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​In Coronavirus Crisis, Korean City Tries Openness, a Contrast to China @ 2020-02-25T20: 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.
THE UNITED STATES FORCES KOREA SAYS A 61-YEAR-OLD U.S. MILITARY DEPENDENT LIVING IN DAEGU TESTED POSITIVE, THE FIRST INFECTION AMONG INDIVIDUALS RELATED TO U.S. TROOPS IN SOUTH KOREA. SOUTH KOREAN AND U.S. MILITARY HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WERE TRACING HER POSSIBLE CONTACTS.
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.
HONG KONG WILL CLOSE ITS DOORS TUESDAY TO ALL ARRIVALS FROM SOUTH KOREA EXCEPT RETURNING CITY RESIDENTS IN RESPONSE TO THE GROWING CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK, THE TERRITORY’S SECURITY CHIEF SAID.
SIX COUNTRIES HAVE BANNED SOUTH KOREAN VISITORS FROM ENTERING AS OF MONDAY, WITH ANOTHER NINE COUNTRIES AND REGIONS IMPOSING QUARANTINES OR OTHER RESTRICTIONS. THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT BLOCKED FOREIGN PASSENGERS ON A KOREAN AIR FLIGHT FROM DISEMBARKING AT TEL AVIV ON SATURDAY. ISRAEL IS ARRANGING FOR CHARTERED FLIGHTS TO SEND STRANDED SOUTH KOREANS HOME.
BECOME AN FT SUBSCRIBER TO READ: SOUTH KOREA PLACES MORE THAN 7,000 SOLDIERS IN QUARANTINE
EARLIER ON TUESDAY, SOUTH KOREA REPORTED 84 NEW INFECTIONS FOR A TOTAL TALLY OF 977, MAKING IT THE COUNTRY WITH MOST CASES OUTSIDE OF CHINA. SPANISH POLICE ISOLATED 1,000 PEOPLE AT A HOLIDAY RESORT AFTER A TOURIST INITIALLY TESTED POSITIVE.
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.
IN A PRESS RELEASE ON MONDAY, U.S. FORCES KOREA ANNOUNCED THAT IT HAD BEEN INFORMED BY SOUTH KOREA"S CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION THAT A MILITARY DEPENDENT LIVING IN DAEGU HAD TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19. IT MARKS THE FIRST TIME A U.S. FORCES KOREA-RELATED INDIVIDUAL TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS, THE RELEASE SAID.
WEIHAI, HOME TO A SIZEABLE KOREAN EXPATRIATE COMMUNITY, IS NEAR THE EASTERN TIP OF THE SHANDONG PENINSULA ACROSS THE YELLOW SEA FROM SOUTH KOREA. THE RULES APPLY BOTH TO CHINESE AND FOREIGN NATIONALS ARRIVING IN THE CITY.
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.
"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.

 

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