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South korean Presiden Moon Jae-In has call on the government to go on a national crisis voting by concentrating all it’s capacity to overcome the economic crisis trigered by Covid-19. Speaking at the cabinet meeting on Tuesday (27/04/20) the president liken the situation economic to war time and warn the condition could get worsten in second quarter. South Korea economy contracted on 1,4 percent on quarter in the first three month of this year, the biggest quarterly slumping over 11 years.

"The economic shock is becoming apparent across all industries. Economically this is a war time situation. As government, we need to be swift above all. The damage will become greater and the difficulties of the people and business more severe if the implementation of measure is delayed" the President said. 

The President order official authority prepare so house hold can quickly to apply for monthly relief payment. The national assembly is expect to vote on extra budget bill tha will be use to fund the scheme on Wednesday. The president also highlight the need for agressive investment and the swift implementation of scheme that spur comsumption adding that the third extra budget will be use to finance a comprehensive plan to promote spending.

"We must not lose this opportunity for a third suplementary budget. The time has come for measure to revive consumption, because now quarantine and our daily life must go on the same time. People will start their normal socio economic activities while abiding to quarantine guidelines and regulation" President added. 

In addition President Moon emphasized need for South Korean version of a new deal to stimulate job creation. Calling on official to use a country strength directively carry out at large scale project on information and technology//NK  

Southern Yemeni separatist security members patrol a street during a campaign to arrest unlicensed motorcycles in Aden [File: Fawaz Salman/Reuters]

A Saudi Arabia-led military coalition has rejected a separatist group's declaration of self-rule in Yemen's south, demanding "an end to escalatory actions" and return to a peace deal signed in November last year.

The Saudi statement on Monday comes a day after Yemen's Southern Transitional Council (STC) declared a state of emergency and announced "self-administration rule" in regions under their control, including in the port city of Aden.

The key city serves as the interim capital of the internationally recognized and Saudi-backed government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.

The STC and Hadi's forces are supposed allies in Yemen's complicated conflict and both have fought together in the Saudi-led coalition's war against the Houthi rebels, who overran parts of northern Yemen in 2014, including the capital, Sanaa. 

But the STC turned on Hadi's government in August last year and seized Aden. The fighting stopped when the two groups reached a deal in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.

In its statement on Monday, the Saudi-led coalition urged the council to return to the terms of the Riyadh agreement. That deal had called for all sides to remove heavy military equipment from Yemeni cities under their control and form a unity government that included equal representation.

But that had yet to be implemented as the war continued and enormous floods struck Aden, killing at least 21 people earlier this month. Compounding the troubles, Yemen on April 10 announced its first case of the COVID-19.

The Saudi-led coalition said it "demands an end to any escalatory actions and calls for a return to the agreement by the participating parties".

The deal "entails forming a competent government that operates from the interim capital Aden to tackle economic and developmental challenges, in light of natural disasters such as floods, fears of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, and work to provide services to the brotherly people of Yemen". (Al Jazeera)