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South Korea

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Presidents Moon Jae-in
Capital Seoul
Dialing code+82
Population51. 47
Currency South Korean won
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About South Korea


South Korea, an East Asian nation on the southern half of the Korean Peninsula, shares one of the world's most heavily militarized borders with North Korea. It's equally known for its green, hilly countryside dotted with cherry trees and centuries-old Buddhist temples, plus its coastal fishing villages, sub-tropical islands and high-tech cities such as Seoul, the capital.

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... The top prize for best feature went to drama Past Lives, about childhood sweethearts in South Korea who are separated when one emigrates to the US...

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... It claimed it was a success but South Korea said it was too soon to tell if the satellite is functioning, after two previous launches failed...

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Japan ordered to compensate wartime 'comfort women'

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...A South Korean court has ordered Japan to compensate a group of women who were forced to work in military brothels during World War Two...

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... Honouring the South Korean state visit, the band surprised tourists with a rendition of Gangnam Style by the group Psy and Ddu-du, Ddu-du by Blackpink...

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... In South Korea nearly all able-bodied men are obliged to enlist, like the three older band members currently serving...

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Coronavirus lockdown: Inventive ways to return to normal life

Nov 20,2023 3:51 am

A vending machine for masks in a Berlin U-Bahn (subway) station

around The World , the countries on enormous experiments at the termination of coronavirus-Lockdown measures and others Are nervous, wondering what The Best way is Back To the normality.

There is no international consensus on how best to do it - But we have looked at The Key trends That Are emerging, and Some of the innovative new ways of thinking.

it is quite Easy - But Only If it works. relieve

The big trend around The World , is the Lockdown gradually. Many Are closely watching what is happening in hard-hit Italy. Rome has a phased approach on how to do everything, from shops to museums may be able to provide you with The Most important opening through the at the 4. May.

All Italians - especially in the areas with the highest infection rate - know That before September.

Dr. Michael Tildesley, an expert in infectious diseases at the University of Warwick, says That The World simply knows what Will happen to the rate of coronavirus block transfer ease have.

"It is really difficult to disentangle, to establish the relative effectiveness of the Lockdown measures, what effect each of them has," he told BBC Radio 4 to The Briefing Room . "It may be That the only way you can how do we do this and get a real Understanding - is when we start to relax you. We can means to lift a certain measure and monitor, what is That to the Epidemic . "

Singapore -the app: Low to use the track to improve in other countries, hope technology, to track and test

to be The Second important step in the roll-out of smartphone-apps-track-infections seems. More and more Nations - or at least those who can afford it - designing apps for their population.

Some - such as Australia, operating app and the proposed solutions in Italy, France and the United Kingdom - to see phones collect anonymous data records from other phones, the user was in the vicinity. If someone develops signs and symptoms of each phone in the Protocol of the potential contacts Will receive a notification. In Israel, the government immediately went to one of your secret services and asked him to keep track of phones, in turn, likely transmission.

South Korea used mobile phones from the beginning, every contact That was in the vicinity of someone who tested positive. The government relied on this aggressive strategy of the Test and to avoid warning messages, which is a complete block.

Thermal imaging cameras: The First in Hong Kong in the 2003 Sars outbreak, pay attention to the temperature

Thermal imaging cameras could soon hubs a crucial role, particularly in transport. During the 2003 Sars outbreak, everyone who Are traveling in Hong Kong airport, had to queue, while an official with a heat gun pointed at your head, to discover, if you the tell-tale-temperature-fever.

A smart Thermal imaging camera to see in the UK, how quickly it was able to spot potential Corona Virus carriers.

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Listen to explain to The Briefing Room

experts how the locks have been repealed around The World - and why we don't know what Will happen next.

a Virtual personal exclusion zones

Some Nations looked to them to enforce bracelets Lockdown - But the Belgian port city of Antwerp is examining whether this technique can help to release the people to go about their business.

the workers there wear bracelets, which Are aimed to reduce accidents. You swing like a vehicle is approaching and sound The Alarm when someone falls into the water. Romware, has been changed, the sports watch-like bracelet so That it buzzes when the workers, too busy to notice close each other accidentally.

