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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.
JI-YEON JOINED THE CHURCH TWO YEARS AGO, WHEN SHE FIRST CAME TO SEOUL FROM GEOCHANG, SOUTH KYUNGSANG PROVINCE, AN HOUR』S DRIVE FROM DAEGU, THE EPICENTRE OF THE SOUTH KOREA OUTBREAK. FEELING LOST IN THE BIG CITY, SHE SAYS, A COLLEAGUE』S INVITATION TO JOIN A FREE ACUPUNCTURE CLASS CAME AS A PLEASANT SURPRISE.
​SOUTH KOREANS』 ANGER SPIKED THIS WEEK WHEN THEY LEARNED THAT SOME CHINESE CITIES HAD BEGUN QUARANTINING SOUTH KOREAN VISITORS​ UPON LANDING AT THEIR AIRPORTS, WHILE SOUTH KOREA HAD NOT
EARLIER FRIDAY, THE KOREA CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION REPORTED THAT THE COUNTRY HAS MORE THAN 2,000 CONFIRMED CASES FROM THE NEW CORONAVIRUS, WHICH HAS SO FAR KILLED 13 PEOPLE IN SOUTH KOREA.
VIETNAM SUSPENDED VISA-FREE ENTRY FOR SOUTH KOREAN, ITS EMBASSY IN HANOI SAID, AND TRAVELERS FROM SOUTH KOREA WILL HAVE TO QUARANTINE THEMSELVES UPON ENTRY.
JAPAN, SOUTH KOREAN AND AUSTRALIAN MARKETS DIVED. JAPAN'S NIKKEI 225 DROPPED 3.67% WHILE THE TOPIX INDEX FELL 3.65%. SOUTH KOREA'S KOSPI WAS DOWN 3.3%, WHILE THE S&P/ASX 200 IN AUSTRALIA PLUNGED 3.25%. — WEIZHEN TAN, EUSTANCE HUANG
「IT SEEMS TO ME THAT TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ARE THE WAY TO GO,」 SAYS BRENDAN AHERN, CIO OF KRANESHARES IN NEW YORK, A CHINA-FOCUSED INVESTMENT FIRM. 「WE NEED TO RESTRICT FLIGHTS HERE FROM SOUTH KOREA AND ITALY. TAIWAN WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO STOP FLIGHTS TO CHINA. THEY WERE REAMED FOR IT BY BEIJING, BUT THEY HAVE VERY FEW CASES BECAUSE OF IT. YOU STILL HAD FLIGHTS GOING FROM ITALY AND SOUTH KOREA TO CHINA UNTIL VERY RECENTLY,」 AHERN SAID IN A CONFERENCE CALL TODAY.
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - THE U.S. MILITARY IN SOUTH KOREA, WHOSE MOTTO IS 「READY TO FIGHT TONIGHT,」 HAS BEEN FORCED INTO BATTLES ON TWO NONTRADITIONAL FRONTS: A HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS VIRUS THAT IS SPREADING RAPIDLY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, AND THE LOOMING THREAT THAT THOUSANDS OF SOUTH KOREAN WORKERS ON U.S. BASES COULD SOON BE FURLOUGHED BECAUSE OF A COST-SHARING DISPUTE WITH SEOUL.
THAT CALL CAME HOURS AFTER THE FIRST US SOLDIER TESTED POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS — AND THAT SOLDIER JUST SO HAPPENED TO BE STATIONED IN SOUTH KOREA. ABOUT 25 MEMBERS OF SOUTH KOREA』S ARMED FORCES HAVE ALSO CONTRACTED THE DISEASE, PART OF THE NEARLY 1,800 INFECTED IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY.
INDONESIA HAS TEMPORARILY SHUT DOWN ITS MISSION IN SOUTH KOREA DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK IN THE COUNTRY, LOCAL MEDIA REPORTED ON FRIDAY.
THE NUMBER OF ARRIVALS OF NORTH KOREAN ESCAPEES IN SOUTH KOREA IS MAINLY AFFECTED BY SECURITY CONTROLS ON THE CHINA-NORTH KOREAN BORDER, ARRESTS AND FORCED REPATRIATIONS IN THE PROCESS OF PASSING THROUGH CHINA AND SOME SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES, THE DPRK GOVERNMENT』S PUNISHMENT OF DEFECTORS, AND LAST BUT DEFINITELY NOT LEAST THE FINANCIAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ESCAPING ONE OF THE MOST CLOSED-OFF COUNTRIES ON EARTH.

 

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