Korean Churches Close For First Time As Coronavirus Cases .....

More than half of the 500 respondents to a survey of the Ministry Data Institute, supported by the Presbyterian Church of Korea (Tonghap) and many Korean megachurches, stated they did not attend a worship service last Sunday because of coronavirus. About two-thirds of those who did not attend service said they worshiped at home, and more than half of those said they worshiped through their church websites or watched one of several 24-hour Christian channels in Korea.

Around 18,000 of them have been tested, said Kwon Jun-wook, director of South Korea outbreak Korea's National Health Institute. India has recorded another 24-hour jump in coronavirus infections as the disease spreads across the country's southern states after plateauing in the capital and the financial centre of Mumbai. The Health Ministry reported 69,878 new cases on Saturday, bringing the total to 2,975,701. Globally India has been reporting the biggest daily rise in cases for 18 consecutive days.

With an election slated for April, I harbor no hope that the United Future Party will read my words and repent. For foreign journalists, however, I hold higher expectations. Heaven forbid, if an outbreak starts in your country, there will be hundreds, if not thousands of people on the front lines engaging the public and struggling to establish an SOP. For their sakes and mine, please be careful divvying blame too early. It might actually make things worse.

I was approached at the World Cup Stadium GS25 while my parents were visiting, and while I wasn't interested in expanding my social commitments, I saw the opportunity for a good news article for work. My first article about Mannam talked about affordable Korean-language classes, placing Mannam side-by-side with the Korean Cultural Centers and numerous migrant workers' centers.