#Newspaper
Devastated! Chou Tzuyu donates 50 million KRW to South Korea for epidemic prevention, Chinese netizens complain "she did not donate a single penny to China"
Editor's Note: Chou Tzuyu was accused of supporting Taiwanese independence for waving a Taiwanese flag in 2016 and was forced to apologise to continue working in the entertainment industry. For the donation incident, she later clarified that she had also donated money to China when she made the donation to Korea.
(29 Feb)South Korean news reported that many Korean celebrities recently donated money to control the Wuhan coronavirus. Chou Tzuyu, a Taiwanese singer from the South Korean girl band TWICE, donated 50 million KRW to charity to purchase medical supplies. She said, "I wish everyone good health." TWICE's management company, JYP Entertainment, also donated 50 million KRW, "we hope to benefit frontline medical workers."
After Tzuyu's donation was announced, many South Korean netizens left happy comments: "Tzuyu's face and heart are beautiful", "Tzuyu is an angel", and "Tzuyu has a beautiful soul". Some commented, "Taiwan No.1".
However, her act of kindness also started trending on Weibo. Some Chinese netizens were dissatisfied that she "donated to South Korea but not China", and "she did not donate a single penny to China".
Source: Newtalk news
https://newtalk.tw/news/view/2020-02-29/373510
#ChouTzuyu #Taiwanese #Korea #Nationalism #Coronavirus
Devastated! Chou Tzuyu donates 50 million KRW to South Korea for epidemic prevention, Chinese netizens complain "she did not donate a single penny to China"
Editor's Note: Chou Tzuyu was accused of supporting Taiwanese independence for waving a Taiwanese flag in 2016 and was forced to apologise to continue working in the entertainment industry. For the donation incident, she later clarified that she had also donated money to China when she made the donation to Korea.
(29 Feb)South Korean news reported that many Korean celebrities recently donated money to control the Wuhan coronavirus. Chou Tzuyu, a Taiwanese singer from the South Korean girl band TWICE, donated 50 million KRW to charity to purchase medical supplies. She said, "I wish everyone good health." TWICE's management company, JYP Entertainment, also donated 50 million KRW, "we hope to benefit frontline medical workers."
After Tzuyu's donation was announced, many South Korean netizens left happy comments: "Tzuyu's face and heart are beautiful", "Tzuyu is an angel", and "Tzuyu has a beautiful soul". Some commented, "Taiwan No.1".
However, her act of kindness also started trending on Weibo. Some Chinese netizens were dissatisfied that she "donated to South Korea but not China", and "she did not donate a single penny to China".
Source: Newtalk news
https://newtalk.tw/news/view/2020-02-29/373510
#ChouTzuyu #Taiwanese #Korea #Nationalism #Coronavirus
新頭殼 Newtalk
又崩潰了！周子瑜捐5千萬韓元助防疫 中國網友嗆「沒捐中國一分錢」
武漢肺炎（COVID-19）疫情肆虐全球，南韓今（29）日確診個案數突破3千例，更傳出首例受刑人感染的消息。韓國人氣女團TWICE中來自台灣的周子瑜，日前捐出5千萬韓元(約123萬台幣)幫助韓國民眾抗疫，暖舉被韓國網友力挺，留言「子瑜擁有美麗的靈魂」、「台灣No.1」。韓國媒體報導，南韓娛樂圈近來很
#Newspaper
Why are Korea’s Covid-19 death rates so low?
//South Korea has the dubious distinction of suffering the second-highest number of Covid-19 infections after China – but can also boast the lowest death ratio among countries with significant numbers of cases.
//Amid the outbreak, neighboring China has used a “Great Wall” strategy to cordon off entire cities. South Korea has stuck to a liberal playbook: even its most affected city, Daegu, has not been isolated. This makes Seoul’s apparent success in the struggle against Covid-19 a potential benchmark for other affected democracies.
//Key factors include a robust national health service; prior experience of virus outbreaks and related preparations; aggressive execution of testing, isolation and treatment protocols, fully backed by the law – and two incidences of good fortune.
//Buttressing prior experience with SARS and MERS.
//As a result, officials were fully prepared
//Telephone consulting services, drive-through test centers and thermal cameras – which, set up in buildings and public places to detect fever, swiftly came online.
//A triage system ensures only those with severe symptoms are admitted to oxygenated, low-pressure wards. Home quarantine with access to medical consulting is widely employed.
//Those with symptoms were triaged as priority testees; once they were cleared, tests were conducted on those who showed no symptoms to ensure they were not latent carriers.
//Case tracking was done via CCTV data mining and credit use patterns.
//Quarantines… perhaps even more critical to the low death rate was the activation of early treatment.
//“When you look at the age and the distribution of confirmed cases in Shincheonji you see high portion of those in the 20s and 30s,” said Kim. “Therefore, the fatality rate in this cohort is low.”
//“If you look at the population distribution compared to China, we have a higher portion of younger age groups,”
//some postulated that the Korean diet – heavy on such supposedly immune-boosting ingredients as garlic – might offer the populace superior in-body defenses.
//Neighbor Japan has lower overall numbers, but a higher percentage of fatalities.
