ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an unprecedented global public health crisis, and governments have implemented various responses with varying degrees of effectiveness. South Korea’s approach, which has involved minimal lockdown in order to “flatten the curve”, and which offers an alternative for many democracies, has attracted much attention. Based on in-depth interviews with public health professionals and policy advisors in government agencies, this article analyses how well South Korea’s response to COVID-19 complies with the expectations of good governance, and assesses the strengths and challenges of the Korean model. Our analysis shows that South Korea has been reactive rather than preventive/passive amid waves of clusters such as outbreaks in nightclubs, e-commerce warehouses, schools, hospitals and religious gatherings. The government has used a range of countermeasures, including contact tracing, diagnostic testing, media briefings and text alerts. At the same time, the challenges for the Korean approach have been concerns about privacy, fatigue over emergency alerts and politicisation.

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评估 COVID-19 大流行期间韩国的应急管理模式

摘要 COVID-19 大流行导致了前所未有的全球公共卫生危机，各国政府采取了各种有效的应对措施。韩国的做法是尽量减少封锁以“拉平曲线”，并为许多民主国家提供了另一种选择，引起了很多关注。本文基于对公共卫生专业人员和政府机构政策顾问的深入采访，分析了韩国对 COVID-19 的反应符合善治期望的程度，并评估了韩国模式的优势和挑战。我们的分析表明，在夜总会、电子商务仓库、学校、医院和宗教集会等一波又一波的集群爆发中，韩国一直是被动的，而不是预防/被动的。政府采取了一系列对策，包括接触者追踪、诊断测试、媒体简报和文本警报。与此同时，韩国方法面临的挑战是对隐私的担忧、对紧急警报的疲劳和政治化。