Korea 24 - 2021.08.31

Korea24 &ndash; 2021.08.31. (Tuesday)<br /> <br /> News Briefing: The government has proposed a 604.4 trillion won budget for next year, up 8.3% from this year to help the nation complete its recovery from the global pandemic and to expand investment in promising business sectors. However, that is also set to raise the nation&rsquo;s debt-to-GDP ratio to over 50%. (Koo Hee-jin)<br /> <br /> In-Depth News Analysis: Denmark has announced that from September 10th, all remaining quarantine measures related to Covid-19 will be lifted - except entry restrictions. The government announced the move last Friday, saying that the virus no longer posed &ldquo;a threat to society&rdquo; because of the country&rsquo;s high vaccination rate. We speak to Professor Soren Riis Paludan from the Department of Biomedicine at Aarhus University to learn more, as well as find out what Korea can learn from their experience.<br /> <br /> Korea Trending with Jung Ye-won: The final US troops withdraw from Afghanistan, ending the 20 years of war with Taliban forces (미군의 마지막 비행기 떠났다...아프간 전쟁, 20년 만에 종지부). Meanwhile, calls are growing for extreme measures to be taken against a man who admitted to sexually assaulting and killing his infant stepdaughter (&quot;인간이길 포기, 신상 공개해라&quot;&hellip;20개월 여아 성폭행 살해 20대 신상공개 靑국민청원 10만명). And football prodigy Lee Kang-in has left Valencia after 10 years with the club to sign a four deal with RCD Mallorca (발렌시아 떠난 이강인&hellip;스페인 마요르카와 4년 계약).<br /> <br /> Touch Base in Seoul: Korean-American pianist, Chloe Flower, joins us via video to talk about her new debut self-titled album, which she has been working towards for 10 years. She also talks about her career turning performance with Carbi B at the 2019 Grammys, which went viral and had online commentators calling her the &lsquo;Piano Goddess&rsquo;.<br /> <br /> Morning Edition Preview with Mark Wilson-Choi: Tomorrow&rsquo;s Korea Times features a piece by Kwak Yeon-soo writing about four actors making their directorial debuts as part of the &ldquo;