for those of you that cannot project images from data on your own, and i know it's most of you, and i'm not trying to be smug, this is the graph you need to see for south korea:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_coronavirus_pandemic_in_South_Korea#/media/File:2020_coronavirus_cases_in_South_Korea.svg

does that make what i've been saying more clear?