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First person: South Korea’s COVID-19 success story

First person: South Korea’s COVID-19 success story

| Eyes of World |On May 1, the United Nations (UN) reported how South Korea has succeeded in controlling COVID-19. In the article, the Director of UN Development Programme’s (UNDP) Global Policy Centre in Seoul said its success is due to the citizen’s personal efforts...

South Korea listened to the experts

South Korea listened to the experts

| Eyes of World |On April 8, CNN, the U.S. news media, described how Korea has succeeded in curbing the spread of COVID-19, unlike the U.S. and Britain, and reported that South Korea actively accepted experts' opinions to cope with COVID-19, and eventually put the...

Combating COVID-19: Lessons from South Korea

Combating COVID-19: Lessons from South Korea

| Eyes of World |On April 13, the Brookings Institute in the United States said that South Korea had implemented several measures to respond to COVID-19, and as a result it succeeded in suppressing the spread of the virus. Moreover, other countries around the world...

South Korea Is Voting in the Middle of Coronavirus

South Korea Is Voting in the Middle of Coronavirus

| Eyes of World |On April 13, The Times reported about South Korea, which is holding a general election amid the spread of COVID-19. It introduced various precaution measures for the virus implemented during the elections and stressed that these measures could present...

Asian Soft Power Grows in the Coronavirus Era

Asian Soft Power Grows in the Coronavirus Era

| Eyes of World |Israel's BESA institute released an article on April 6, predicting that the process of responding to the coronavirus in South Korea and other Asian countries has been successful and that it will improve their soft power.   According to the...

South Korea Ramps-up Exports of COVID-19 Testing Kits

South Korea Ramps-up Exports of COVID-19 Testing Kits

| Eyes of World |The U.S. magazine The Diplomat, which mainly deals with news from the Asia-Pacific region, reported on South Korea's export of the COVID-19 diagnostic kits on April 9. According to the report, once an epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, South Korea’s...