Full Article: Asia Times, (11-Mar)
https://asiatimes.com/2020/03/why-are-koreas-covid-19-death-rates-so-low/
#Korea #Coronavirus #Japan
Why are Korea’s Covid-19 death rates so low?
//South Korea has the dubious distinction of suffering the second-highest number of Covid-19 infections after China – but can also boast the lowest death ratio among countries with significant numbers of cases.
//Amid the outbreak, neighboring China has used a “Great Wall” strategy to cordon off entire cities. South Korea has stuck to a liberal playbook: even its most affected city, Daegu, has not been isolated. This makes Seoul’s apparent success in the struggle against Covid-19 a potential benchmark for other affected democracies.
//Key factors include a robust national health service; prior experience of virus outbreaks and related preparations; aggressive execution of testing, isolation and treatment protocols, fully backed by the law – and two incidences of good fortune.
//Buttressing prior experience with SARS and MERS.
//As a result, officials were fully prepared
//Telephone consulting services, drive-through test centers and thermal cameras – which, set up in buildings and public places to detect fever, swiftly came online.
//A triage system ensures only those with severe symptoms are admitted to oxygenated, low-pressure wards. Home quarantine with access to medical consulting is widely employed.
//Those with symptoms were triaged as priority testees; once they were cleared, tests were conducted on those who showed no symptoms to ensure they were not latent carriers.
//Case tracking was done via CCTV data mining and credit use patterns.
//Quarantines… perhaps even more critical to the low death rate was the activation of early treatment.
//“When you look at the age and the distribution of confirmed cases in Shincheonji you see high portion of those in the 20s and 30s,” said Kim. “Therefore, the fatality rate in this cohort is low.”
//“If you look at the population distribution compared to China, we have a higher portion of younger age groups,”
//some postulated that the Korean diet – heavy on such supposedly immune-boosting ingredients as garlic – might offer the populace superior in-body defenses.
//Neighbor Japan has lower overall numbers, but a higher percentage of fatalities.
Full Article: Asia Times, (11-Mar)
https://asiatimes.com/2020/03/why-are-koreas-covid-19-death-rates-so-low/
#Korea #Coronavirus #Japan
Asia Times
Why are Korea’s Covid-19 death rates so low?
South Korea has the dubious distinction of suffering the second-highest number of Covid-19 infections after China – but can also boast the lowest death ratio among countries with significant …
#Newspaper
A Protestant pastor in South Korea alleged that the "Wuhan pneumonia" pandemic was “The punishment on China by God for its suppression of religion”
#Korea #Wuhan Pneumonia #New Corona Virus # Protestantism #Christianity #China #Suppression of religion #Sermon
(24-Feb) As indicated from some probes, there were some Protestant pastors of large-scale churches in Korea who preached about the Covid-19, so-called “Wuhan Pneumonia” as in the context of conspiracy theories, like “The judgement on China by God”, or delivered speeches based on unfounded beliefs or being politically biased.
By using the keywords, in terms of “Sermons on New Corona Virus”, some relevant video clips could be found on YouTube on 21 Feb 2020. The key message of those video clips was to associate the new corona virus with suppression of Protestantism in China.
In a sermon entitled <<The road to the end of pandemic>>, which was delivered on 9 Feb by Chi Long Chu, a pastor of Yanggu Church in Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do, asserted that it was a regrettable act of the Chinese government to suppress God, expelled missionaries, and bombed the churches. The outbreak of the new corona virus was a retribution for such shameful act. The pastor Lee Kim Ho of Daegu Church, in which there were 51 members diagnosed with such virus within one single day on 20 Feb, said that the Chinese President, Xi Jinping, was a sinister in the eyes of God, who had implemented such atrocious policies. Quoting from the Bible, pastor Chi said inflicting people with pandemic back then was a disciplinary action enforced by God, and that is why it is now happening in China.
On top of blaming the Chinese President Xi, pastor Cheung Hin Chik of the Pure Gospel Church in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi-do also treated this pandemic engulfing Korea as the ammunition to heap criticism on the Korean government. On 9th of this month, Pastor Cheung stated in his sermon that the pandemic has worried him and the ordinary people should be treated fairly. It has now become a war against the virus. The newly on-board Prime Minister of Korea, Chung Sye-kyun, was also embroiled in such offensive remarks, in which his first names [Sye-Kyn] have similar pronunciation as the “Bacteria” in Korean.
As more than half of the patients diagnosed with the new corona virus in Daegu are members of Shincheonji Church of Jesus, there have been serious public concerns about closing all the churches to curb the spread of virus so as to avoid it being aggravated by the mass preaching.
Koon Chun Hau, the chief editor of the Christian media <<News and Joy>> specialized in tracking the churches, has been monitoring the coronavirus related content that existed in the sermon and the result was telling. It is not uncommon among big or small-sized churches that the sermons are politically tilted without religious essence. From the secular perspective and neglecting any content about the judgement by God or curses, such sermon can have a profound effect on society considering the social and spiritual influence by the pastors, any misunderstanding could pose much risks in the society as a whole.
