Korea 24 - 2021.09.07
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Korea24 – 2021.09.07. (Tuesday)<br /> <br /> News Briefing: South Korea recorded its highest ever COVID-19 tally covering a Monday, at 1,597 new infections. Health officials are warning the public against complacency, especially ahead of the Chuseok holiday. Meanwhile, more than 60 percent of the population has now received at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot. (Koo Hee-jin)<br /> <br /> In-Depth News Analysis: In the World Meteorological Organization’s inaugural ‘Air Quality and Climate Bulletin’ published last Friday, the UN agency reported that levels of key air pollutants temporarily plunged last year, due to COVID-19 lockdowns and travel restrictions. Dr. Oksana Tarasova, chief of the WMO’s Atmospheric Environment Research Division, joins us over the phone to tell us more.<br /> <br /> Korea Trending with Jung Ye-won: A man who cut off his electronic ankle monitor and was on the run has now been caught by the police (장흥서 전자발찌 끊고 달아난 성범죄자 마창진 검거). Meanwhile, a survey has estimated that some 2 million South Korean adults are not able to properly read, write, and do basic math (성인 200만명, 기본적인 읽기·쓰기·셈하기 못 해). And a premature baby that weighed just 288 grams at birth has now been successfully discharged from hospital (288g 미숙아 '건우'…생존율 1% 기적 이루고 집으로).<br /> <br /> Touch Base in Seoul: Maths teacher Julie Henning joins us by video call to tell us about her extraordinary story, growing up facing poverty and discrimination as a mixed race child in war torn Korea, before being adopted by the Nobel Prize winning writer Pearl S. Buck. Her memoir ‘A Rose in a Ditch’ has now been published in Korea.<br /> <br /> Morning Edition Preview with Mark Wilson-Choi: Mark helps us preview Jon Dunbar’s piece in the Korea Times about a series of new online kids’ programs aimed at young viewers, presented in both Korean and English. For the Korea Herald, Mark discusses Im Eun-byel’s preview of the 13th Seoul International Music Festiv
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