All of a sudden, drugs are a big problem in Korea and a war is on to eliminate them.
Trying to misdirect public scrutiny and disapproval.
Yoon is accused of using the prosecutor's office to discredit and taint opposition politicians, along with the suspended leader of his own conservative party. Charges were dropped against the suspended leader because the witness did not have video evidence as claimed, among other things, but after the party's ethic's committee suspended him for hiding evidence related to the charges. Charges dropped, but suspension kept.
Best idea so far. China will not push North Korea to denuclearize, so sanctions have failed. North Korea will not accept rewards to denuclearize as several agreements the past have been nullified.
Only option left is to limit the number of nuclear weapons and prevent proliferation, or keep sanctioning and try to isolate North Korea but it will have Russia, China, Iran and other allies.
The free energy principle is a theory in cognitive science that attempts to explain how living and non-living systems remain in non-equilibrium steady-states by restricting themselves to a limited number of states. It establishes that systems minimise a free energy function of their internal states (not to be confused with thermodynamic free energy), which entail beliefs about hidden states in their environment. The implicit minimisation of free energy is formally related to variational Bayesian methods and was originally introduced by Karl Friston as an explanation for embodied perception in neuroscience,[1] where it is also known as active inference.
The notion that self-organising biological systems – like a cell or brain – can be understood as minimising variational free energy is based upon Helmholtz’s work on unconscious inference[8] and subsequent treatments in psychology[9] and machine learning.
Free energy principle is also used in psychology and artificial intelligence.
Using the free energy principle, researches were able to grow neurons and enable them to play Pong.
Propecia, treatment for hair loss, costs $124 a month in the US and around $40 a month in Korea. I used to buy Propecia until a few years ago when I found out that the generic version, Finasteride, costs about $15 a month.
This has not ever happened before. The mostly conservative media has always criticized and incited anger against the Moon administration. Why become objective all of a sudden? Sort of scary.
If President Yoon, the ruling conservative party, and most of the Korean media criticize and slander the previous Moon Jae-in administration in concert, then Korean media would likely lose credibility and seem to be under Yoon's control.
In an unusual move, Korean media has complimented the Moon administration efforts to reel in real estate loans the past few years due a booming real estate market caused by low interest rates. Recent drops in real estate prices have caused concern about foreclosures. Luckily, the criteria for real estate loans were set high enough that the drop in real estate prices will not result in foreclosures.
There was another report that stated that Yoon's policy on North Korea is the same as Moon's since they both promise economic aid in return for nuclear disarmament. Normally, the media states that Moon's administration is giving money to North Korea while South Koreans go lacking, is pro-North Korea, ignoring North Korea's human rights violations, and the like. Never a good word or comparison.
A lot of Koreans like and respect former President Moon, all the criticism is probably reflected in Yoon's low approval ratings in spite of the president's office constant daily public relations efforts.
Why haven't all the oil buyers and non-OPEC oil producers formed a cartel or group to counter OPEC?
At least the oil buying nations. Start stockpiling secretly, wait till OPEC is financially stressed due to ambitious projects and then negotiate reasonable prices?
Oil prices shouldn't be a big matter in a couple of decades. OPEC countries know that.
Cognitively dissonant people seem to almost always accuse others or opponents of crimes and unethical actions that they have been doing.
Putin accusing Ukraine of terrorism. Kind of rich.
President Yoon accusing others of corruption and dishonesty.
Trump accusing the FBI of crimes and dishonesty.
Korean conservative party accusing others of dividing the nation, inciting anger and violence, and corruption.
Why? That is their world. That is all they see. That is the way of their world.
Most major American corporations employ remote workers. Why? They are contracted workers with little benefits and paid less than in-office employees. So, the trend should become even more pervasive.
Several decades ago, there were many homeless people in Seoul living in the streets.
About a decade or so ago, after the National Basic Living Security Act was enacted and other government policies (shelters, etc.). the number of people living in the streets dropped significantly.
Now, I have not seen any homeless people living in the streets for a year now. I saw one person last year.
Korea must be doing at least some things right, including national medical insurance for all Koreans and legal foreign residents. National medical insurance working well in Korea, even though my insurance payments went up this year. Supposedly earned a lot more than usual last year.
If I were North Korea, I would shoot missiles too, but maybe not develop nuclear weapons. South Korea, United Nations Command and the US hold periodically training exercises to show their overwhelming military superiority over North Korea, and test out weapons all the time.
If North Korea were less authoritarian, Kim Jong-un would likely be deposed in short order. Same for Xi, Putin and other authoritarian leaders. Free speech, dissent and liberal democracy are the greatest threats to their rule.
Just reflecting. President Yoon seems to be intent on stomping out any opposition and dissent, especially from labor unions. Acting like ___ ?
Yoon is on the news EVERY DAY stating obvious things and most media reports on Yoon are almost always very favorable. Reminds me of North Korea, for some reason.
Yoon bashing. Good for relieving stress resulting from Yoon's actions and words. Rhetorical revenge is sweet.
Despite denials from the president's office that Yoon used cuss words and subsequent media blitz trying to limit damage from the incident, 70% of Koreans feel that Yoon should apologize.
Korean media is reporting on drug arrests and condemning drug use almost daily, while even Japan and other Asian countries are looking to legalize medical marijuana.
My credit card bill was so large, I checked the items. Forgot a donation to UNHCR for the flooding disaster in Pakistan using my credit card, in addition to monthly contributions direct from my account.
Most large companies, in Korea and elsewhere, donate and encourage employees to donate to charity.
Take time to look at the good side of life. Good living.
The article states "The research found that people can remain cognitively normal regardless of the amount of amyloid plaques in their brains as long as they maintain a baseline level of soluble amyloid-beta in the brain above 270 picograms per milliliter."
In other words, low levels of soluble amyloid-beta result in dementia
"The purpose of this Act is to ensure a minimum standard of living for the deprived and help them support themselves by furnishing them with the required benefits."
People earning less than around $1,200 a month are eligible to receive partial government assistance for living expenses, medical bills, rent, and education.
I guess they passed this act in 2012.
But some people fell through this safety net and committed suicide, so they have revised the eligibility rules a few times.
