In the middle of March, South Korea and the United States each had 90 deaths linked to COVID-19. Now, more than 70,000 Americans have died from the disease, while the total in South Korea hasn’t topped 300. How did the country do it? Our guest is Victoria Kim, a foreign correspondent for the L.A. Times who is based in Seoul. More reading: <a href="https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-05-05/south-korean-baseball-helps-fill-gap-left-by-major-league-baseball" target="_blank">Missing Major League Baseball? Here’s Korean baseball to the rescue</a>.[Advertisement] This L.A. Times podcast is presented to you by Blue Shield of California. The fight is tough, but so are you. Thank you, front line.

In the middle of March, South Korea and the United States each had 90 deaths linked to COVID-19. Now, more than 70,000 Americans have died from the disease, while the total in South Korea hasn’t topped 300. How did the country do it? Our guest is Victoria Kim, a foreign correspondent for the L.A. Times who is based in Seoul. More reading: Missing Major League Baseball? Here’s Korean baseball to the rescue. [Advertisement] This L.A. Times podcast is presented to you by Blue Shield of California. The fight is tough, but so are you. Thank you, front line.

In the middle of March, South Korea and the United States each had 90 deaths linked to COVID-19. Now, more than 70,000 Americans have died from the disease, while the total in South Korea hasn’t topped 300. How did the country do it? Our guest is Victoria Kim, a foreign correspondent for the L.A. Times who is based in Seoul. More reading: <a href="https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-05-05/south-korean-baseball-helps-fill-gap-left-by-major-league-baseball" rel="noopener noreferrer">Missing Major League Baseball? Here’s Korean baseball to the rescue</a>.[Advertisement] This L.A. Times podcast is presented to you by Blue Shield of California. The fight is tough, but so are you. Thank you, front line.

How South Korea Tackled the Coronavirus

"Coronavirus in California: Stories from the Front Lines" is a podcast from the Los Angeles Times hosted by reporter Gustavo Arellano. Every weekday, the podcast gives listeners dispatches from Californians who are in the thick of this pandemic. We hear from medical workers struggling to care for people who’ve fallen ill. We talk to renters and teachers, farmworkers and athletes, from Crescent City to Chula Vista. And we reach out to LA Times staffers to get reports from the field. "Coronavirus in California" will tackle tough questions: What’s actually going on in our hospitals and neighborhoods right now? How is life changing because of COVID-19? What can we do to help? [Advertisement] This L.A. Times podcast is presented to you by Blue Shield of California. The fight is tough, but so are you. Thank you, front line.

Share How South Korea Tackled the Coronavirus

Sign up to save your podcasts

How South Korea Tackled the Coronavirus

How South Korea Tackled the Coronavirus

More shows like Coronavirus in California

The Daily

The Envelope

Arrive Early, Leave Late

Obsession

This is California: The Battle of 187

Chasing Cosby

Foretold

Can't Stop Watching

Paperclip: America's Nazi Scientists

It Was Simple: The Betty Broderick Murders

Dirty John Season 2: The Podcast

The Trials of Frank Carson

Is This Seat Open?

Boiling Point

L.A. Crimes