Less than a hour ago South Korea s health authorities announced new special prevention measures that will be imposed in the capital area from Wednesday.
This announcement comes after the nation s daily COVID-19 cases has been staying between 300s and 400s for a while but the government is hoping to lower the cases below the 200 mark.
We have Choi Won-jong on the line for us to explain what the measures are.
Fill us in.
Right, the health authorities have just announced stricter prevention measures on Tuesday morning specifically targetting the greater Seoul area hoping to lower daily cases below the 200 mark.
A film about a Korean-American immigrant family Minari is looking like a strong contender at this year s Academy Awards.
On Monday local time, director Lee Isaac Chung s movie received six Oscar nominations including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actress .
Experts say it wasn t such a surprise given the film has shown the same momentum as Bong Joon-ho s Oscar-winning Parasite garnering more than 90 awards and countless nominations already. The momentum is certainly built over the last few weeks and Youn Yuh-jung in particular was winning a number of critique awards and that gives the momentum it needs, it is part of an award conversation.
Time now for This Week in Sports and joining us in the studio is our sports editor Paul Neat.
Paul, there has been a bit of news lately regarding the Korean National Football Team - a friendly with Japan and now a centralized venue for the delayed World Cup qualifiers. What can you tell us? Yes, that’s right. The KFA confirmed at the end of last week that the Korean National Team will be facing Japan away in a friendly on March 25th. The squad was announced on Monday… subject to injury… Son Heung-min is included, as is Hwang Hee-chan but no players have been selected from K League champions Jeonbuk.