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.

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