▪ S. Korea reports 1,050 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday
▪ More transmissible UK-linked variant spreading fast outside Europe; U.S. reporting its first case
▪ Novavax tests vaccine against new U.K. variant of COVID-19 virus
▪ Biden criticizes Trump for falling behind on COVID-19 vaccine rollout
▪ EU places additional order to buy extra 100 mil. doses of Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine
▪ S. Korea’s overall industrial output up 0.7%, consumption falls 0.9% in November
▪ N. Korea to hold 8th Workers’ Party Congress in early January: KCNA
▪ COVID-19 pandemic opens up new era of non-contact services
▪ French fashion designer Pierre Cardin dies at 98
▪ Nationwide cold snap, snow in west
* 2020-12-30, 10:00 (KST)