Source: Facebook, hani.co.kr
https://bit.ly/2QmGZsL
https://bit.ly/2x7dYu1
Further reading:
South Korea sect leader to face probe over deaths
https://bbc.in/2QqAl4J
#Korea #Coronavirus #Church #Xi #Protestant
A Protestant pastor in South Korea alleged that the "Wuhan pneumonia" pandemic was “The punishment on China by God for its suppression of religion”
#Korea #Wuhan Pneumonia #New Corona Virus # Protestantism #Christianity #China #Suppression of religion #Sermon
(24-Feb) As indicated from some probes, there were some Protestant pastors of large-scale churches in Korea who preached about the Covid-19, so-called “Wuhan Pneumonia” as in the context of conspiracy theories, like “The judgement on China by God”, or delivered speeches based on unfounded beliefs or being politically biased.
By using the keywords, in terms of “Sermons on New Corona Virus”, some relevant video clips could be found on YouTube on 21 Feb 2020. The key message of those video clips was to associate the new corona virus with suppression of Protestantism in China.
In a sermon entitled <<The road to the end of pandemic>>, which was delivered on 9 Feb by Chi Long Chu, a pastor of Yanggu Church in Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do, asserted that it was a regrettable act of the Chinese government to suppress God, expelled missionaries, and bombed the churches. The outbreak of the new corona virus was a retribution for such shameful act. The pastor Lee Kim Ho of Daegu Church, in which there were 51 members diagnosed with such virus within one single day on 20 Feb, said that the Chinese President, Xi Jinping, was a sinister in the eyes of God, who had implemented such atrocious policies. Quoting from the Bible, pastor Chi said inflicting people with pandemic back then was a disciplinary action enforced by God, and that is why it is now happening in China.
On top of blaming the Chinese President Xi, pastor Cheung Hin Chik of the Pure Gospel Church in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi-do also treated this pandemic engulfing Korea as the ammunition to heap criticism on the Korean government. On 9th of this month, Pastor Cheung stated in his sermon that the pandemic has worried him and the ordinary people should be treated fairly. It has now become a war against the virus. The newly on-board Prime Minister of Korea, Chung Sye-kyun, was also embroiled in such offensive remarks, in which his first names [Sye-Kyn] have similar pronunciation as the “Bacteria” in Korean.
As more than half of the patients diagnosed with the new corona virus in Daegu are members of Shincheonji Church of Jesus, there have been serious public concerns about closing all the churches to curb the spread of virus so as to avoid it being aggravated by the mass preaching.
Koon Chun Hau, the chief editor of the Christian media <<News and Joy>> specialized in tracking the churches, has been monitoring the coronavirus related content that existed in the sermon and the result was telling. It is not uncommon among big or small-sized churches that the sermons are politically tilted without religious essence. From the secular perspective and neglecting any content about the judgement by God or curses, such sermon can have a profound effect on society considering the social and spiritual influence by the pastors, any misunderstanding could pose much risks in the society as a whole.
Source: Facebook, hani.co.kr
https://bit.ly/2QmGZsL
https://bit.ly/2x7dYu1
Further reading:
South Korea sect leader to face probe over deaths
https://bbc.in/2QqAl4J
#Korea #Coronavirus #Church #Xi #Protestant
www.hani.co.kr
코로나19가 “하나님 심판”?…일부 개신교 목사들 황당 주장
중국의 개신교 탄압이 코로나19 원인이라는 음모론에 코로나19 국내 유행, 정부에 대한 공격 소재로 활용하기도
#Newspaper
"Best confirmed case" in Korea﹗ Write down the details of daily life so that not a single person was infected by him
(5 Mar) There are some unethical behaviors conducted by patients who were diagnosed with Coronavirus. When they knew they were tested positive, they still decided not to quarantine. As a result, they spread the virus to hundreds or even thousands of innocent people.
Today, the Korean media reported the case of an acclaimed "the best confirmed case". He was diagnosed and was identified as the "1129" patient in Incheon, South Korea, at the end of last month.
Unwilling to bother others, when he suspected that he was sick at the end of January, he carefully wrote down his daily life in detail for 25 consecutive days, writing a 38-page record. He also minimized going out, avoiding contact with other people, eventually succeeded without infecting others.
The patient, according to the report, was originally a tourism commentator. As early as January 23-26, he has provided on-site explanations for tourists from mainland China in tourist attractions such as Changdeokgung Palace and Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul. Later on February 1, he began to feel sore throat and neck pain, and his chest was a little stuffy. He began to suspect that he was infected by coronavirus. In the attempt to avoid affecting others, he immediately took a vacation for the day to stay home to rest. He also carefully recorded the symptoms and treatment each day.
In the early days, he had consulted the health center, but since he did not have a fever, and had no record of traveling to China, the health center did not perform any coronavirus test.
Even though he went out to visit the doctor several times in early February, he would only go to the surrounding hospital. In addition, in order to minimize the contact with others, he avoided taking public transportation such as buses and subways. For the places that can be travelled on foot, he would walk it. Only for places that might take more than 1 hour of walking then he will take the taxi.
He would record every detail of the itinerary-"January 24, around 12:10 am on foot to Daohe Station ... Take the subway at about 12:30, get off at Jongno 3 Street Station and transfer to No. 3 line..."
