coming through life from seoul i'm shin
se-min but before we get started these
are the stories topping the our travel
restrictions for all people going in and
out of South Korea and Japan begins with
both countries nullifying short term
visas / mounting coronavirus fears the
ratcheting up in trouble curbs of being
seen as an extension of their political
spat
also starting today new measures on
buying face masks in south korea masks
purchases at pharmacies will require IDs
as the government limits the number each
person can buy to two a week North Korea
added again just a week after the regime
carried out live fire artillery
exercises Pyongyang fires three
unidentified projectiles into the East
Sea this after the leader sent a
condolence letter to South Korea's
president over the corona virus outbreak
our starting point this morning as the
kovat 19 outbreak rekindling a long
simmering diplomatic route between South
Korea and Japan both Seoul and Tokyo
starting today have tightened border
control on travelers from each from and
to each side it's the first time most of
their air routes between the two
neighboring countries are being halted
since they are connected 70 years ago
our kim yusin starting us off the South
Korean government is imposing stronger
entry restrictions on Japanese nationals
entering the country starting Monday the
move which comes immediately after Tokyo
stronger restrictions on South Korea's
includes a three state screening scheme
it's also suspending visas and visa
waivers for Japanese nationals
Kerli Japanese visitors can stay in
Korea for 90 days without visa
Seoul says it will not issue visas for
Japanese nationals unless they submit a
health document which states whether
they have any Kovac 19 symptoms as of
Monday midnight the Japanese government
also suspended the 90-day visa free
entry program for South Koreans while
adopting us 14-day self quarantine for
those flying in from South Korea this
means South Koreans need to get visas in
to travel to Japan which the Japanese
Embassy in Seoul explained would be
time-consuming so describe such move as
quote unfair and on scientific Japan is
among more than 100 countries that have
imposed curbs and travelers from South
Korea Seoul's foreign minister explained
that so far nearly 1,500 South Koreans
have been quarantined in countries
including China and Vietnam
Kim Merson Arirang news President Monson
will be meeting with his top aides this
afternoon to discuss the corona virus
outbreak here in the nation he will
likely call for the public's cooperation
so that five-day rotation system for
facemask purchases runs smoothly
he is also expected to stress the need
for all-out efforts with quarantine
measures to stop the spread of the virus
another focus will be on whether
president buna will comment on Japan's
new entry restrictions on South Korea
the National Security Council last week
blasted Tokyo's decision saying it was
unreasonable and that there has been no
prior consultations with Seoul as of
early Monday morning at the number of
confirmed kovat 19 cases in South Korea
stands over
7300 now that's an increase of 179 cases
since to start on Sunday the death toll
remains at 50 with mostly older patients
with underlying illnesses the 50th death
was at a nursing home in Kong song book
de Provence not far from tegu the center
of the outbreak in the country a 78 year
old woman tested positive at the nursing
home last Thursday and was moved to a
hospital in Kimpton for treatment but
later died on Saturday afternoon the
corona virus is sweeping through the
world especially Italy now that country
has now surpassed South Korea for the
most number of confirmed patients
outside of China with hundreds dying of
the virus now the surge in numbers has
led to Italy taking some historically
strong countermeasures our Eason Jay
tells us more
with over 1,400 new Cova 19 cases
reported on Sunday alone Italy surpassed
South Korea as the country with the most
confirmed coronavirus patients outside
of China it's also reporting hundreds of
virus related deaths in light of the
surge popular tourist sites in Italy
were shut on Sunday as the Italian
government began taking drastic measures
to stop the spread of the virus we came
with the intention of eating all the
beautiful places that they're in room
but we talked to another French couple
and they told us that everything would
be shut down until April 3rd the Italian
government's measures include all
museums cinemas and theaters being
closed until at least April 3rd meaning
the cancellation of all concerts and
public and private events it's also led
to the shutdown of a major exhibition in
Rome showcasing more than 100 paintings
and drawings by Raphael marking the
500th anniversary of his death the
Vatican also announced on Sunday that it
was shutting its museums which includes
banning public access to the Sistine
Chapel the measures are a part of the
government's decree to close off its
northern regions putting 16 million
people under quarantine and locking down
the entire Lombardy region which
includes major urban areas like Milan
Venice and Parma Germany is also
witnessing a spike in the number of
confirmed patients with the numbers
surpassing 1,000 on Sunday Germany's
Health Minister has ordered events with
more than 1,000 participants to be
cancelled the measures could mean the
cancellation of many events including
Bundesliga football matches and rock
concerts the u.s. is also beginning to
see an uptick in the number of patients
with New York the worst head in the
state's most drastic measures to date
New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo on
Sunday advised that New Yorkers
refrained from gathering crowded places
including work spaces and mass
transportation experts feared the latest
surge in the number of confirmed
patients worldwide could just be the
start as a total number
of cases globally surpasses 105,000
Eason J Arirang news with protective
facemask
in short supply in light of the corona
virus outbreak the South Korean
government is limiting the number of
masks each person can buy to two per
person per week now this takes effect
today but there will be some exceptions
for senior citizens and children Haram
Ji Young tells us more
starting Monday masks purchases at
pharmacies will require ID because a
five day rotation system will take
effect under which only two masks can be
bought per person per week and only on
designated days first vice finance
minister Kim Jung bomb at a press
briefing on Sunday mentioned some
exceptions though saying pharmacies will
be allowed to sell masks to people
buying them for others if the other
person is 10 or younger 80 or older or
if they have a disability people can buy
mass for someone else if their family
registration says they live with someone
who is 10 were younger or 80 or older
but they can only purchase the mass on
that person's assigned day under the 5
day rotation system the day for buying
masks is determined by the last digit of
a person's birth year people born in a
year ending with either 1 or 6 can buy
masks on Mondays those ending in 2 or 7
can buy on Tuesdays 3 or 8 on Wednesdays
4 or 9 on Thursdays and those born in a
year ending in 5 or 0 can buy their
masks on Fridays people unable to
purchase masks during the week can do so
on the weekend meanwhile speaking Sunday
at tegu City Hall prime minister chung
shu-kun urged people to cooperate so
that the system can settle in smoothly
despite the inconvenience that this may
cause we asked people to show major
sensible citizenship so that those who
really need the masks can buy them first
Chung also asked people to use cotton
masks which can be washed and reused
instead of the disposable ones also to
further relieve the shortage the South
Korean
government's decided to make it easier
for ordinary people to buy masks from
overseas according to the Korea Customs
Service when buying masks hand
sanitizers and thermometers
there will be no import duties or
special paperwork to file until the end
of June but this only applies to items
for personal use people will be able to
import an amount worth up to 150 u.s.
