After a quell in the number of COVID-19 cases at the end of fall, Korea was hit with the third wave of mass infections at the end of November with daily cases exceeding one thousand in mid-December. As a result, the Korean government reimplemented level 2.5 of their social distancing theme, which closes restaurants and bars at 9 PM, bans in-store customers at cafes, moves schools to online platforms, and closes indoor sports facilities.
We asked some adoptees living here to describe the effect of level 2.5 on their professional and social lives.
Click below to read their stories!
Kristin R. Pak (Lee Young-sook)
American, university lecturer
Kate Mayne (Pyun Ha Ra)
American, freelance marketing consultant
Mathieu Moles
French, chef & restaurateur
Vincent Sung Verstraeten
Belgian, freelance photographer & writer, chef
Kee Olsen (Han Woon Kee)
Danish, engineer at Samsung
