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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 TWO SIDES ARE DISCUSSING THE FINAL DETAILS OF THE REDUCED EFFORT. THE COMMAND OVERSEEING US FORCES IN KOREA, ALONG WITH THE SOUTH KOREAN MILITARY, COULD MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT AS SOON AS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT IN THE US, EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING IN SOUTH KOREA, THE OFFICIALS SAID.
ABOUT 28,500 U.S. TROOPS ARE STATIONED IN SOUTH KOREA AS DETERRENCE AGAINST POTENTIAL AGGRESSION FROM NORTH KOREA. UNITED STATES FORCES KOREA PREVIOUSLY SAID A WIDOWED DEPENDENT HAD THE VIRUS, THE FIRST CASE INVOLVING A USFK-RELATED INDIVIDUAL. SOUTH KOREA』S 600,000-MEMBER MILITARY HAS REPORTED 18 CASES AND PLACED THOUSANDS OF SOLDIERS IN QUARANTINE AS A PRECAUTION.
AT LEAST SEVEN COUNTRIES HAVE BANNED ARRIVALS FROM SOUTH KOREA SINCE LAST WEEK AND A DOZEN OTHERS STEPPED UP TRAVEL ADVISORIES OR RESTRICTIONS AS THE NUMBER OF VIRUS INFECTIONS SPIKED IN SOUTH KOREA.
ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT THE VIRUS WAS BROUGHT TO SOUTH KOREA BY SECT MEMBERS RETURNING FROM WUHAN, THE COUNTRY』S CENTRES FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION SAID LAST WEEK THAT IT IS EXAMINING THE TIES BETWEEN BRANCHES OF THE SECT IN SOUTH KOREA AND IN AREAS OF CHINA INCLUDING HUBEI PROVINCE.
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.
SEOUL: SOUTH KOREA』S CORONAVIRUS CASE TOTAL JUMPED WELL INTO FOUR FIGURES WEDNESDAY AS AUTHORITIES REPORTED 169 NEW INFECTIONS, TAKING THE OVERALL TALLY TO 1,146, BY FAR THE LARGEST OUTSIDE CHINA.
GSMARENA TODAY"S NEWS... SAMSUNG DOMINATED SMARTPHONE SALES IN SOUTH KOREA FOR Q4 2019 ..GSMARENA TOMORROW NEWS... SAMSUNG HAD THE WORSE SMARTPHONE SALES IN SOUTH KOREA FOR Q4 2019
MAGEE LIVES WITH HER ACTIVE DUTY HUSBAND AND THEIR 14-YEAR-OLD SON ON CAMP HUMPHREYS, A U.S. ARMY BASE ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTH OF SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA. LARGE OVERSEAS BASES LIKE HUMPHREYS ARE SELF-CONTAINED MINI-AMERICAS, WITH THEIR OWN SCHOOLS, GROCERY STORES, DAYCARE CENTERS, RESTAURANTS, BANKS, CHURCHES, POST OFFICES AND MEDICAL FACILITIES, ALL BEHIND HEAVILY GUARDED ENTRANCE GATES.
MEANWHILE, JAPAN ANNOUNCED THAT IT WILL BAN FOREIGNERS WHO HAVE VISITED DAEGU IN SOUTH KOREA. CNBC REPORTED THAT CRUISE OPERATOR ROYAL CARIBBEAN CANCELLED 30 CRUISES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA.
REPORTS THAT THE SOUTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT, KOREA ENERGY FOUNDATION, AND THE SEOUL METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT WILL OFFER 「3.2 MILLION WON PER HOUSEHOLD TO ENHANCE HEATING SYSTEMS, REPLACE FLOORS, AND INSTALL AIR CONDITIONERS, DEHUMIDIFIERS, VENTILATORS, WINDOWS, AND FIRE ALARMS」 TO 1,500 FAMILIES IN SEMI-BASEMENT APARTMENTS WHO MAKE LESS THAN 60 PERCENT OF THE MEDIAN INCOME. APPLICATIONS FOR FUNDING WILL OPEN UP IN MARCH.
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.
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COINTELEGRAPH REPORTED LAST MONTH THAT SOUTH KOREA’S MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND FINANCE IS CONSIDERING IMPOSING A 20% TAX ON INCOME FROM CRYPTOCURRENCY TRANSACTIONS. IT IS REPORTED THAT A MORE CONCRETE TAX FRAMEWORK FOR CRYPTOCURRENCIES IS ON THE WAY IN SOUTH KOREA. SOUTH KOREA’S PREVIOUS MINISTRY OF STRATEGY AND FINANCE COMMENTED LAST MONTH THAT:
AS THE CORONAVIRUS SPREADS BEYOND CHINA, ITALY AND SOUTH KOREA ARE FOCAL POINTS FOR INVESTORS WORRIED ABOUT THE GROWING SCOPE OF THE OUTBREAK. BARRON』S DUG INTO U.S.-LISTED COMPANIES WITH EXPOSURE TO THOSE TWO COUNTRIES.
"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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