Starting July 25, international arrivals need to take a polymerase chain reaction test on the day of their entry to the country or by the second day of arrival, at the latest.
Under the mandatory shutdown rules, designated to protect mom-and-pop stores nearby from losing sales, supermarkets have closed twice a month for the last 10 years.
Since early this year, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has also publicly and repeatedly justified his plan for accelerating military and nuclear buildup.
Since late January, PCR tests, considered to be the gold standard, have been offered only to people aged 60 and older.
While Netflix remains on top, second place is likely to change in the second half of the year.
The series of cultural practices which encompass the whole experience of making, wearing and enjoying hanbok is the 154th item listed as a National Intangible Cultural Heritage.
A total of 159 high school students and faculty members tested positive for Covid-19 as of July 21.
Over the past decade, chips have been the nation’s top export item, with their trade volume making up the largest share of total exports at 19.9 percent.
As political parties distance themselves from young politicians they once put on the frontline, it is highlighting the lack of youth political representation in the country.
The successful test flight came less than seven years after Korea Aerospace Industries started developing systems for KF-21 fighter jets in December 2015.