Country Case 1: South KoreaSouth
Korea’s COVID-19 Pandemic Policy Optimization between Health and Economy
Jung Kim, an Assistant Professor at the University of North
Korean Studies, explores what factors are
important in pandemic policy optimization. In responding to national crises
such as the COVID-19 pandemic, policymakers face trade-offs between health and
the economy – should policies prioritize lives or livelihoods? He further explains
why some countries have succeeded in their response against the pandemic while
some failed through a statistical analysis of the determinants of COVID-19
pandemic policy.