Korea 24 - 2021.07.12

Korea24 &ndash; 2021.07.12. (Monday)<br /> <br /> News Briefing: South Korea began enforcing the toughest Level Four social distancing measures in the greater metro area on Monday amid a new wave of COVID-19 infections. (Eunice Kim)<br /> <br /> In-Depth News Analysis: Kim Kyung-jin, Senior Managing Director and the Head of Cybersecurity for the Asia-Pacific Region at FTI Consulting and Cho Dongyoun, Assistant Professor at the Department of Military Studies at Seo-kyeong (서경) University, discuss the latest cyberattack on the state-run Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute(KAERI) and what South Korea can do to prevent such attacks from happening again.<br /> <br /> Going for Gold with Mark Wilson-Choi: Mark delves into the background of the upcoming Tokyo Summer Olympics, how organizers plan to combat the spread of COVID-19, athletes and events to look out for and more.<br /> <br /> Korea Trending with Walter Lee: An influx of people rushing online to make COVID-19 vaccine reservations locks the system up(백신 예약 사이트, 과부하로 한때 마비&hellip;&ldquo;지금은 정상 복구&rdquo; ), Seoul City will start towing e-scooters that are illegally parked(서울시, 15일부터 불법주차 전동킥보드 견인), and billionaire Richard Branson successfully makes it to the edge of space and back(영국 억만장자 리처드 브랜슨, 첫 우주관광 성공).<br /> <br /> Sports: Yoo Jee-ho from Yonhap News Agency talks about the men&#039;s Olympic football team playing their final tuneups before the Games, Korean players perform well in the first half of MLB&#039;s 2021 season, and the KBO cancels a handful of matches following multiple COVID-19 cases.