▪ Vaccination numbers pass number of confirmed cases
▪ S. Korea reports 370 new COVID-19 cases on Friday
▪ Italy reports over 90,000 accumulated COVID-19 death toll since pandemic first emerged 1 year ago
▪ Biden delivers first foreign policy speech at State Department, declaring “America is back”
▪ UN Security Council calls for release of detained leaders in Myanmar, presses for democracy
▪ Washington still reviewing its North Korea policy: Sullivan
▪ S. Korea posts US$ 75.28 bil. current account surplus in 2020, up 26.14% on-year
▪ S. Korea’s Samsung Electronics and LG clinch top 2,3 spots in 2020 U.S. patent grants
▪ Lunar New Year during pandemic: how ancestral rituals are performed online
▪ Big rise in readings this afternoon, more clouds
* 2021-02-05, 10:00 (KST)
