Politicians are trying to garner attention by advancing measures that would contain the coronavirus, but the impact of the virus on public opinion may be overstated.

There are already indications that Korea’s tourism industry will be hit harder by the coronavirus than by prior infectious diseases such as SARS and MERS.

Civilian participation in disseminating information on the coronavirus reveals the unintended benefits of public investment in software education.

For North Korean women sanitary pads are crucial to having opportunities to earn money, to travel, and to feel productive and well.

Coronavirus is changing the labor-management relationship in major Korean retail companies as public policy focus turns to minimizing the economic fallout of the epidemic.

Interview of Professor Kim Dong-chun SungKongHoe University by KEI Non-Resident Fellow Emanuel Pastreich on the coronavirus.