Korea 24 - 2022.07.12

Korea24 &ndash; 2022.07.12. (Tuesday)<br /> <br /> News Briefing: New COVID-19 cases in South Korea climbed to a 62-day high at 37,360. In response, health authorities have raised the COVID-19 risk level from &lsquo;low&rsquo; to &lsquo;intermediate&rsquo;. (Jenny NA)<br /> <br /> In-Depth News Analysis: South Korea&#039;s Ministry of Interior and Safety raised the country&#039;s heat wave risk alert level to the second-highest &#039;orange&#039; on July 2, 18 days earlier last year. Meanwhile, 689 patients were treated for heat-related illnesses between May 20 and July 10, four times as many as the same period last year. To learn more about heat-related illnesses and how to prevent them, Professor Jason Kai Wei Lee from the National University of Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine joins us on the line. <br /> <br /> Korea Trending with Jenny Suh:<br /> 1. Hyundai Motor announced that it will be building its first domestic automobile factory in 29 years, dedicated to electric vehicles. (현대차, 29년만에 국내에 공장 짓는다)<br /> 2. South Korea is preparing to introduce a law enabling children to remove content related to their personal information. (부모가 SNS에 올린 아이 사진&middot;영상, 자녀가 요청하면 삭제 가능해진다)<br /> 3. The first pictures from NASA&rsquo;s next-generation James Webb Space Telescope have been unveiled. (NASA, 제임스웹 우주망원경 촬영 풀컬러 우주사진 첫 공개)<br /> <br /> Touch Base In Seoul: Earlier this year, New York became the third US state to designate November 22 as Kimchi Day. Leading that resolution was Korean American Assemblymember Ron Kim. He joins us via video to tell us about how he brought Kimchi Day to the Big Apple, as well as his career in public service.<br /> <br /> Morning Edition Preview with Richard Larkin:<br /> - In tomorrow&rsquo;s Korea Times, Park Han-sol writes about how South Korea will take center stage at the New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) later this month.<br /> - Tomorrow&rsquo;s Korea Herald features a report by Park Ga-young on the lineup for the 2022-23 season at the National Theate