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South Korea to Provide Coronavirus Test Kits to US


Masked people walk in front of a TV screen showing a live broadcast of U.S. President Donald Trump's speech at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, March 12, 2020.
Masked people walk in front of a TV screen showing a live broadcast of U.S. President Donald Trump's speech at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, March 12, 2020.

South Korea, which has been among the best in the world at coronavirus testing, has agreed to provide the United States with badly needed test kits.

South Korea, which has been among the best in the world at coronavirus testing, has agreed to provide the United States with badly needed test kits.

Seoul says U.S. President Donald Trump asked South Korea for the coronavirus help on Tuesday. As VOA’s Bill Gallo reports, Trump’s request comes at a tense moment in U.S.-South Korea relations.

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