Now playing Next South Korea South Korea reports biggest daily jump in COVID-19 cases South Korea reported its biggest daily jump in COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic. 12/12/2020
Now playing Next United Kingdom How a London tailor uses a robot to measure customers remotely A Saville Row tailor is using 21st-century technology at its 117-year-old business to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic and reach customers abroad 29/11/2020
Now playing Next Partner content Seegene’s molecular diagnosis leads the way in South Korea’s COVID response Partner content presented by Seegene Korea’s capability to control the COVID-19 pandemic has been widely praised. South Korea’s fast turnaround on testing and analysis followed by immediate quarantine and treatment for confirmed cases was regarded as one of the best responses by countries around the world. 23/11/2020
Now playing Next South Korea Lee Kun-Hee, driving force behind Samsung’s rise, dies at 78 In just 30 years at the helm, Lee Kun-Hee turned Samsung into a global force and transformed South Korea into one of Asia's top economies. 25/10/2020
Now playing Next No Comment Typhoon that smashed South Korea now moves to its northern neighbour A typhoon that smashed South Korea, ripping off roofs and knocking out power to over 1,600 households, made landfall in North Korea early Thursday. 27/08/2020
Now playing Next South Korea COVID-19: South Korea orders closure of parliament The country had just closed all nightclubs and churches to curb a new wave of infections. 27/08/2020
Now playing Next South Korea Coronavirus: South Korea shuts churches, nightclubs and karaoke bars “We are now in a very dangerous situation that could trigger a massive nationwide spread of COVID-19,” Health Minister Park Neung-hoo said. 22/08/2020
Now playing Next No Comment Rain causes flooding and landslides in South Korea, leaving 6 dead At least six people died and eight others are missing after heavy rainfall pounded much of South Korea over the weekend. 04/08/2020
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Now playing Next South Korea South Korea fights 'second' COVID-19 wave as global cases rise The WHO said the biggest increase was in North and South America as countries begin to relax lockdown measures. 22/06/2020
Now playing Next No Comment North Korea blows up its joint liaison office with South Korea The South Korean defence ministry released surveillance footage of the explosion in Kaesong, which is located just over the border in North Korea. 17/06/2020
Now playing Next South Korea Restrictions return in South Korea after new spike in COVID-19 cases The world has been looking to South Korea as a model for how to handle COVID-19. But a fresh spike in cases is putting that reputation at risk. 28/05/2020
Now playing Next World Cultural showcase, Media for the deaf, and Anti covid-19 comedy Though the world is affected by the coronavirus pandemic, inspiring stories still abound all around us. 27/05/2020
Now playing Next No Comment Korean Baseball League officially opens South Korea's professional baseball league officially opened, as three new cases of coronavirus represented the lowest daily jump in nearly three months. The KBO League began the season with a match behind closed doors in Incheon. 05/05/2020
Now playing Next South Korea South Korea accuses North Korea of starting exchange of fire on border South Korea’s military reported it returned fire after North Korean troops shot at a South Korean guard post. 03/05/2020
Now playing Next United Kingdom Euroviews. Creating a “Hygiene Society” can get life back on track and stave off future epidemics ǀ View Having worked alongside the NHS in numerous sectors for more than two decades, I feel a very human obligation to protect NHS staff and the wider public from the toll that both the virus and the shutdown are taking. The latter is almost as damaging as the former. 23/04/2020
Now playing Next World News Euroviews. It’s not too late for Europe and the US to learn lessons from Asia to fight COVID-19 ǀ View Despite claims by some US officials that it is too late to learn from Asia, policies in Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan show what rapid and effective prevention can look like. 25/03/2020
Now playing Next No Comment Volunteers in South Korea bid to help by making face masks It comes amid a shortage in some parts of the country. 20/03/2020
Now playing Next World News Social distancing works but epidemic influenced by demographics Researchers at the University of Oxford studied the mortality rate and age demographics in Italy and South Korea to show how this could account for the impact of the epidemic on countries’ populations. 18/03/2020
Now playing Next No Comment Disinfection work in Seoul after an increase in COVID-19 cases It comes as the number of COVID-19 cases in South Korea edges near 8,000. 12/03/2020