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  • The Last Korean Road Trip: Celebrating Buddha’s Birthday in Busan October 31, 2021
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  • A Chemical Mystery: Navigating the Unpredictable Course of Research August 22, 2021
  • COVID travel,  The Counselor

    What’s happening with COVID-19 in South Korea? Buckle up if you really want to know.

    August 30, 2020 / 6 Comments

    We pause our fun travel stories for a moment to let you know about COVID concerns here. When we arrived in South Korea (ROK) on July 31, the count of new COVID cases for the day was 36. On August 14, our first day out of quarantine, that number was 103. On August 27, it was 441, the highest total since the pandemic spiked here in March. Cases have spread to all 17 regions of the ROK rather than being localized to one area, which was the case with previous outbreaks. Despite this all starting as we finished quarantine, we’re pretty sure we didn’t cause the new outbreak, but here…

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