Although he only lived with his mother, he was worried about the health of his elderly mother. When he was home, he would strictly follow the health management policy of the Department of Disease Management. To wear sanitary gloves and masks at all times, and thoroughly disinfected the tablewares after used.
As a result, even if he tested negative for the first time for the virus, his second test came back positive on February 23. But because he suspected that he had been infected for the past half month and was being cautious, not only did he prevent the virus from transmitting to his mother, the epidemic prevention department could trace the 23 people who had contacted him through his diary in a timely manner. As a result, none of them were infected, and the last line of defense was kept.
It is no wonder that Incheon used his experience as a role model to produce a poster saying, "If all suspected patients act like him, we can minimize the chance of spreading the virus around."
Source of report:
https://news.joins.com/article/23721284
Source: Facebook
https://bit.ly/2WmrTqI
Further reading:
Why are Korea’s Covid-19 death rates so low?
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/18611
#Korea #SuspectedPatient #Model
"Best confirmed case" in Korea﹗ Write down the details of daily life so that not a single person was infected by him
(5 Mar) There are some unethical behaviors conducted by patients who were diagnosed with Coronavirus. When they knew they were tested positive, they still decided not to quarantine. As a result, they spread the virus to hundreds or even thousands of innocent people.
Today, the Korean media reported the case of an acclaimed "the best confirmed case". He was diagnosed and was identified as the "1129" patient in Incheon, South Korea, at the end of last month.
Unwilling to bother others, when he suspected that he was sick at the end of January, he carefully wrote down his daily life in detail for 25 consecutive days, writing a 38-page record. He also minimized going out, avoiding contact with other people, eventually succeeded without infecting others.
The patient, according to the report, was originally a tourism commentator. As early as January 23-26, he has provided on-site explanations for tourists from mainland China in tourist attractions such as Changdeokgung Palace and Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul. Later on February 1, he began to feel sore throat and neck pain, and his chest was a little stuffy. He began to suspect that he was infected by coronavirus. In the attempt to avoid affecting others, he immediately took a vacation for the day to stay home to rest. He also carefully recorded the symptoms and treatment each day.
In the early days, he had consulted the health center, but since he did not have a fever, and had no record of traveling to China, the health center did not perform any coronavirus test.
Even though he went out to visit the doctor several times in early February, he would only go to the surrounding hospital. In addition, in order to minimize the contact with others, he avoided taking public transportation such as buses and subways. For the places that can be travelled on foot, he would walk it. Only for places that might take more than 1 hour of walking then he will take the taxi.
He would record every detail of the itinerary-"January 24, around 12:10 am on foot to Daohe Station ... Take the subway at about 12:30, get off at Jongno 3 Street Station and transfer to No. 3 line..."
Although he only lived with his mother, he was worried about the health of his elderly mother. When he was home, he would strictly follow the health management policy of the Department of Disease Management. To wear sanitary gloves and masks at all times, and thoroughly disinfected the tablewares after used.
As a result, even if he tested negative for the first time for the virus, his second test came back positive on February 23. But because he suspected that he had been infected for the past half month and was being cautious, not only did he prevent the virus from transmitting to his mother, the epidemic prevention department could trace the 23 people who had contacted him through his diary in a timely manner. As a result, none of them were infected, and the last line of defense was kept.
It is no wonder that Incheon used his experience as a role model to produce a poster saying, "If all suspected patients act like him, we can minimize the chance of spreading the virus around."
Source of report:
https://news.joins.com/article/23721284
Source: Facebook
https://bit.ly/2WmrTqI
Further reading:
Why are Korea’s Covid-19 death rates so low?
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/18611
#Korea #SuspectedPatient #Model
중앙일보
인천 한 확진자의 38쪽 꼼꼼일지···첫 문장은 "무고한 피해 없게"
A씨는 코로나19 감염 증상을 자각한 뒤 증세와 동선 등을 기록했다. 인천시 관계자는 "A씨가 예방수칙을 잘 지켜 그의 어머니와 접촉자 23명이 모두 음성 판정을 받았다"며 "역학조사를 할 때도 A씨가 남긴 일지 덕분에 동선 파악이 신속하고 정확하게 이뤄져 인천에서 발 빠르게 대응할 수 있었다"고 말했다. A씨는 지난달
#NetizensVoice
1987 South Korea vs. 2020 Hong Kong
(26 Mar) I have never thought the situation in Hong Kong right now is worse than the 1987 Korea.
In the movie "1987: When the Day Comes" (2017 South Korean political thriller film based on a true story), during the police interrogation, the bad cops killed a student during waterboarding and tried to cover up the truth afterwards. In the movie/true events: the prosecutor insisted to preform an autopsy of the student but the police would not let it happen; a tough journalist who stayed in the bathroom all night waiting for a chance to ask a question but the police refused to disclose any details; a doctor who were not corrupted by the large sum of bribe money but the police would not let him report the cause of death. It was many nameless citizens who never give up and eventually led the information to the journalists and news media. As a result, the government immediately arrested the bad cops. Historically, the series of events pushed the government to give up the low rank officers in hope for peace.
