S Korea lifts outdoor mask mandate, incoming govt concerned

South Korea said on Friday it will lift an outdoor face mask mandate next week in the country's latest step to ease Covid-19 restrictions, despite opposition from the incoming government which labelled the decision "premature".

Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum said the decision was made as the government could "no longer look away" from the inconveniences experienced by its citizens when the country's virus situation was stabilising.

People are still required to...