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Philippines partially lifts ban on Filipino tourists bound for South Korea @ 2020-03-03T20: Back Hot News
Keyword:South Korea to repatriate
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MANILA EARLIER PROHIBITED FILIPINO TOURISTS FROM TRAVELLING TO SOUTH KOREA AS A PRECAUTION AGAINST THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. EXEMPTED FROM THE BAN ARE FILIPINO WORKERS, STUDENTS AND PERMANENT RESIDENTS OF SOUTH KOREA WHO ARE ASKED TO SIGN A WRITTEN STATEMENT THAT THEY KNOW THE HEALTH RISKS. TRAVELLERS FROM NORTH GYEONGSANG, SOUTH KOREA ARE ALSO TEMPORARILY BARRED FROM ENTERING THE COUNTRY.
AL-MUBARAKI SAID THE STUDENTS WERE TRANSFERRED TO A HOTEL NEAR THE EMBASSY IN THE KOREAN CAPITAL, AND THEN REPATRIATED ON BOARD INCHEON AIRPORT IN SEOUL TO ABU DHABI AND FROM THERE TO KING FAHD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN DAMMAM AND KING KHALID INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN RIYADH.
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — A FORMER NORTH KOREAN DIPLOMAT WHO FLED HIS EMBASSY POSTING HAS BECOME THE FIRST DEFECTOR TO RUN FOR SOUTH KOREA』S PARLIAMENT, SAYING ON WEDNESDAY THAT HE WAS MOTIVATED BY SEOUL』S FORCED REPATRIATION OF TWO NORTH KOREAN FISHERMEN WHO WANTED TO DEFECT TO THE SOUTH.
"EVEN BEFORE FEB. 19, WE WILL GO ON WITH PLANS TO BRING BACK OUR NATIONALS WHO TEST NEGATIVE AND WANT TO COME TO SOUTH KOREA," HEALTH MINISTER PARK NEUNG-HOO SAID IN A BRIEFING. "WE WILL FIRST CHECK THEIR INTENTION AND COOPERATE WITH THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT."
「IF EVER, IF AND WHEN WE WILL BE BRINGING THEM HOME FROM MACAU AND SOUTH KOREA. HINDI PO GANITONG SITWASYON ANG PINANGGAGALINGAN NILA. KAYA PO NGAYON KAPAG DUMATING SILA DITO KUNG SAKA-SAKALI WE WILL JUST CONSIDER THEM AS PERSONS UNDER MONITORING AND THEN HOME-BASED QUARANTINE BUT THESE WOULD BE MONITORED STRICTLY AS WELL,」 SAID ASEC. MARIA ROSARIO VERGEIRE OF THE DOH PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES TEAM.
NOGRALES REITERATED THAT THE TEMPORARY TRAVEL RESTRICTION ON SOUTH KOREA MIGHT STILL CHANGE BASED ON THEIR CLOSE MONITORING OF THE SITUATION.
THE OFFICIAL SAID THE GOVERNMENT IS CONSIDERING TAKING THE REMAINS OF HONG BEOM-DO, GENERAL COMMANDER OF THE KOREAN INDEPENDENCE ARMY DURING THE 1910-45 JAPANESE COLONIAL RULE, TO DAEJEON NATIONAL CEMETERY IN DAEJEON, ABOUT 160 KILOMETERS SOUTH OF THE CAPITAL, SINCE THERE ISN"T ENOUGH SPACE LEFT AT SEOUL NATIONAL CEMETERY.
READ MORE: SOUTH KOREA REPORTS 169 NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES, TOTAL TOPS 1,100
THE NUMBER OF CONFIRMED COVID-19 CASES IN SOUTH KOREA HAS DOUBLED IN JUST 24 HOURS, TO 104 FROM 51, THE KOREA CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION SAID THURSDAY. MANY OF THE NEW CASES OF CORONAVIRUS ARE LINKED TO A CHRISTIAN SECT IN DAEGU, A CITY IN SOUTHERN SOUTH KOREA.
AS FOR THE OTHER SOUTH KOREANS, SHE SAID 15 HAVE ALREADY RETURNED HOME, TWO ARE SET TO DEPART FOR SOUTH KOREA, SEVEN ARE QUARANTINED IN DIFFERENT HOTELS IN CEBU, AND ONE IS IN ANGELES CITY.
