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Seoul raises virus alert level to "highest" @ 2020-02-24T04: Back Hot News
Keyword:South Korea
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MORE THAN 10,000 CHINESE STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN TO SOUTH KOREA IN THE COMING WEEK AFTER WINTER VACATIONS, AS THEIR SOUTH KOREAN UNIVERSITIES ARE SCHEDULED TO REOPEN IN EARLY MARCH. THAT HAS RAISED FEARS AMONG SOME SOUTH KOREANS.
PRESIDENT MOON JAE-IN HAS VOWED TO TAKE "UNPRECEDENTED, POWERFUL" MEASURES FOLLOWING THE DISCOVERY OF 169 NEW CASES AND THREE MORE DEATHS. SOUTH KOREA NOW HAS THE LARGEST NUMBER OF CASES OUTSIDE OF CHINA AT 602.
KOREA"S CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION SAID OF THE 123 NEW CASES REPORTED SUNDAY, 113 WERE IN THE FOURTH-LARGEST CITY, DAEGU, AND SURROUNDING AREAS. SOUTH KOREA NOW HAS 556 REPORTED CORONAVIRUS CASES.
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA -- SOUTH KOREA HAS RAISED THE ALERT LEVEL FOR THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS TO 「HIGHEST」 ON SUNDAY AS CONFIRMED CASES CONTINUE TO RISE AT AN ALARMING RATE.
KUHN: WELL, THE EPICENTER OF THE OUTBREAK IS NOW DAEGU, WHICH IS SOUTH KOREA"S FOURTH-LARGEST CITY. THE STREETS THERE ARE PRETTY MUCH DESERTED. THE GOVERNMENT HAS TOLD 2.5 MILLION RESIDENTS THERE TO STAY AT HOME, AND THEY"RE DOING IT. MEANWHILE, DAEGU"S HOSPITALS ARE HARD-PRESSED FOR MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, DOCTORS AND DRUGS. AND SO THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT IS SENDING THEM. THEN THERE"S A COUNTY HOSPITAL OUTSIDE DAEGU, WHICH HAS ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE COUNTRY"S CASES. AND SOUTH KOREA SAW ITS THIRD FATALITY FROM THE VIRUS TODAY, WHICH HAS CONTINUED TO SPREAD TO OTHER CITIES AND PROVINCES. AND IT"S ABOUT THE FOURTH DAY IN A ROW THAT CASES HAVE DOUBLED. AND THAT HAS PEOPLE HERE VERY JITTERY.
"TODAY SOUTH KOREA BEARS NO MORE THAN ONE-THIRD OF THE COSTS MOST DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE STATIONING OF U.S. FORCES ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA. AS THESE COSTS RISE, SOUTH KOREA"S SHARE IS SHRINKING. MOREOVER, THESE NARROWLY DEFINED COSTS ARE ONLY ONE PART OF THE PICTURE. AMERICA"S CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOUTH KOREA"S DEFENSE IN THIS HIGHLY TECHNOLOGICAL AGE—INCLUDING SOME ADVANCED CAPABILITIES SEOUL STILL NEEDS TO ACQUIRE—FAR EXCEED THE COST OF U.S. "BOOTS ON THE GROUND" AND CONSTITUTE A FAR LARGER BURDEN FOR THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER THAN MEETS THE EYE," THEY WROTE.
WITH CORONAVIRUS CASES SOARING, THE GOVERNMENT IN SOUTH KOREA SAID ON FRIDAY THAT IT HAD FAILED TO KEEP THE VIRUS OUT OF THE COUNTRY AND MUST NOW FOCUS ON CONTAINMENT.
SEOUL - SINCE LAST THURSDAY (FEB 20), SINGAPOREAN THEA MARTIN HAS BEEN HOLED UP AT HOME WITH HER HUSBAND AND TWO-YEAR-OLD SON IN SOUTH KOREA"S SOUTH-EASTERN CITY OF DAEGU, COOKING THEIR OWN MEALS AND KEEPING UPDATED ON THE LATEST NEWS ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK.
EVERY MONTH, AROUND 5,000 SOUTH KOREANS VISIT ISRAEL. THE WELFARE OF KOREAN NATIONALS STILL IN ISRAEL WAS A MAJOR POINT RAISED DURING THE CALL HELD BETWEEN SEOUL AND THE ISRAELI DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION. SOUTH KOREA RAISED CONCERNS REGARDING THE TIGHT CONTROLS ISRAELI AUTHORITIES ARE ENACTING ON KOREANS HERE, INCLUDING STRICT REGULATIONS REGARDING ACCOMMODATION.
COVID-19 (NOVEL CORONAVIRUS) IS BEING SPREAD QUICKLY IN SOUTH KOREA. IN LIGHT OF GOVERNMENT ADVICE TO AVOID HOLDING EVENTS AT WHICH LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE GATHER, MORE EVENTS IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY HAVE BEEN CANCELLED, POSTPONED, OR CHANGED. AS OF FEBRUARY 23 AT 5:30 P.M. KST, THERE ARE 602 CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN SOUTH KOREA.
NOW NEWS COMING OUT OF SOUTH KOREA TELLS US THAT SAMSUNG HAS SHUT DOWN A SMARTPHONE PLANT IN GUMI AFTER AN EMPLOYEE GOT INFECTED WITH CORONAVIRUS.
ALTHOUGH HUNDREDS OF CORONAVIRUS CASES WERE REPORTED IN SOUTH KOREA, ISRAEL'S HEALTH MINISTRY DIDN'T BAR ENTRY TO KOREAN NATIONALS TO ISRAEL, NOR DID IT INSTRUCT ISRAELIS RETURNING FROM SOUTH KOREA TO BE PLACED IN ISOLATION AT HOME. THE KOREAN PRIME MINISTER HAS DEFINED THE SPEARED OF CORONAVIRUS IN THE COUNTRY AS A "STATE OF EMERGENCY."
CONSUMERS IN SOUTH KOREA ARE INCREASINGLY TURNING TO CONTACTLESS SERVICES AS INFECTION CASES FROM NO RELEVANCE TO CHINA SURGES IN THE COUNTRY AND CAUSES PANIC ABOUT THE DANGER OF THE MYSTERIOUS NEW EPIDEMIC.
A SOUTH KOREAN AIRLINER THAT LANDED AT BEN GURION AIRPORT SATURDAY EVENING WAS SENT BACK TO SEOUL WITH ITS PASSENGERS, AFTER THE 12 ISRAELIS ON BOARD WERE EVACUATED AND QUARANTINED. SOUTH KOREA REGISTERED A STRONG PROTEST WITH THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT OVER THE INCIDENT.
GILBERT ASKS: MANOHLA, I』VE SEEN 「PARASITE」 AND SEVERAL OTHER BONG JOON HO MOVIES. BUT I WANT TO DIG DEEPER INTO SOUTH KOREAN CINEMA. A LITTLE HELP?
THE UAE EMBASSY IN SEOUL HAS ISSUED AN ADVISORY FOLLOWING THE SUDDEN OUTBREAK OF THE COVID-19 VIRUS IN VARIOUS CITIES AROUND SOUTH KOREA.
JAPAN AIRLINES (JAL) HAS REDUCED FLIGHTS TO HONG KONG AS WELL AS AS TAIWAN, AND SUSPENDED ITS SOUTH KOREAN ROUTES DUE TO THE RECENT CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) OUTBREAK THAT ORIGINATED IN MAINLAND CHINA.

 

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