Korea 24 - 2021.11.19

Korea24 &ndash; 2021.11.19. (Friday)<br /> <br /> News Briefing: Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum convened an emergency meeting with the heads of 22 general hospitals in the capital region to secure additional beds for critical COVID-19 patients. Meanwhile, health authorities reported more than three-thousand new COVID-19 cases for a third consecutive day. (Koo Hee-jin)<br /> <br /> In-Depth News Analysis (Weekly Economy Review): Statistics Korea announced on Thursday that the nation&rsquo;s household income in the third quarter this year grew at its fastest on-year pace since the government began compiling such data in 2006, due to recovery from the pandemic, as well as the government&#039;s emergency relief funds. Meanwhile, a survey found six out of ten adults in Korea do not feel they will be able to climb the socioeconomic ladder. And another report found that the employment rate for university graduates in South Korea ranked 31st among 37 OECD members. For a deeper analysis of these figures, Professor Yang Jun-sok from the Catholic University of Korea joins us in the studio.<br /> <br /> Korea Trending with Walter Lee:<br /> 1. New research has traced the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic back to a female seafood vendor at the Huanan Market in Wuhan, China. (&quot;코로나19 최초 환자는 中우한 수산시장 노점상&quot;)<br /> 2. Exiled Korean-American singer Steve Yoo (Yoo Seung-jun) continues his case requesting the South Korean government to allow him to enter the country, with his lawyers claiming there is no evidence that he had received notification of his mandatory military service. (유승준, 소송서 새 주장 &quot;입영통지서 받았는지도 불분명&quot;)<br /> 3. The KT Wiz have won the KBO Korean Series, sweeping the Doosan Bears in four games to claim their first championship title. (&lsquo;막내&rsquo; KT, 두산과의 한국시리즈 4전 전승&hellip;통합우승 금자탑)<br /> <br /> Movie Spotlight: Jason Bechervaise and Darcy Paquet join us to review the debut directorial feature by actress Jo Eun-ji (조은지), called PERHAPS LOVE (장르만 로맨스), a comedy about a washed-up writer and h