Right now in Hong Kong, the government has executed the legal procedures to help cover the identity of the police who shot the Indonesian female journalist and many more violence attack toward Hong Kong protesters. When the police name was made public, the government/Hong Kong police arrested the Hong Kong District Chairman who shared the news on social media. The situation in Hong Kong right now is worse than Korea in 1987. The government and the police are even more determined and shameless than the "militant", "brave" and "ruthless" government of totalitarian Korea.
Beside confronting the Chinese Communist Party, Hongkongers are facing an unique state of affairs that no one has ever encountered before. As the China-US trade war continues and with the Chinese Communist Party's cover-up of the #WuhanPneumonia epidemic, which has led to global pandemic. When will the world united and turn against the Communist Party of China? If not this time, then wait until when?
Totalitarian governments can't stop their lies. In movie "1987: When the Day Comes", a character says that "the only weapon we have left is the truth. Only the truth can bring down the regime".The former Czech Republic President and a famous writer, Vaclav Harwell's simple but extraordinary idea about "living in truth" is even more true in this age that full of cover-up/fake news. Please use the little freedom of speech you have left, and if you haven't seen the "Against the Right series: June Democratic Uprising in Korea" series of movies, please watch it while the epidemic is raging. History always repeats itself.
The Hong Kong Communist Party/Chinese Communist Party has a belief stating that political power comes from the "barrel of a gun" (as a metaphor of political power comes from violence) and if it is the case, let them fight for the world power.
#MidnightGetAroundTheFirewall
#1987WhenTheDayComes
Source: Facebook
https://bit.ly/340WKLs
#Totalitarian #FakeNews #Korea #HongKongProtest #Coronavirus #CCP #FreedomOfSpeech
1987 South Korea vs. 2020 Hong Kong
(26 Mar) I have never thought the situation in Hong Kong right now is worse than the 1987 Korea.
In the movie "1987: When the Day Comes" (2017 South Korean political thriller film based on a true story), during the police interrogation, the bad cops killed a student during waterboarding and tried to cover up the truth afterwards. In the movie/true events: the prosecutor insisted to preform an autopsy of the student but the police would not let it happen; a tough journalist who stayed in the bathroom all night waiting for a chance to ask a question but the police refused to disclose any details; a doctor who were not corrupted by the large sum of bribe money but the police would not let him report the cause of death. It was many nameless citizens who never give up and eventually led the information to the journalists and news media. As a result, the government immediately arrested the bad cops. Historically, the series of events pushed the government to give up the low rank officers in hope for peace.
Right now in Hong Kong, the government has executed the legal procedures to help cover the identity of the police who shot the Indonesian female journalist and many more violence attack toward Hong Kong protesters. When the police name was made public, the government/Hong Kong police arrested the Hong Kong District Chairman who shared the news on social media. The situation in Hong Kong right now is worse than Korea in 1987. The government and the police are even more determined and shameless than the "militant", "brave" and "ruthless" government of totalitarian Korea.
Beside confronting the Chinese Communist Party, Hongkongers are facing an unique state of affairs that no one has ever encountered before. As the China-US trade war continues and with the Chinese Communist Party's cover-up of the #WuhanPneumonia epidemic, which has led to global pandemic. When will the world united and turn against the Communist Party of China? If not this time, then wait until when?
Totalitarian governments can't stop their lies. In movie "1987: When the Day Comes", a character says that "the only weapon we have left is the truth. Only the truth can bring down the regime".The former Czech Republic President and a famous writer, Vaclav Harwell's simple but extraordinary idea about "living in truth" is even more true in this age that full of cover-up/fake news. Please use the little freedom of speech you have left, and if you haven't seen the "Against the Right series: June Democratic Uprising in Korea" series of movies, please watch it while the epidemic is raging. History always repeats itself.
The Hong Kong Communist Party/Chinese Communist Party has a belief stating that political power comes from the "barrel of a gun" (as a metaphor of political power comes from violence) and if it is the case, let them fight for the world power.
#MidnightGetAroundTheFirewall
#1987WhenTheDayComes
Source: Facebook
https://bit.ly/340WKLs
#Totalitarian #FakeNews #Korea #HongKongProtest #Coronavirus #CCP #FreedomOfSpeech
#OpinionArticle #ChipTsao
Darwinism in the Pandemic
//And Europe, including Switzerland, crammed full of elites, is a complete mess under this pandemic.
//Wuhan Pneumonia is a major reshuffle of global intelligence. Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea are ranked the top four respectively in terms of community response. The people from those areas did not have any convoluted arguments. They just acted quickly to protect themselves once they encountered the virus.
//Taiwan is not part of the WHO, or in other words, the Triad [organised crime syndicate]. The Taiwanese people, including President Tsai Ing-wen, knew from the beginning that the African Director-General of the WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, was a liar.
//It became the world's most learned in the specialisation of tropical diseases. Hong Kong should have been the worst affected after the Handover. However, Hongkongers experienced over 20 years of political resistance. From the protests against Article 23 to the Umbrella Movement to the Anti-ELAB Movement, Hongkongers continually underwent rebirth in the wake of war and trauma, making them highly sensitive to distress.
//In terms of confronting the virus, the quality of awareness and response within the communities of Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea and Japan is better than any European country. This is a completely new phenomenon.
