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BECOME AN FT SUBSCRIBER TO READ: SEOUL CLUSTER DASHES HOPES SOUTH KOREA OUTBREAK IS UNDER CONTROL
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION CITIZENS HAVE CALLED FOR THE SECRETIVE CHURCH TO BE DISBANDED. ONE PROVINCE ASKED THE PUBLIC TO REPORT CHURCH MEMBERS TO A HOTLINE FOR CORONAVIRUS TESTING. SMARTPHONE APPS HELP IDENTIFY THE CHURCH』S 1,100 ONCE-OBSCURE FACILITIES IN SOUTH KOREA, MOST ALREADY PLASTERED WITH 「OFF-LIMITS」 SIGNS BY DISEASE-CONTROL OFFICIALS.
ONCE THE COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS SPREAD BEYOND CHINA"S BORDERS, IT GAINED THREE INITIAL FOOTHOLDS INTERNATIONALLY - IN SOUTH KOREA, ITALY AND IRAN. ALL THREE OF THOSE COUNTRIES HAVE EXPERIENCED CONTRASTING FORTUNES IN THEIR ATTEMPTS TO CONTAIN THE VIRUS. ITALY, A COUNTRY OF SOME 60 MILLION PEOPLE, IS UNDER COMPLETE LOCKDOWN UNTIL EARLY APRIL WHILE IRAN APPEARS TO HAVE FAR MORE CASES THAN IT"S LETTING ON WITH NUMEROUS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS INFECTED. SO FAR, IRAN HAS REPORTED OVER 8,000 CONFIRMED CASES OF THE CORONAVIRUS WITH JUST UNDER 300 DEATHS. IN SOUTH KOREA, THERE ARE ENCOURAGING SIGNS THAT THE OUTBREAK IS STABILIZING AND THAT AUTHORITIES ARE MAKING PROGRESS IN FLATTENING THE CURVE.
SO FAR, SOUTH KOREA AND TAIWAN ARE AMONG THE FEW COUNTRIES TO HAVE DEMONSTRATED ROBUST AND CONSISTENT SOPS. THIS IS NOT SURPRISING GIVEN THAT EACH HAS INVESTED HEAVILY IN INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL FOLLOWING PRIOR EXPERIENCES WITH SARS AND MERS. SOUTH KOREA』S SOP ESSENTIALLY CALLS FOR FIVE STEPS: AN AGGRESSIVE AND TRANSPARENT INFORMATION CAMPAIGN, HIGH VOLUME TESTING, QUARANTINE OF INFECTED INDIVIDUALS, TREATMENT OF THOSE IN NEED, AND DISINFECTION OF CONTAMINATED ENVIRONMENTS. THESE MAY SEEM LIKE OBVIOUS MEASURES, BUT PROPER EXECUTION IS ULTIMATELY WHAT DECIDES THEIR EFFECTIVENESS.
NILAI: ALL IRANIAN, ITALIAN AND SOUTH KOREAN NATIONALS WILL BE BARRED FROM ENTERING MALAYSIA FOLLOWING THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK IN THOSE RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES, SAYS DATUK SERI DR ADHAM BABA.
PARK CHAN-KYONG IS A SOUTH KOREAN JOURNALIST WHO HAS WORKED FOR THE AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL BUREAU FOR 35 YEARS. HE IS NOW WORKING FOR THE SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST. HE STUDIED POLITICAL SCIENCE AT KOREA UNIVERSITY AND ECONOMICS AT THE YONSEI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL.
A SIGN POSTED OUTSIDE THE TRANSPORTATION OFFICE INFORMS CUSTOMERS OF SUSPENDED MOVEMENT AT CAMP HUMPHREYS, SOUTH KOREA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2020.
RA GUNA IS A NATURALISED CITIZEN OF SOUTH KOREA. PHOTO: KOREAN BASKETBALL LEAGUE/HANDOUT
THE RESEARCH PAPER PUBLIC OPINION OF TRANSGENDER RIGHTS IN SOUTH KOREA ANALYZED DATA FROM THE GLOBAL ATTITUDES TOWARD TRANSGENDER PEOPLE SURVEY, SOUTH KOREA PANEL, TO PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO THE ACCEPTANCE OF TRANSGENDER REALITIES AND CHALLENGES.
JAMES DEHART, SENIOR ADVISER FOR SECURITY NEGOTIATIONS AT THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT, SPEAKS AFTER MEETING WITH HIS SOUTH KOREAN COUNTERPART ON THE SPECIAL MEASURES AGREEMENT (SMA) IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA, ON NOVEMBER 19, 2019.
WE SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO WHAT IS HAPPENING IN SOUTH KOREA. ACCORDING TO THE LATEST DATA, SOUTH KOREA HAS THE SECOND LARGEST OUTBREAK OF COVID-19 IN THE WORLD AFTER CHINA. ITALY AND IRAN HAVE ONLY SLIGHTLY FEWER CASES THOUGH IT』S LIKELY THAT SOUTH KOREA』S HIGHER NUMBER IS DRIVEN IN PART BY MORE AGGRESSIVE TESTING.
SINCE MID-FEBRUARY WHEN A WOMAN TESTED POSITIVE AFTER ATTENDING SERVICES AT A BRANCH OF THE SHINCHEONJI CHURCH OF JESUS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN CITY OF DAEGU, THE NUMBER OF INFECTIONS HAS EXPLODED IN SOUTH KOREA, GIVING IT THE MOST CASES OUTSIDE CHINA.
ERIK MOYNIHAN — ALSO KNOWN AS MAGPIE ERIK — IS A CANADIAN EX-PAT LIVING IN SOUTH KOREA, WHERE HE OWNS AND OPERATES MAGPIE BREWING. ALTHOUGH HIS KOREAN COULD STILL USE SOME WORK (」EVERY YEAR, I SAY, 『I』LL TAKE MORNINGS OFF AND STUDY, BUT BUSINESS NEVER REALLY ALLOWS THAT』」), HIS BUSINESS IS UNDOUBTEDLY A SUCCESS, AND MOYNIHAN HOLDS THE DISTINCTION OF BEING ONE OF THE INFLUENTIAL INNOVATORS WHO IS HELPING BRING WESTERN-STYLE CRAFT BEER CULTURE TO KOREA.
WASHINGTON (CNN)THE US ARMY HAS SUSPENDED TRAVEL FOR AMERICAN SOLDIERS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO AND FROM SOUTH KOREA AND ITALY AMID MOUNTING CONCERN OVER THE SPREAD OF THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS.
TO WHICH LARRY RESPONDED, COMPARING THE AMOUNT OF TESTS DONE IN SOUTH KOREA COMPARED TO THE US.
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