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South Korea adds 142 more coronavirus cases @ 2020-03-04T16: 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.
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — THE SISTER OF NORTH KOREA』S LEADER, KIM JONG-UN​, ATTACKED SOUTH KOREA』S PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE ON TUESDAY, CALLING IT IDIOTIC A DAY AFTER THE SOUTH DENOUNCED THE NORTH』S FIRST WEAPONS TEST THIS YEAR.
MOON HAS ARGUED THAT SUFFICIENT PRECAUTIONS ARE IN PLACE AT ALL SOUTH KOREA』S PORTS OF ENTRY. CHINA IS SOUTH KOREA』S LARGEST TRADING PARTNER, AND BY KEEPING THE BORDER OPEN, MOON MAY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO LESSEN THE DAMAGE THE OUTBREAK IS CAUSING TO SOUTH KOREA』S ECONOMY.
BEFORE THE VIRUS HIT, SOUTH KOREA’S ECONOMY WAS SHOWING SOME SIGNS OF A RECOVERY, WHICH THE EPIDEMIC NOW SEEMS TO HAVE DERAILED OR DELAYED. THE BANK OF KOREA LAST MONTH CUT ITS GROWTH FORECASTS FOR THIS YEAR TO 2.1% FROM 2.3%.
NEW CASES IN SOUTH KOREA CLIMBED BY 516 AS OF WEDNESDAY MORNING, ACCORDING TO THE KOREA CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION. THE AGENCY ALSO CONFIRMED FOUR ADDITIONAL DEATHS.
SEOUL (REUTERS) - SOUTH KOREA’S LOTTE CHEMICAL HAS SHUT ITS NAPHTHA CRACKER AFTER AN EXPLOSION AT THE PLANT IN THE SOUTHWESTERN CITY OF SEOSAN, WHICH INJURED 31 PEOPLE, THE COMPANY SAID ON WEDNESDAY.
METRO MANILA (CNN PHILIPPINES, MARCH 3) – TRAVELERS FROM THE PHILIPPINES CAN ONCE AGAIN VISIT SOUTH KOREA EXCEPT NORTH GYEONGSANG PROVINCE, WHICH HAS SEEN A SPIKE IN THE NUMBER OF NOVEL CORONAVIRUS CASES, PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESPERSON SALVADOR PANELO CONFIRMED TUESDAY.
VIETNAM HAS SUSPENDED VISA-FREE TRAVEL FOR SOUTH KOREANS, AND AIRLINES BAMBOO AIRWAYS AND VIETNAM AIRLINES HAVE BOTH SUSPENDED SOUTH KOREA FLIGHTS.
EBAY.O) IS LOOKING TO SELL ITS SOUTH KOREAN UNIT, WHICH INCLUDES GMARKET, ONE OF THE LARGEST ONLINE MARKETPLACES IN THE COUNTRY, IN A DEAL THAT COULD FETCH NEARLY $5 BILLION, A SEOUL-BASED NEWSPAPER REPORTED ON TUESDAY.
WITH MORE THAN 3,000 CASES, SOUTH KOREA HAS THE MOST CONFIRMED CASES OF THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE, COVID-19, OF ANY COUNTRY BESIDES CHINA. ON SUNDAY, THE COUNTRY REPORTED 813 NEW CASES, A RECORD IN SOUTH KOREA. IN RESPONSE TO THE VIRUS, SOME DEVELOPERS HAVE CREATED APPS THAT TRACK KNOWN INFORMATION ABOUT COVID-19 AND OUTBREAK LOCATIONS.
FILE PHOTO: SOUTH KOREAN SOLDIERS IN PROTECTIVE GEAR USE A MACHINE TO SPRAY DISINFECTANT ON VISITING CARS AT KYUNGPOOK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN DAEGU, SOUTH KOREA, MARCH 3, 2020. REUTERS/KIM KYUNG-HOON/FILE PHOTO
THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMES AFTER THE MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH EXPRESSED SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT HOW TO HANDLE DROVES OF “PHEE NOI” (LITTLE GHOSTS) FROM SOUTH KOREA AFTER 138 THAIS WHO WERE AIRLIFTED FROM WUHAN IN CHINA LAST MONTH HAD TO SPEND TWO WEEKS IN QUARANTINE IN SATTAHIP, SOUTHEAST OF BANGKOK. ALTHOUGH THE PM BELIEVES THERE ARE 10,000 PHEE NOI IN SOUTH KOREA, SOME ESTIMATES PUT THE NUMBER AS HIGH AS 140,000.
NEARLY 90 PERCENT OF THE SOUTH KOREAN PATIENTS WERE RESIDENTS OF DAEGU, A SOUTHEASTERN CITY, AND NEARBY TOWNS. IN DAEGU ALONE THERE WERE 4,006 PATIENTS, BUT MORE THAN HALF WERE STILL WAITING FOR HOSPITAL BEDS. MOST OF THE PATIENTS, THE AUTHORITIES SAID, SHOWED ONLY MILD SYMPTOMS OF COVID-19, THE DISEASE CAUSED BY THE VIRUS.
CLARKSON UNIVERSITY IN POTSDAM HAS ALSO CANCELED ITS INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS IN ITALY FOLLOWING THE INCREASED TRAVEL ADVISORY LEVEL, AND IN SOUTH KOREA AFTER A STATE DEPARTMENT LEVEL 3 ADVISORY WAS ALSO ISSUED LAST WEEK.
UPDATED AT 15:00 AND 16:35 KST: THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE FURTHER ASSESSMENTS FROM THE SOUTH KOREAN MILITARY, AS WELL AS COMMENTARY FROM THREE EXPERTS. IT WAS LATER UPDATED TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM A JCS OFFICIAL.NORTH KOREA ON MONDAY TEST-FIRED TWO SHORT-RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILES, SOUTH KOREA"S MILITARY SAID, THE FIRST SUCH LAUNCH BY THE COUNTRY THIS YEAR.THE
THE ACQUISITION IS THE LATEST CASE OF RESTRUCTURING IN SOUTH KOREA"S AVIATION INDUSTRY, WHICH IS SUFFERING LOSSES FROM LOW TRAVEL DEMAND DUE THE CORONAVIRUS EPIDEMIC AND A DIPLOMATIC FEUD BETWEEN SOUTH KOREA AND JAPAN LAST YEAR.

 

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