Full Translation:
https://telegra.ph/Darwinism-in-the-Pandemic-04-10
Source: Apple Daily
#Taiwan #Korea #Japan #Epidemic #Italy #WHO #Tedros #SelfHelp #Darwin
Darwinism in the Pandemic
//And Europe, including Switzerland, crammed full of elites, is a complete mess under this pandemic.
//Wuhan Pneumonia is a major reshuffle of global intelligence. Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea are ranked the top four respectively in terms of community response. The people from those areas did not have any convoluted arguments. They just acted quickly to protect themselves once they encountered the virus.
//Taiwan is not part of the WHO, or in other words, the Triad [organised crime syndicate]. The Taiwanese people, including President Tsai Ing-wen, knew from the beginning that the African Director-General of the WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, was a liar.
//It became the world's most learned in the specialisation of tropical diseases. Hong Kong should have been the worst affected after the Handover. However, Hongkongers experienced over 20 years of political resistance. From the protests against Article 23 to the Umbrella Movement to the Anti-ELAB Movement, Hongkongers continually underwent rebirth in the wake of war and trauma, making them highly sensitive to distress.
//In terms of confronting the virus, the quality of awareness and response within the communities of Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea and Japan is better than any European country. This is a completely new phenomenon.
Full Translation:
https://telegra.ph/Darwinism-in-the-Pandemic-04-10
Source: Apple Daily
#Taiwan #Korea #Japan #Epidemic #Italy #WHO #Tedros #SelfHelp #Darwin
Telegraph
Darwinism in the Pandemic
(31 Mar) In an era where bad money drives out good money, the hardest-hit country by Wuhan Pneumonia surprisingly turned out to be Italy. Western countries have absolutely no protective measures against Wuhan Pneumonia, which is a sign of deterioration.…
Work from home during the Pandemic in South Korea
Robert Kelly is an American political science professor at Pusan National University. His most interesting achievement is not an impressive professor but his interview that went viral which was interrupted by his adorable family on BBC World News in 2017. This video captured hearts all over the world and make many netizens to understand how difficult it is to work from home, especially with young kids. Espacilly now, most employees are working from home due to the COVID-19 outbreak in the community.
Robert Kelly and his family have been interviewed by BBC World News online recently to discuss the daily lives in Busan with kids and the situation of working from home at the moment. Also, Robert pointed out the importance of understanding pandemic could lead to better anti-epidemic measurements.
As they are staying in Busan, South Korea, where the Government has been taken prevention action for the coronavirus outbreak since Janurary. Jung-a Kim, wife of Robert, mentioned that it was hard to stay home with kids for such a long period of time. Luckily, they could bring kids to countryside which is away from crowded and enjoy the natural environment.
As an employee, Robert agreed that working from home is a transformation of way to work and it is a tough time for employees with kids. He works about two hours a day because kids are always grabbing attention from their parents, which make parents cannot focus on their own work. It is getting better that they can bring kids out to use up some of their energy recently, but not at the three weeks time when the Government lockdown some of the cities. It is definitely a challenge for parents who have to work from home.
Besides, the South Korea Government adopts measures to prevent community outbreak which a lot of westerners would see as extreme, such as the Government can track everyone’s movement. Yet, Robert claimed that is a successful policy to control the number of risky carrier of virus, Moreover, South Korean are self-disciplined to keep distance in public rather than get involved in crowded places like American. Therefore, the cases have dropped sharply in South Korea like only hundreds of that recently.
Moreover, Robert agrees with the understanding of pandemic could affect how countries treat coronavirus. He thinks South Korea could respond to COVID-19 shortly because they have experienced MERS and SARS before. Many scenarios that the Government and citizens are expected to be happened again and they are alert with personal hygiene once COVID-19 occurred there. On the other hand, there are some infrastructures and anti-pandemic equipment left over from previous epidemic outbreak which could help in testing or control the infection of COVID-19. As a result, South Korea is able to slow down the rate of infection though there are still rising number of cases.
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#Korea #WorkFromHome #Coronavirus
Robert Kelly is an American political science professor at Pusan National University. His most interesting achievement is not an impressive professor but his interview that went viral which was interrupted by his adorable family on BBC World News in 2017. This video captured hearts all over the world and make many netizens to understand how difficult it is to work from home, especially with young kids. Espacilly now, most employees are working from home due to the COVID-19 outbreak in the community.
Robert Kelly and his family have been interviewed by BBC World News online recently to discuss the daily lives in Busan with kids and the situation of working from home at the moment. Also, Robert pointed out the importance of understanding pandemic could lead to better anti-epidemic measurements.
As they are staying in Busan, South Korea, where the Government has been taken prevention action for the coronavirus outbreak since Janurary. Jung-a Kim, wife of Robert, mentioned that it was hard to stay home with kids for such a long period of time. Luckily, they could bring kids to countryside which is away from crowded and enjoy the natural environment.
As an employee, Robert agreed that working from home is a transformation of way to work and it is a tough time for employees with kids. He works about two hours a day because kids are always grabbing attention from their parents, which make parents cannot focus on their own work. It is getting better that they can bring kids out to use up some of their energy recently, but not at the three weeks time when the Government lockdown some of the cities. It is definitely a challenge for parents who have to work from home.
