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Following Korea’s first confirmed case of a newly discovered coronavirus Monday, a sign warning of the symptoms of the virus is posted at an entrance to the Incheon Medical Center ER ward. [YONHAP]Korean health authorities on Monday confirmed the country’s first case of the mysterious SARS-like coronavirus, stoking fears of an outbreak across Asia. In a press conference, Jung Eun-kyeong, director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC), said a Chinese woman who entered Korea on a flight from Wuhan, China, on Sunday tested positive at Incheon International Airport for a coronavirus infection and was placed under quarantine. With the discovery of this first case, Korea will be raising its infectious disease alert level from blue to yellow, while launching monitoring teams across the country.The woman, aged 35, is a resident of Wuhan who said she visited a local hospital in the city after developing a fever, muscle pains and chills on Saturday. The … [Read more...] about China’s new virus reaches Korea

Song Cheol-hoProsecutors Monday summoned Ulsan Mayor Song Cheol-ho on allegations he conspired with the Blue House to win the 2018 Ulsan mayoral race.Song, 71, arrived at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office in Seocho District, southern Seoul, at around 10 a.m. as a suspect, marking the first time he’s ever been summoned in the months-long probe of alleged election meddling. Prosecutors believe aides to President Moon Jae-in helped Song and his campaign team to win the election in June 2018 by pressuring police to investigate Song’s rival, former Ulsan Mayor Kim Gi-hyeon, on possible corruption just three months before the race in order to sway public opinion. Song, at the time, was backed by the ruling Democratic Party, while Kim was supported by the main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP).A month before the election, police referred the case to the prosecution, but prosecutors in March 2019 cleared Kim of any wrongdoing - and criticized the police for … [Read more...] about Ulsan mayor summoned in probe

Queen performs at the Gocheok Sky Dome, western Seoul, on Sunday. From left are lead vocalist Adam Lambert, drummer Roger Taylor and guitarist Brian May. [HYUNDAI CARD]When Freddie Mercury tells Mary Austin that he is gay against the bittersweet notes of “Love Of My Life,” when all members of Queen spent their summer completing their outrageously spectacular “Bohemian Rhapsody” and when the audience truly became one with the band stomping their feet along to “We Will Rock You,” it all resonated with the hearts of audience members of the movie “Bohemian Rhapsody” last year. And before the eyes and ears of 23,000 audience members on Saturday and Sunday at the Gocheok Sky Dome stadium, western Seoul, those songs once again resonated and came alive at the “Super Concert 25 QUEEN.”Because I was born in a generation where the beats of first-generation K-pop dance tracks were the thing, Queen’s music had only been played on … [Read more...] about [REVIEW] Don’t stop Queen now!: Band kept promise to ‘rock you’ and turned Seoul audience ‘ga ga’

“The sport administrators at the Big Bash League at Cricket Australia should really take a cold shower and have a long look at themselves, because they’re about to ruin One Day Internationals and the Big Bash League.” … [Read more...] about Big Bash League attendance steadily dropping since 2018 extension

“The buyers really loved the size of the land that had a lot of shedding, real commercial grade shedding and the lake frontage, which was a really unique aspect of that part of Dog Rocks estate,” he said. … [Read more...] about Family secures Batesford property with lake frontage and waterslide