FIJIANS ARE NOW BEING ADVISED TO REFRAIN FROM TRAVELING TO FOUR BANNED COUNTRIES ON THE TRAVEL LIST WHICH INCLUDES CHINA, IRAN, ITALY AND TWO CITIES IN SOUTH KOREA.
SEOUL, FEB. 13 (YONHAP) -- U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS URGED NORTH KOREA ON THURSDAY TO SEND BACK 11 SOUTH KOREANS ABDUCTED HALF A CENTURY AGO IN THE LATEST DIPLOMATIC PRESSURE ON THE COMMUNIST COUNTRY.
USUALLY, SOUTH KOREA"S PRESIDENT ISSUES MESSAGES ON SEOUL-TOKYO RELATIONS OR THE KOREAN PENINSULA PEACE VIA A MARCH 1 INDEPENDENCE DAY SPEECH. THIS TIME, HOWEVER, MOON FOCUSED MORE ON A CALL FOR TRUST AND UNITY IN THE FACE OF THE FAST-SPREADING VIRUS, LARGELY IN DAEGU, A CITY OF 2.4 MILLION RESIDENTS LOCATED 300 KILOMETERS SOUTHEAST OF SEOUL AND NEARBY NORTH GYEONGSANG PROVINCE, WITH MOST CASES THERE LINKED WITH A MYSTERIOUS RELIGIOUS GROUP, KNOWN AS SINCHEONJI, WHICH MEANS NEW WORLD IN KOREAN.
ECONOMISTS AT ANZ RESEARCH SAID THEY WERE LOWERING THEIR 2020 GDP GROWTH FORECAST FOR SOUTH KOREA FROM 2.3% TO 1.9%. "ALTHOUGH THE VIRUS RISKS FACED BY SOUTH KOREA WERE INITIALLY LIMITED TO SECTORS RELATED TO CHINA AND INBOUND TOURISTS, THE SPIKE IN LOCAL CONFIRMED INFECTIONS WILL NOW EXACERBATE THE STRAIN ON THE ECONOMY VIA THE TOURISM, CONSUMPTION, AND PRODUCTION CHANNELS," THE ECONOMISTS WROTE. — ROY CHOUDHURY
THE SOUTH KOREAN EMBASSY IN TEL AVIV HAS APPEALED TO THE FOREIGN MINISTRY, URGING THEM TO FIND A SOLUTION TO HELP REPATRIATE SOUTH KOREAN NATIONALS WHO CANNOT LEAVE ISRAEL AS ALL FLIGHTS TO THEIR COUNTRY HAVE BEEN HALTED.
AS CORONAVIRUS PREVENTION AND CONTROL MEASURES CONTINUE IN CHINA, NEW OUTBREAKS OF THE RESPIRATORY DISEASE COVID-19 IN SOUTH KOREA, ITALY AND IRAN HAVE HEALTH OFFICIALS ON HIGH ALERT OVER THE GLOBAL SPREAD OF AN ILLNESS THAT HAS INFECTED NEARLY 77,000 PEOPLE IN CHINA, WITH MORE THAN 2,400 DEATHS TIED TO THE VIRUS.
IMPOSING A TRAVEL BAN ON SOUTH KOREA IS ALSO SEEN TO SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGE THE LOCAL TOURISM INDUSTRY, AS SOUTH KOREA HAD BEEN DOCUMENTED TO BE THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST SOURCE OF TOURISTS.
IRAN HAS EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN SURGE IN CASES, RISING TO 245 CASES AND 26 DEATHS. THE PROPORTION OF DEATHS AMONG POSITIVE CASES IN IRAN IS THE HIGHEST IN THE WORLD, EVEN ABOVE CHINA AND SOUTH KOREA.
THE CREW MEMBERS HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR HOPE THAT THE GOVERNMENT WILL AIRLIFT THEM FROM THE DIAMOND PRINCESS FOR FEAR OF GETTING INFECTED, SAYING THAT THE EVACUATION OF THEIR COWORKERS FROM THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, SOUTH KOREA AND SEVERAL EUROPEAN COUNTRIES WAS TO TAKE PLACE SOON.

 

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