Besides, the South Korea Government adopts measures to prevent community outbreak which a lot of westerners would see as extreme, such as the Government can track everyone’s movement. Yet, Robert claimed that is a successful policy to control the number of risky carrier of virus, Moreover, South Korean are self-disciplined to keep distance in public rather than get involved in crowded places like American. Therefore, the cases have dropped sharply in South Korea like only hundreds of that recently.
Moreover, Robert agrees with the understanding of pandemic could affect how countries treat coronavirus. He thinks South Korea could respond to COVID-19 shortly because they have experienced MERS and SARS before. Many scenarios that the Government and citizens are expected to be happened again and they are alert with personal hygiene once COVID-19 occurred there. On the other hand, there are some infrastructures and anti-pandemic equipment left over from previous epidemic outbreak which could help in testing or control the infection of COVID-19. As a result, South Korea is able to slow down the rate of infection though there are still rising number of cases.
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https://youtu.be/5IuK-4rALSU
#Korea #WorkFromHome #Coronavirus
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肺炎疫情：羅伯特教授一家再受訪 子女活潑在家工作困難－ BBC News 中文
新型冠狀病毒疫情肆虐下，世界各地的家庭不得不在家裡逗留更長時間，以遏制疫症的傳播。2017年，在家接受BBC採訪的羅伯特·凱利教授，因一對子女誤闖房間，成為全球熱話。
BBC再次找來羅伯特教授、他的妻子金正雅和他一對活潑的子女訪問，了解他在家工作的情況，以及他們一家所身處的韓國的防疫政策。你猜教授怎樣說？
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BBC再次找來羅伯特教授、他的妻子金正雅和他一對活潑的子女訪問，了解他在家工作的情況，以及他們一家所身處的韓國的防疫政策。你猜教授怎樣說？
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52 Korean Civil Society Organizations Denounce the Arrest of Pro-Democracy Figures by Hong Kong Police: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"
//...freedom of assembly and association and freedom of expression are basic human rights that must be guaranteed.
We also express our deep concern that the arrest of pro-democracy activists by Hong Kong police could aggravate the social division and confusion at a time when governments and citizens must cooperate to fight the global disaster situation of COVID-19.
...“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,” the injustice occurring in Hong Kong is, after all, a threat to justice that should be guarded by democratic societies around the world.
Therefore, we will continue to stand in solidarity with the Hong Kong citizens’ peaceful resistance toward democracy till the end. We strongly urge the Hong Kong government to immediately cease its unjust and arbitrary arrests of pro-democracy activists.//
#Apr21
52 Korean Civil Society Organizations Denounce the Arrest of Pro-Democracy Figures by Hong Kong Police: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"
//...freedom of assembly and association and freedom of expression are basic human rights that must be guaranteed.
We also express our deep concern that the arrest of pro-democracy activists by Hong Kong police could aggravate the social division and confusion at a time when governments and citizens must cooperate to fight the global disaster situation of COVID-19.
...“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,” the injustice occurring in Hong Kong is, after all, a threat to justice that should be guarded by democratic societies around the world.
Therefore, we will continue to stand in solidarity with the Hong Kong citizens’ peaceful resistance toward democracy till the end. We strongly urge the Hong Kong government to immediately cease its unjust and arbitrary arrests of pro-democracy activists.//
#Apr21
#Newspaper
South Koreans support Hong Kong as they recall their own struggle for freedom
//Two hundred people in black marched from Seoul City Hall to the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in late November in support of the Hong Kong anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill (anti- ELAB) Movement.
//They chanted slogans and held banners in Korean, English, and Chinese that read “We support Hong Kong Resistance”.
//“I stand with Hong Kong because their demands are fundamental human rights. And we believe the five demands are right,”
//South Korea has its own bloody history of democratic movements in the decades after the Korean War in the ’60s.
//“It saddens me to see citizens of Hong Kong getting hurt like what happened in Gwangju Uprising in 1980,” Kim sighs, a 57-year-old docent of the Asia Culture Center in Gwangju.
//“In both the Gwangju uprising and the anti-extradition bill movement, there is the suppression of democracy. Freedom of speech is violated and police officers do not face investigation for their brutality against protesters in Hong Kong,”
//“To help prevent a repeat of Gwangju history, some South Korean students have stood up to fight with Hong Kong,” Lim says, “And this is also why people in Gwangju support Hong Kong as well.”
//some South Koreans supporting Hong Kong’s democracy movement have also set up Lennon walls, mostly on campus, to encourage Hong Kong students studying in South Korea.
//“The saddest thing is that the students get hurt and die during their fight. I hope no one gets hurt any more […] I sincerely hope for the victory in Hong Kong,” said Bae Eun-sim, mother of Lee Han-yeol, who died after the June Democracy Movement of 1987.
//Despite strong resistance from Chinese students, a group of ordinary Korean citizens created a Facebook page, “Hong Kong Protest Lennon Wall in South Korea”, as a safer platform to express opinions and support the movement.
//While condemning vicious attacks on the physical Lennon Walls, the administrator stresses that they are not against any nationality and believe no discriminatory comments should be posted.
