Posted : 2021-06-02 11:08 Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum / Yonhap Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum on Wednesday called for careful preparations toward full-fledged in-person schooling starting in the second half, as the COVID-19 vaccination campaign picks up speed across the nation. "As we concentrated our efforts on vaccinations of senior citizens and high-risk group people in the first half, we must start the recovery of our everyday normal lives in the second half starting with the normalization of schools," Kim said during a daily interagency meeting on the country's coronavirus response at the government complex in Sejong. Kim then instructed the education ministry to prepare for full normalization of in-person schooling starting in the school semester in the second half.