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South Korea reports lowest new infections for a week @ 2020-03-05T04: Back Hot News
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THE NEW CASES BRING SOUTH KOREA"S TOTAL TO 5,328, WITH AT LEAST 32 DEATHS, THE KOREA CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (KCDC) SAID.
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.
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%.
THE ROMANTIC COMEDY TELLS THE STORY OF A SOUTH KOREAN HEIRESS WHO ACCIDENTLY CRASH-LANDS IN NORTH KOREA WHILE PARAGLIDING. HER RESCUE BY A NORTH KOREAN ARMY OFFICER SPARKS A LOVE STORY IN THE BACKDROP OF THE INTER-KOREAN DIVISION.
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.
VEHICLES CARRYING ETHANOL WHICH IS ORIGINALLY AN INGREDIENT FOR SOUTH KOREAN LIQUOR SOJU AND WILL BE USED AS DISINFECTANT ARRIVE IN DAEGU, SOUTH KOREA, MAR 2, 2020. (PHOTO: REUTERS/DAESUN DISTILLING/HANDOUT)
I LANDED IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA, ON A HAZY MORNING IN EARLY OCTOBER, THE DAY BEFORE TYPHOON MITAG WAS EXPECTED TO HIT THE SOUTHERN COAST OF THE KOREAN PENINSULA. TODAY, SOUTH KOREA RECYCLES NINETY-FIVE PER CENT OF ITS FOOD WASTE, BUT TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO ALMOST NOTHING WAS RECYCLED. IN THE NINETEEN-NINETIES, FOLLOWING THE COUNTRY』S RAPID INDUSTRIALIZATION AND THE MOVEMENT OF ITS PEOPLE FROM RURAL AREAS TO THE CITIES, THE TRASH DUMPS AT THE CITIES』 EDGES OVERFLOWED. POOR FAMILIES LIVED NEAR THE DUMPS; MANY OF THEM PICKED THROUGH THE GARBAGE FOR PLASTICS AND METALS TO SELL. FOOD SCRAPS, AN INCIDENTAL PETRI DISH FOR DISEASE, MADE THE DUMPS FOUL, SICKENING THE GARBAGE PICKERS.
GOYANG, SOUTH KOREA (CNN)SOUTH KOREA HAS COME UP WITH AN INNOVATIVE WAY OF TESTING FOR THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS -- AND IT WAS INSPIRED BY THE DRIVE-THROUGH COUNTERS AT MCDONALDS AND STARBUCKS, OFFICIALS SAY.
THE CANCELLATIONS START THURSDAY AND AMERICAN HOPES TO RESUME FLIGHTS ON APRIL 25. AMERICAN』S MOVE FOLLOWS DELTA CANCELING SOME OF ITS FLIGHTS INTO SOUTH KOREA LAST WEEK. UNITED AIRLINES HAS ALSO REDUCED FLIGHTS INTO SOUTH KOREA, JAPAN AND SINGAPORE.
BECOME AN FT SUBSCRIBER TO READ: SOUTH KOREAN CORONAVIRUS CASES RISE AS TECH SUPPLY CHAIN HIT
TRAVELERS ON DIRECT FLIGHTS TO THE UNITED STATES FROM ALL SOUTH KOREAN AIRPORTS ARE RECEIVING MULTIPLE SCREENINGS, SUCH AS TEMPERATURE CHECKS, BEFORE BOARDING AS PART OF EFFORTS TO CONTAIN THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS, U.S. VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE SAID MONDAY.
ITALIAN OFFICIALS REPORTED 3,089 PEOPLE INFECTED SO FAR — UP MORE THAN 400 FROM TUESDAY — A FIGURE SURPASSED ONLY IN CHINA AND SOUTH KOREA. ITALY HAS 295 CORONAVIRUS IN INTENSIVE CARE, AND THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IN PARTS OF LOMBARDY, THE NORTHERN REGION THAT HAS BEEN HARDEST HIT, IS STRAINING UNDER THE BURDEN.
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.
DURING A LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIARY COMMITTEE MEETING AT THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ON WEDNESDAY, CHOO TOLD SOUTH KOREAN LAWMAKERS A SURVEY FROM REALMETER AND SOUTH KOREA"S CBS INDICATES 86 PERCENT OF SOUTH KOREAN CITIZENS AGREE SHINCHEONJI"S HEADQUARTERS SHOULD BE SEARCHED AND SEIZED.
THE MOPH REVEALED THAT THAILAND HAS THE 15TH MOST COVID-19 CASES IN THE WORLD AND IS PREPARING THE PROTOCOL FOR RECEIVING UNDOCUMENTED THAI WORKERS FROM SOUTH KOREA. THE MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH (MOPH) REVEALED THAT THAILAND HAS THE 15TH MOST COVID-19 CASES IN THE WORLD. THEY ARE PREPARING THE INTEGRATED JOINT PLAN FOR RECEIVING UNDOCUMENTED THAI WORKERS FROM SOUTH KOREA WITH RELEVANT PARTNERS.

 

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