-fourth-korean-dies-in-mers-outbreak (AFP via "Bangkok Post")]date=August 2019
2015-06-5

South Korea confirms its third case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome.
2015-05-21

The stern of the South Korean warship which exploded on Friday with 46 crewmen still missing is located and the military is expected to attempt a dive.
2010-03-29