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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.
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FOR SOUTH KOREA"S PUBLIC, THE ACTIONS BY THE HOSPITAL OVERSEERS TOUCH ON DIFFICULT ISSUES OF ETHICS AND EFFICACY AS THE COUNTRY STRUGGLES TO COPE WITH THE GROWING HEALTH CRISIS. SOUTH KOREAN OFFICIALS HAVE VOWED NOT TO FOLLOW CHINA AND IMPOSE SWEEPING CITYWIDE LOCKDOWNS.
MEANWHILE SOUTH KOREA, WHICH HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF CASES OUTSIDE CHINA, MOBILISED THE ARMY ON SATURDAY.
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — THE SUNLIGHT PEEKS INTO KIM SSANG-SEOK』S HOME FOR JUST HALF AN HOUR A DAY. WHEN HE OPENS HIS ONLY WINDOW AND LOOKS UP, HE SEES THE WHEELS OF PASSING CARS. MR. KIM DRIES HIS CLOTHES ​AND SHOES ​IN THE SUNLESS INSIDE BECAUSE OF THIEVES OUTSIDE. HE WAGES A CONSTANT BATTLE AGAINST COCKROACHES AND THE SEWER SMELL EMANATING FROM THE LOW-CEILINGED, MUSTY SPACE THAT IS HIS TOILET AND LAUNDRY ROOM.
"WE ARE GOING TO INCREASE, TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL ADVISORY — WHICH IS LEVEL 4 — ADVISING AMERICANS: DO NOT TRAVEL TO SPECIFIC REGIONS IN ITALY AND SOUTH KOREA," HE ADDED. "WE ARE URGING AMERICANS TO NOT TRAVEL TO THE AREAS IN ITALY AND THE AREAS IN SOUTH KOREA THAT ARE MOST AFFECTED BY THE CORONAVIRUS."
WITH MANY OTHER SOUTH KOREAN COMPANIES, INCLUDING LG ELECTRONICS AND LOTTE GROUP, ALSO OPERATING IN VIETNAM, THE COUNTRY IS HOME TO THE LARGEST POPULATION OF SOUTH KOREANS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA -- ROUGHLY 200,000. THEY ALSO WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE QUARANTINE UPON RE-ENTRY FROM SOUTH KOREA.
DESPITE THE SOUTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT』S REQUEST TO REFRAIN FROM ENTRY BANS, THE NUMBER OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES APPLYING RESTRICTIONS AND STRENGTHENED QUARANTINE MEASURES ON SOUTH KOREAN VISITORS IS ON THE RISE.
WASHINGTON - THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IS CONSIDERING IMPOSING NEW RESTRICTIONS ON TRAVELERS FROM JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA, WHO ARE SEEING A SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS IN THEIR COUNTRIES, CNN REPORTED FRIDAY, CITING PEOPLE FAMILIAR WITH THE MATTER.
AIRLINES HAVE CALLED OFF A FEW FLIGHTS TO AND FROM SOUTH KOREA OVER THE CORONAVIRUS TRAVEL BAN. (FILE PHOTO)
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.
(CNN)THE US AND SOUTH KOREAN MILITARIES ANNOUNCED THURSDAY THAT THEY WILL POSTPONE A COMMAND POST TRAINING EXERCISE DUE TO GROWING CONCERNS ABOUT THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS IN SOUTH KOREA, WHICH HAS INFECTED 25 MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH KOREAN MILITARY AND ONE US SERVICEMEMBER.
SEOUL (REUTERS) - LG DISPLAY HAS SUSPENDED WORK AT ITS DISPLAY MODULE FACTORY IN THE SOUTH KOREAN CITY OF GUMI AFTER A CORONAVIRUS CASE WAS CONFIRMED, THE COMPANY SAID.
「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.
ON FEB. 28, THE LITECOIN FOUNDATION ANNOUNCED A PARTNERSHIP WITH MECONCASH TO ROLL-OUT LITECOIN (LTC) TO KOREAN WON WITHDRAWALS AND REMITTANCES FROM 13,000 ATMS IN SOUTH KOREA.
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.
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

 

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