Korea 24 - 2021.04.09

Korea24 &ndash; 2021.04.09. (Friday)<br /> <br /> - News Briefing: Health authorities fear the onset of a fourth wave of the COVID-19 outbreak and extend current social distancing requirements for three more weeks. The nation recorded 671 new COVID-19 cases throughout Thursday, over 70 percent of the cases coming from the Seoul metropolitan area. (Eunice Kim)<br /> <br /> In-Depth News Analysis: Andreas Bauer, Korea Mission Chief for the IMF, discusses the IMF&rsquo;s recent revisions to its original forecasts for global economic growth this year, which also reflect an optimistic outlook for the South Korean economy.<br /> <br /> Korea Trending with Lee Ju-young: The suspect in a triple homicide case was handed over to the prosecution to await trial(&#039;노원 세모녀 살인&#039; 김태현 &quot;숨쉬는 것도 죄책감&quot;), an appellate court upheld the five year prison sentence for a man convicted of killing his wife(의식불명 아내의 호흡기 직접 뗀 남편에 &lsquo;살인죄&rsquo;), and the US-based online mattress vendor Webtress drew ire from Korean consumers(매트리스 싸게 사려다 뒤통수&hellip;&lsquo;웹트리스&rsquo; 피해 주의).<br /> <br /> Movie Spotlight: Film critics Darcy Paquet and Jason Bechervaise introduce two recent feature-length offerings at Korean box offices: &ldquo;The Book of Fish(자산어보),&rdquo; a black-and-white period drama from director Lee Joon-ik, and &ldquo;Dustman(더스트맨),&rdquo; the debut film by Kim Na-kyung.