Social bubbles

New Zealand is emerging from one of the toughest and most successful barrier in The World .

Each household a bubble. Citizens can now make your bladder expand by inviting up to two extra special people, which, in the ideal case, living in the vicinity. In other words, two bubbles collide and become one. The social contact is increased in a controlled manner: grandparents see family, singletons meet, instead of Home Alone .

If one of them is a coffee want Kiwis have facilitated with innovative non-contact options for the purchase of your flat white:

machine vs virus

As Lockdown , one of the worst results could be long queues in the pharmacies for the face masks - increasingly the likelihood of unintentional spread of waiting, while the people waiting to buy them. Germany, Taiwan and Poland, the countries That have seen, face mask machine pop-up in towns and cities to relieve the Pressure .

Vilnius : Open spaces handed over to enterprises (photo before the Start of the initiative), the town of al fresco

In Lithuania, cafes and bars Are open again - But Only If They serve the customers can sit outside and ensure social distancing. This is a big problem in the capital city of Vilnius , where the narrow historic streets of overtaking impossible.

So The Mayor handed over 18 of The City with the historical Places and the ones That were the hardest hit companies. Large parts of The City to go outdoors. There is a public complaint, to help customers, event locations, you can find Furniture to work sociable-But -social distancing plan.

"Buy, borrow, download help of their loyal customers," says The Mayor 's office. "The Church asks only one Thing - you Will receive a high-quality optics, build cheap poor-looking Furniture made of plastic. "

Distance students: A newly opened school in Oslo, Staggered school days

Many teachers say That social distance can not be done in the schools. But Norway is to try it. Children now come to school with a time delay to prevent overcrowding at The Gates . Parents can't come inside and mill around for a chat With Friends .

teachers, then you have to take The Students and place them in small groups, which-and this is crucial-you must remain - both for teaching and leisure - Without variation.

color-coding communities.

Iran is experimenting with a flexible approach That allows much more freedom in the areas That Will be least affected. Cities and municipalities across the country Are tiered white -, yellow -, or Red - and each of these names indicates The Level of infections and deaths, and the stage at which the loosening of every community should expect.

the more Places Are marked in white on the basis of local health data, which gives more freedom to it.

While Italy does not have a color-code system, residents in The Most affected municipalities in the Northern Italy, the Lockdown is expected to continue more than any other in The Nation .

These techniques link to the all-important "R" - number - the mathematical model of how fast of slow The Virus from spreading.

passport to freedom?

China, on The Other hand, has decided to color-code people rather than Places - The First nation, which is effectively a licence to go to the people, about free.

a month it is a health status, smartphone app, and rolled in. The coronavirus is from the epicenter of Wuhan, have to use residents to show their status to the Public Transport network. If They Are green, They Are healthy and good to go. If you Are Red , you Are in isolation Are known to suffer from Covid-19 should.

Apart from privacy issues, this would be an important factor in Europe, critics say, there is no guarantee for the health status Will be correct, if it is checked by an official. These types of concerns have played in a world health organization recommendation to all governments.

Chile has said, it is the introduction of a "certificate" system. The Minister said, to confirm the document, whether or not someone had been infected and recovered after a period of isolation.

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All of these new systems, and many more, can help a return to Some form of normality. But nothing important happened today DVD Woods, professor of global economic governance at Oxford University, says easing Lockdown requires That we rethink all of us to, our lives.

"We have to isolate in order to test the tracing time to time, and runs extremely well," she told Radio 4 ' s Briefing Room . "We need to start thinking about preventive measures in public spaces and schools. We have to manage the import of cases - think about travel restrictions. The list is a clear check, to start sure to the suspension. "

Prof Woods says need to think, go far beyond the re-opening of closed businesses. We may need to split the working population could be by age group - an example is That older teachers have their classes via video-link.

"these Are not The Questions we have to ask - They Are insurmountable problems. The Alternative is the accommodation in a total Lockdown . "



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Source of news: bbc.com

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