dollars or 200 dollars when bought from
the United States anzio Arirang news
with the corona virus outbreaks showing
no signs of tying down South Korea's
three-year government bond yield briefly
fell below one percent dropping to 0.99
eight percent this morning before
recovering now this is after the
three-year government bond deal closed
little over 1% on the final trading day
of last week with experts forecasting a
more serious impact from the cove at 19
on the first trading day of the week
shares in South Korea opened sharply
lower over the Kovach 19 spread and
falling oil prices the benchmark Kospi
plunged at the start falling below the
psychologically-important mm point level
to nineteen eighty point nine nine in
the first fifteen minutes of trading
korea's secondary bourse cost AG was
also down a little over two percent in
the first half an hour of trading the
corona virus outbreak has slammed the
global airline industry south korean
airlines are forecast to see their sales
drop by billions of dollars as a result
in an effort to help airlines as
bookings dry up the United States is
also considering offering tax relief for
US airlines to help them navigate those
stormy waters our Hong Yu reports ESDA
Karuna virus outbreak continues to
spread around the world the global
airline industry is facing what some are
calling a shutdown crisis by the end of
June South Korea's airline industry is
forecast to see its combined sales slump
by at least 4.2 billion u.s. dollars
this is due to entry restrictions and
bans and travelers from South Korea and
lower overall travel demand due to the
virus
the Korea Civil Aviation Association
said a number of travelers for the
fourth week of February was almost 66
percent lower than the same period last
year
but the damage could be even bigger
going forward as these numbers were
calculated before Japan restricted entry
of people coming in from South Korea and
for low-cost carriers that currently
rely on domestic flights for the
majority of their profits losses are
mounting up fast making matters worse
starting Monday t way air G near Easter
jet and air Busan are temporarily
suspending all flights to Japan South
Korea's fashion carrier Korean air saw
its number of passengers drop more than
37 percent on-year in February in
response South Korea's Transport
Ministry offered up to two hundred fifty
four million dollars in emergency loans
last month to low-cost carriers and
delayed payment of airport usage fees
for up to three months per ministry
officials will continue to meet airline
executives to hear what they require in
the u.s. the Trump administration is
considering a tax deferral to help us
space Airlines write out the crisis we
may have to go back to Congress for
additional appropriation request that's
may we don't know yet but again please
that the story I'm trying to tell is a
story of timely and targeted micro forms
of assistance not gargantuan across the
board throw money at the problem which
has never worked in the past because we
think we will get out of this more than
months president Trump also signed an
eight point three billion dollar bill
last Friday to boost a US response to
current a virus outbreak the
International Air Transport Association
forecast airlines worldwide could lose
up to 113 billion dollars because of the
outbreak it added the collapse of fly be
a low-cost British airline is proof that
urgent action is needed to protect the
industry but if the virus is contained
and the world economy recovers fast
enough the association says total losses
could be limited to 63 billion dollars
who knew Arirang news
shiftingfocus North Korea has fired
three unidentified projectiles this
morning just one week after the regime
conducted what are called live fire
artillery exercises South Korea's Joint
Chiefs of Staff said the projectiles
were fired northeastward into the East
Sea from Sun duck in Hangul bhakta
province and that it is closely
monitoring the situation while
maintaining a readiness posture one week
ago today the regime held what it called
a long-range artillery drill presided
over by leader Kim jong-un the first
such provocation this year the details
of today's launch including the type of
projectiles flight range and altitude
are yet to be determined the North Korea
previously used this location in its
North East last August to fire two
projectiles presumed to be short-range
ballistic missiles good morning it felt
more like early April on Sunday
afternoon and the warming trend
continues in this Monday with
temperatures expected to reach the mid
to upper teens in most parts of the
country so we'll have a warm afternoon
ranging from 15 to 17 degrees Celsius in
most parts of the country with wet
clouds moving in meanwhile western
regions will have high levels of
ultrafine dust throughout today now rain
is in store from the mid-afternoon
starting from children to learn and O
province which will gradually spread to
rest of the country by tonight and it's
going to rain nationwide and the further
south you are more rain your state Jeju
will receive up to 60 millimeters of
rainfall so the provinces will see 10 to
30 millimeters so it's going to be a
rainy Tuesday for most regions while
temperatures will go up and down this
week from a sub zero to a double-digit
afternoon house that's Korea for you and
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