Korea 24 - 2022.02.03

Korea24 &ndash; 2022.02.03. (Thursday)<br /> <br /> News Briefing: South Korea has adopted a new priority-based COVID-19 testing policy, offering polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests only to high-risk groups first. This comes as the daily case count reached a new high of 22,907. (KOO Hee-jin)<br /> <br /> In-Depth News Analysis (Weekly Economy Review): The world&rsquo;s largest free trade agreement, known as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), came into effect for South Korea on Tuesday. Despite this, Seoul said it will not lift its ban on imports of seafood products from Japan. Meanwhile, South Korea&rsquo;s exports posted the highest figure ever for the month of January. To provide analysis on these developments, Professor Yang Jun-sok from the Catholic University of Korea joins us in the studio.<br /> <br /> Korea Trending with Jung Ye-won:<br /> 1. Data has shown that the number of passengers on the Seoul Metro in 2021 was down by 25% compared to 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic. (코로나 이후 승객 25% 사라진 서울 지하철&hellip;무임승차만 &lsquo;2억 명)<br /> 2. Actor Kang Seok-woo has revealed that his eyesight has almost completely recovered. He had suffered slight eyesight loss after his COVID-19 vaccine booster shot. (부스터샷 후 라디오 하차 강석우 &ldquo;시력 거의 회복&rdquo;)<br /> 3. The coming-of-age zombie horror series &lsquo;All of Us Are Dead&rsquo; has become the latest original Korean series to top the Netflix charts once again. (&#039;지금우리학교는&#039; K좀비 터졌다 5일째 전세계 1위)<br /> <br /> Explore Korea: This week our history and travel contributor Allison Needels from Pinpoint Korea tells us about Lee Han-yeol (이한열), a key figure from South Korea&rsquo;s democratic movement of 1987. She walks us through his story, as well as introducing us to the Lee Han Yeol Memorial Museum (이한열 기념관) in Seoul.<br /> <br /> Morning Edition Preview with Mark Wilson-Choi: <br /> - In tomorrow&rsquo;s Korea Times, Park Han-sol writes about the Ulsan Art Museum, a 21st-century media art museum finding a home in the industria