SEOUL—With Covid-19 cases rising for nearly two weeks straight, the majority of South Koreans want the nation’s maximum social-distancing measures imposed. So, too, do the country’s opposition conservative lawmakers and some medical associations. The holdouts are South Korea’s left-leaning President Moon Jae-in and the public-health architects of one of the world’s successful virus responses. Backing them are small businesses and government economic advisers.

Source: Wall Street Journal August 26, 2020 11:22 UTC