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South Korea announces 74 new cases of the Omicron BA.2 variant

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South Korean health officials confirmed today that the country recorded a new high of exactly seventy-four additional cases attributed specifically to Omicron BA.2 within just twenty-three days, pushing total infections past one million people nationwide since January first this year alone according to data released by Seoul Metropolitan Government and Gyeonggi Province authorities earlier in March morning hours across multiple news outlets including News SBS Korea Naver Seongnam Donga Yna Segye while officials emphasized that despite these alarming daily figures citizens should not panic...

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    The South Korean government has announced a plan to increase the number of civil servants by approximately one million people.
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    This expansion is intended for both new recruits and existing staff who will be promoted or reassigned into additional roles, with some positions being created specifically in rural areas.
[Mar 23] Government announces the plan to increase civil servants by about one million people through recruitment and internal promotion/reassignment (including new posts for countryside).

— News.sbs.co.kr

— Yna.co.kr