//Several other universities removing Lennon Walls on university campuses aroused suspicion about pressure from China.
//Students immediately responded to the measure and regarded it as further diminishing South Korea’s freedom of speech.
//“It is dubious. Some people think the South Korean media is being censored by pressure from pro-China groups,”
//“We ask Korean media to provide the public with in-depth reports that explain the root causes of the Hong Kong protest and its significance,” they say, “we would like to know the change in the social climate of Hong Kong after the 2019 Hong Kong local elections.”
Full article: HKFP, (4-May)
Further reading:
52 Korean Civil Society Organizations Denounce the Arrest of Pro-Democracy Figures by Hong Kong Police: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19832
Support of Hongkongers' Pro-democracy Movement from Korea
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/16994
Korean supporters take a photo with "Five demands, not one less" gesture and post in #Instagram everyday
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/16155
#Korea #GlobalSupport #antiELAB #5demands #freedom #GwangjuUprising #LennoWall #Censorship #Democracy
South Koreans support Hong Kong as they recall their own struggle for freedom
//Two hundred people in black marched from Seoul City Hall to the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in late November in support of the Hong Kong anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill (anti- ELAB) Movement.
//They chanted slogans and held banners in Korean, English, and Chinese that read “We support Hong Kong Resistance”.
//“I stand with Hong Kong because their demands are fundamental human rights. And we believe the five demands are right,”
//South Korea has its own bloody history of democratic movements in the decades after the Korean War in the ’60s.
//“It saddens me to see citizens of Hong Kong getting hurt like what happened in Gwangju Uprising in 1980,” Kim sighs, a 57-year-old docent of the Asia Culture Center in Gwangju.
//“In both the Gwangju uprising and the anti-extradition bill movement, there is the suppression of democracy. Freedom of speech is violated and police officers do not face investigation for their brutality against protesters in Hong Kong,”
//“To help prevent a repeat of Gwangju history, some South Korean students have stood up to fight with Hong Kong,” Lim says, “And this is also why people in Gwangju support Hong Kong as well.”
//some South Koreans supporting Hong Kong’s democracy movement have also set up Lennon walls, mostly on campus, to encourage Hong Kong students studying in South Korea.
//“The saddest thing is that the students get hurt and die during their fight. I hope no one gets hurt any more […] I sincerely hope for the victory in Hong Kong,” said Bae Eun-sim, mother of Lee Han-yeol, who died after the June Democracy Movement of 1987.
//Despite strong resistance from Chinese students, a group of ordinary Korean citizens created a Facebook page, “Hong Kong Protest Lennon Wall in South Korea”, as a safer platform to express opinions and support the movement.
//While condemning vicious attacks on the physical Lennon Walls, the administrator stresses that they are not against any nationality and believe no discriminatory comments should be posted.
//Several other universities removing Lennon Walls on university campuses aroused suspicion about pressure from China.
//Students immediately responded to the measure and regarded it as further diminishing South Korea’s freedom of speech.
//“It is dubious. Some people think the South Korean media is being censored by pressure from pro-China groups,”
//“We ask Korean media to provide the public with in-depth reports that explain the root causes of the Hong Kong protest and its significance,” they say, “we would like to know the change in the social climate of Hong Kong after the 2019 Hong Kong local elections.”
Full article: HKFP, (4-May)
Further reading:
52 Korean Civil Society Organizations Denounce the Arrest of Pro-Democracy Figures by Hong Kong Police: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19832
Support of Hongkongers' Pro-democracy Movement from Korea
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/16994
Korean supporters take a photo with "Five demands, not one less" gesture and post in #Instagram everyday
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/16155
#Korea #GlobalSupport #antiELAB #5demands #freedom #GwangjuUprising #LennoWall #Censorship #Democracy
Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
South Koreans support Hong Kong as they recall their own struggle for freedom
By Eve Lee, Fiona Cheung, Soohyun Kim and Tiffany Chong Two hundred people in black marched from Seoul City Hall to the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in late November in support of the Hong Kong anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill (anti- ELAB)…
South Koreans March to Chinese Embassy: Stop National Security Law in Hong Kong
A group of people protested to the Chinese Embassy in South Korea, supporting Hong Kongers in fighting against the new national security law, with slogans ‘Against the national security law’, 'Stop the Threat to Democracy’, and ‘Support HK Resistance’.
#May27 #Korea #StandWithHongKong
#democracy #SupportHK #GlobalSupport #NationalSecurityLaw
Video:
https://twitter.com/alexangel8577/status/1265619081148825603?s=09
Source:
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=106461401089278&id=105567531178665&sfnsn=mo
https://forum.hkgolden.com/thread/7241247/page/1
A group of people protested to the Chinese Embassy in South Korea, supporting Hong Kongers in fighting against the new national security law, with slogans ‘Against the national security law’, 'Stop the Threat to Democracy’, and ‘Support HK Resistance’.
#May27 #Korea #StandWithHongKong
#democracy #SupportHK #GlobalSupport #NationalSecurityLaw
Video:
https://twitter.com/alexangel8577/status/1265619081148825603?s=09
Source:
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=106461401089278&id=105567531178665&sfnsn=mo
https://forum.hkgolden.com/thread/7241247/page/1