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Podcast: Focus on Headline
Episode: Focus on Headline 08/09/2024
Description: 1.Multiple military sources said Friday that a North Korean defected to South Korea early on Thursday by crossing "neutral waters" between the two Koreas. The Joint Chiefs of Staff said relevant authorities are investigating the details, including how the defection took place.
2.According to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency on Friday, the number of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 in South Korea surged sixfold in four weeks amid a virus resurgence in summertime nationwide. Of the inpatients this month, 65-point-2 percent were those aged 65 and older.
3.Japan's Meteorological Agency on Thursday issued its first-ever...