Seoul, Jan 12 (IANS) Second Vice Foreign Minister of South Korea Choi Jong-moon tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday, leading to 16 Cabinet members taking virus tests and cancelling their schedules as they attended the same Cabinet meeting with Choi the previous day.
Choi attended Tuesday’s meeting on behalf of Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong. The 16 other Cabinet members also in attendance included Interior Minister Jeon Hae-cheol, Defence Minister Suh Wook, Unification Minister Lee In-young, Land Minister Noh Hyeong-ouk and Culture Minister Hwang Hee, Yonhap news agency reported.
Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum, meanwhile, did not take a virus test as he attended the Cabinet meeting via video conference from the central city of Sejong.
–IANS
int/sks/bg
[ad_1] Nørresundby, 26 April 2024Announcement no. 23/2024 The Board of Directors of RTX has, cf. company announcement no. 20/2023 dated…
[ad_1] Gyroscope Global Market Report 2024 – Market Size, Trends, And Global Forecast 2024-2033 The Business Research Company's Gyroscope Global…
[ad_1] ODISHA, India, and LOS ANGELES, Calif., April 25, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — In the 1880s, to call attention to…
In support of Hong Kong's new mega tourism and commerce drive, Alipay+ now enables users of 14 leading overseas mobile…
[ad_2] TOKYO, April 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- KLab Inc. announced that its hit 3D action game Bleach: Brave Souls has…
[ad_1] CALGARY, Alberta, April 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Board of Directors of TransAlta Corporation (TSX: TA) (NYSE: TAC)…