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Asia Today: S Korea mulls stricter measures as virus spreads

| August 21, 2020 8:03 PM

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has reported 332 new cases of the coronavirus, its ninth straight day of triple-digit increases, as government officials mull unprecedented economic restrictions to slow a resurgence that threatens to ruin what had been heralded as a rare success story against the virus.

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