Korea 24 - 2021.07.07
Altaf Sugat
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Korea24 – 2021.07.07. (Wednesday)<br /> <br /> - News Briefing: South Korea is at the onset of a fourth pandemic wave, the government has concluded, as the country reported one-thousand-212 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, marking the second-highest daily figure since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country. The government warned that the current situation in the capital region is very serious, citing that new cases are nearly doubling each day. (Eunice Kim)<br /> <br /> - In-Depth News Analysis Part 1: Professor Dale Fisher from the Department of Medicine at the National University of Singapore, who is also the chair of both the National Infection Prevention and Control Committee and the WHO’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network, discusses Singapore’s next new phase of living with COVID-19 and what South Korea could learn from it.<br /> <br /> - In-Depth News Analysis Part 2: Some suggest the "grave incident" that North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un was referring to, which led to the replacement of senior officials, is related to food shortages. Chad O’Carroll, CEO of Korea Risk Group, delves into the recent personnel reshuffle, North Korea’s food situation and more.<br /> <br /> - Korea Trending with Walter Lee: A cleaner at a top university is found dead on school grounds(서울대 청소노동자, 기숙사 휴게실서 사망 발견), an army academy held a party with hundreds attending amid the pandemic(육군 3사관학교 생도 500여 명 '노마스크' 삼겹살 파티), and BTS' “Butter” sits atop the Billboard Hot 100 for its 6th consecutive week(BTS ‘버터’ 빌보드 6주간 1위 기록).<br /> <br /> - Korea Book Club: Barry Welsh shares Angela Mi Young Hur’s “Folklorn,” a story that contains elements of her own life as a daughter of Korean immigrants and mixes in Korean folktales. Barry talks about how the thoughtful piece delves into race, ethnicity, gender, and family.<br /> <br /> - Morning Edition Preview: Mark shares a piece from the Korea Times on a center in Seoul that s
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Korea 24 - 2021.07.07
Altaf Sugat