Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe South Korean government is expected to reintroduce significantly stricter control measures in response to a rising wave of COVID-19 cases.
Film releases are expected to be affected.The government eased its restrictions at the beginning of November as part of a living with COVID policy.
But, since then, case numbers have begun to rise. And the Omicron variant has been detected.On Wednesday, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) confirmed a record high 7,850 new COVID-19 infections.
Of these 7,828 were local cases. There were 70 new deaths, increasing the total since the beginning of the pandemic to 4,456.
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