Population of Seoul is just under 10 million. With the greater metro area it’s 26 million people.
Where did he get 38 million?
He needs to stop spouting facts from memory.
Greater metro are will be affected.
South Korea has a population of 51 million. The US is six times larger. ROK tested 400k. The US has tested 1 million. When the US reaches 2.4 million, it will equal ROK in per capita testing and then zoom past the ROK.
President Trump may have erred in stating the population, but he was making the point that the high population density of Seoul, which is twice that of NYC and eight times Rome’s, makes it easier to conduct testing. And for that matter impose controls.
Give the guy a break. He is working his tail off.