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Novel coronavirus cases top 80,000 as markets plunge on pandemic fears @ 2020-02-25T16: Back Hot News
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SPRAYING DISINFECTANT ON SUNDAY AT A MARKET IN DAEGU, THE SOUTHEASTERN CITY WHERE MANY OF SOUTH KOREA』S CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED.
DELTA AIR LINES TRAVELERS WHO BOOKED TICKETS TO THE SOUTH KOREAN CAPITAL OF SEOUL THROUGH APRIL 30 CAN CHANGE FLIGHTS UNTIL MAY 31 OR CANCEL THEIR TRIPS WITHOUT PAYING A FEE, THE AIRLINE SAID ON ITS WEBSITE. AMERICAN AIRLINES CUSTOMERS BOOKED TO SEOUL THROUGH APRIL 24 CAN CHANGE THEIR FLIGHTS WITHOUT PAYING A DATE-CHANGE FEE, OR THEY CAN CANCEL THE TRIP ALTOGETHER. THOSE TRAVELERS CAN ALSO CHANGE THE ORIGIN OR DESTINATION OF THEIR TRIPS TO THE JAPANESE CAPITAL OF TOKYO, AND TAKE ANOTHER PLANE TO OR FROM SOUTH KOREA.
WASHINGTON - THE NUMBER OF CORONAVIRUS CASES IN SOUTH KOREA SKYROCKETED TO 833 ON MONDAY, A ROUGHLY 27-FOLD INCREASE IN JUST SIX DAYS. SOUTH KOREA NOW HAS THE SECOND-HIGHEST NUMBER OF CASES AFTER CHINA.
SEOUL (REUTERS) - SOUTH KOREA REPORTED 60 NEW CASES OF THE CORONAVIRUS, INCREASING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INFECTED PATIENTS IN THE COUNTRY TO 893, THE KOREA CENTRES FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (KCDC) SAID ON TUESDAY.
WHILE MOST CASES IN SOUTH KOREA ARE CONCENTRATED IN THE SOUTHEASTERN CITY OF DAEGU, 150 MILES FROM THE CAPITAL SEOUL, SUNDAY ALSO BROUGHT THE TROUBLING NEWS THAT CASES HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED IN GWANGJU, A CITY IN THE SOUTHWEST, AND THE ISLAND OF JEJU OFF THE SOUTH COAST, RAISING FEARS OF A BROADER SPREAD OF THE VIRUS.
BECOME AN FT SUBSCRIBER TO READ: SOUTH KOREA PLACES MORE THAN 7,000 SOLDIERS IN QUARANTINE
PEOPLE LISTEN TO DETAILS SURROUNDING U.S. FORCES KOREA RAISING THE RISK LEVEL TO HIGH FOR USFK DURING A MEETING AT THE FOUR CHAPLAINS MEMORIAL CHAPEL, CAMP HUMPHREYS, SOUTH KOREA, MONDAY, FEB. 24, 2020.
ABOUT 200 NORTH KOREAN DEFECTORS RECENTLY MET IN SEOUL. THEY SANG SONGS ABOUT THE FUTURE UNIFICATION OF NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA. THEY ARE TRYING TO FORM THE FIRST SOUTH KOREAN POLITICAL PARTY MADE UP COMPLETELY OF NORTH KOREAN DEFECTORS.
STOCKS IN SOUTH KOREA SOLD OFF MONDAY, WITH THE BENCHMARK KOSPI FALLING MORE THAN 3% AND THE KOSDAQ OFF BY MORE THAN 4%. THE KOREAN WON WEAKENED AGAINST THE DOLLAR. THE DOLLAR-WON PAIR WAS TRADING UP 0.85% AT 1,217.13 AS OF 5:17 P.M. HK/SIN, RISING FROM LEVELS NEAR 1,180 IN THE PREVIOUS WEEK. INVESTORS WILL BE WATCHING FOR MOVES MADE BY THE BANK OF KOREA, WHICH IS SET TO MEET ON FEB. 27 AND ANNOUNCE ITS RATES DECISION THE DAY AFTER.
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.
IF NOT, JEONG SAID, SOUTH KOREAN CIVILIANS WHO PROVIDE SERVICES TO U.S. FORCES WILL START TO BE FURLOUGHED ON APRIL 1 FOR LACK OF FUNDS. THE COUNTRIES ARE AT AN IMPASSE OVER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S DEMAND THAT THE SOUTH KOREANS CONTRIBUTE MUCH MORE THAN IN THE PAST FOR THE AMERICAN TROOPS STATIONED IN A JOINT DEFENSE AGAINST THREATS FROM NORTH KOREA.

 

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