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COVID-19 success boosts president's poll prospects

Content type:: Expert Briefings
Location:: SOUTH KOREA
Keywords associated with this article:: Geographic: South Korea AP

Topical: politics social election government health opposition party
ISSN:: 2633-304X
Citation:: Oxford Analytica (2020), "COVID-19 success boosts president's poll prospects", Expert Briefings.
https://doi.org/10.1108/OXAN-DB251711

Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Subject

The impact of COVID-19 on South Korean politics.

Significance

South Korea was seen as botching its response to COVID-19 in the early weeks of the outbreak, but since then its approach has turned the tide.

Impacts

Whichever side wins in this election will be well placed in 2022’s presidential polls.
South Korea’s high level of internet access equip it well for moving schooling online.
COVID-19 management has become a success story but is not necessarily replicable elsewhere.

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