Korea 24 - 2022.02.03 - a podcast by KBS WORLD Radio

Korea24 – 2022.02.03. (Thursday)



News Briefing: South Korea has adopted a new priority-based COVID-19 testing policy, offering polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests only to high-risk groups first. This comes as the daily case count reached a new high of 22,907. (KOO Hee-jin)



In-Depth News Analysis (Weekly Economy Review): The world’s largest free trade agreement, known as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), came into effect for South Korea on Tuesday. Despite this, Seoul said it will not lift its ban on imports of seafood products from Japan. Meanwhile, South Korea’s exports posted the highest figure ever for the month of January. To provide analysis on these developments, Professor Yang Jun-sok from the Catholic University of Korea joins us in the studio.



Korea Trending with Jung Ye-won:

1. Data has shown that the number of passengers on the Seoul Metro in 2021 was down by 25% compared to 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic. (??? ?? ?? 25% ??? ?? ???…????? ‘2? ?)

2. Actor Kang Seok-woo has revealed that his eyesight has almost completely recovered. He had suffered slight eyesight loss after his COVID-19 vaccine booster shot. (???? ? ??? ?? ??? “?? ?? ??”)

3. The coming-of-age zombie horror series ‘All of Us Are Dead’ has become the latest original Korean series to top the Netflix charts once again. ('???????' K?? ??? 5?? ??? 1?)



Explore Korea: This week our history and travel contributor Allison Needels from Pinpoint Korea tells us about Lee Han-yeol (???), a key figure from South Korea’s democratic movement of 1987. She walks us through his story, as well as introducing us to the Lee Han Yeol Memorial Museum (??? ???) in Seoul.



Morning Edition Preview with Mark Wilson-Choi:

- In tomorrow’s Korea Times, Park Han-sol writes about the Ulsan Art Museum, a 21st-century media art museum finding a home in the industrial port city of Ulsan.

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