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Next 10 days crucial for containment of coronavirus spread—Seoul @ 2020-02-24T12: 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.
BECOME AN FT SUBSCRIBER TO READ: SOUTH KOREA』S PRESIDENT WARNS OF CORONAVIRUS 『WATERSHED』
IT』S NOT THAT COUNTRIES AREN』T TAKING DRASTIC MEASURES TO STOP THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE. ON SATURDAY, ISRAEL DENIED THE ENTRY OF 130 SOUTH KOREANS TO TEL AVIV, AND SENT THEM BACK HOME ON THE SAME FLIGHT (EARLIER, SOUTH KOREA INFORMED ISRAEL THAT A GROUP OF KOREAN TOURISTS HAD TESTED POSITIVE AFTER RETURNING HOME FROM ISRAEL). AND THE UNITED STATES HAS RAISED TRAVEL ADVISORY FOR SOUTH KOREA AND JAPAN FROM LEVEL 1 TO LEVEL 2, WHICH CALLS FOR INCREASED CAUTION BUT NOT A TRAVEL BAN.
THE SOUTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT IS URGENTLY SENDING MEDICAL SUPPORT TO ITS SOUTH, WHERE MUCH OF THOSE INFECTED CAN BE TRACED BACK TO A CHURCH SERVICE.
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.
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LG ELECTRONICS INC. AND OTHER COMPANIES IN SOUTH KOREA ARE TAKING PRECAUTIONS AGAINST THE CORONAVIRUS AFTER A RISING NUMBER OF CASES IN THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING THE INFECTION OF A SAMSUNG EMPLOYEE AT A LOCAL PRODUCTION FACILITY.
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.
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA -- A SURREAL LOVE STORY OF A NORTH KOREAN ARMY OFFICER AND A BILLIONAIRE FROM SEOUL HAS SWEPT UP SOUTH KOREA, BECOMING THE SECOND MOST-WATCHED KOREAN DRAMA (OR "K-DRAMA") TV SHOW IN THE NATION"S CABLE TV HISTORY.
"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.
CAMP WALKER, SOUTH KOREA — U.S. SOLDIERS WEARING FACE MASKS AND GLOVES WIELDED THERMOMETERS INSTEAD OF GUNS AS THE MILITARY FOUGHT TO KEEP A DEADLY VIRUS FROM SPREADING TO THIS BASE IN THE MIDDLE OF SOUTH KOREA』S HARDEST-HIT AREA.
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.
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 (REUTERS) - SOUTH KOREA’S PRESIDENT MOON JAE-IN SAID ON SUNDAY THAT THE GOVERNMENT WILL RAISE THE COUNTRY’S DISEASE ALERT BY ONE NOTCH TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL IN A BID TO CONTAIN A SURGE IN NEW CORNAVIRUS CASES.
SEOUL/SHANGHAI (REUTERS) - INTERNATIONAL CONCERN ABOUT THE SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS OUTSIDE CHINA GREW ON SUNDAY WITH SHARP RISES IN INFECTIONS IN SOUTH KOREA, ITALY AND IRAN.
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.
A FIFTH PERSON HAS DIED IN SOUTH KOREA AS A RESULT OF THE CORONAVIRUS, WITH THE NUMBER OF CASES RISING RAPIDLY, HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE WARNED.
LED BY AN OUTBREAK CLUSTER IN A RELIGIOUS SECT IN THE SOUTHERN CITY OF DAEGU, SOUTH KOREA NOW HAS THE MOST INFECTIONS OUTSIDE OF CHINA APART FROM THE DIAMOND PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP DOCKED IN JAPAN, WHICH HAS SEEN MORE THAN 600.

 

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