Description

SeoulPodcast

Guest

Jacco Zwetsloot
NK News Podcast - nknews.org
KBS World Radio

Topics

Coronavirus

What did Korea do right?
- Is mask wearing a cultural matter?
- What about the end of visa-free travel to korea?
Korea’s treatment of foreigners compared to other countries.
Election season during the pandemic
What do you think will change, if anything?
- There’s no returning to pre-virus normal: KCDC
  - Does this mean forever?
  - what about mass events again?
  - Or does korea allow domestic normality, coupled with continued testing and tracking of people coming to Korea from overseas via apps and GPS?
  - Will I be able to go back to a bathhouse soon?
- Economically
  - Producer of COVID-19 kits and possibly treatments
  - Real estate bust

Harris purportedly upset with racist comments from S. Korean public

Passing of long-time Korea expat Tom Pinansky last week

In Korea since the end of 1988. Prominent in business circles, AMCHAM, and so on.
The loss of 3 foreign lawyers in Korea in the last year who I knew personally
The longer you stay in a country the more people who you know will die