Korea 24 - 2021.08.06

Korea24 &ndash; 2021.08.06. (Friday)<br /> <br /> News Briefing: South Korea extends current social distancing guidelines for another two weeks, meaning Level 4 for the greater Seoul region and Level 3 for the rest of the country. (Eunice Kim)<br /> <br /> Going for Gold with Mark Wilson-Choi: In our penultimate Going for Gold, we discuss Team Korea&rsquo;s disappointing loss to Team USA in baseball, but look forward to the women&rsquo;s volleyball semifinal, as well as the rest of the Tokyo 2020 events for the final weekend.<br /> <br /> In-Depth News Analysis (Weekly Economy Review): South Korea&#039;s consumer prices rose more than 2% for the fourth consecutive month in July. Meanwhile, online grocery delivery service Market Kurly has decided against an IPO in the US, and instead to go public on the Korea Exchange. Professor Yang Jun-sok from the Catholic University of Korea provides his thoughts on these developments.<br /> <br /> Korea Trending with Walter Lee: Three minors who were caught joyriding three times in one week have been sent to a juvenile facility despite their young age (&quot;촉법소년이라 괜찮네?&quot; 까불던 아이들, 결국 시설로 간다). Meanwhile, a 300 billion won donation by the family of the late Samsung Group chairman Lee Kun-hee is set to help sick children (&quot;이땅에 아픈 아이가 없도록&quot; &#039;이건희 유산&#039; 본격 뿌리 내린다). And quick-thinking actions by a part-time worker at a convenience store saved the life of a customer (편의점서 간호학 전공 알바생이 심장마비 손님 구해)<br /> <br /> Movie Spotlight: Film critics Jason Bechervaise and Molly Kim provide their thoughts on the latest Warner Bros. and DC Comics supervillian film, The Suicide Squad. And with few local releases out this week, they will be reviewing a special 90-minute episode of the popular Korean zombie Netflix series set in the Joseon era, Kingdom: Ashin of the North. With this release, we also discuss the increasingly fluid landscape between cinema, streaming and TV industries.