Until the beginning of March, South Korea had the second-most cases of Covid-19; now, the number of daily new cases is down to 30-50 people[1]. With the decreasing trend of new cases, the Korean government eased Social Distancing to Distancing in Daily Life since the middle of May, which includes the benefits of going back to school and allowing more social activities. When … [Read more...] about How South Korea is Managing Public Transportation under COVID-19
Seonhwa Lee
Seonhwa Lee works at the Transport division of the IDB for the operations and research especially in Korea-LAC collaborative operations, rural transport, inclusive mobility and accessibility as well as the application of future technologies and innovations in transport sector. Before joining the IDB, she started her professional experience at the infrastructure unit of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). Also, she has project and research experiences in two Colombian projects, one in an urban-social development project implemented by KOICA, and the other one in the research project of sustainable agricultural system targeting forest conservation and peacebuilding in Colombia at Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) in Germany. She graduated with a Bachelor of Economics in Korea and Master of Rural Development in Belgium and Germany.