Considering 86.3% of Koreans are fully vaccinated and about 98% have antibodies for COVID and the number of new cases has dropped from around 100,000 to under 30,000 a day, it should be okay to get rid of masks finally.
S. Korea to lift outdoor mask mandate starting 26 September
The brief meeting with Biden that reportedly touched on security, Japan, and many other topics lasted for 48 seconds? Maybe they had a separate brief meeting or Korean news is really distorting facts.
Prez Yoon's office and leading conservative politicians, the deputy prime minister and foreign minister claim that he did not use a cuss word to refer to the US Congress and that the comments were directed at the Korean opposition party. The news all reported and showed footage of these people denying that Yoon called US Congress a bad name.
So, I searched for the video on Youtube and listened. I can distinctly hear, loosely translated, as below;
"If those sons of b****s (or any derogatory slang of your choosing) in congress (can also mean parliament) don't pass the bill, it will be so embarrassing for Biden."
Yoon's cussing in Korean is towards the end of the video linked below after his 48 second alleged 'meeting' with Biden.
[오늘 이 뉴스] "이 XX들이 승인 안 해주면 바이든은 쪽팔려서 어떡하나"
There is irrefutable evidence that Yoon did use a cuss word to describe US Congress, yet all these Korean government officials are blatantly lying and denying that he did, and Korean media is misleading the public by repeating these false denials as headline news.
They must think that the average Korean is brainless and believes whatever lies the conservatives come up with.
Luckily, there is are videos on Youtube and Twitter! Wonder if those government officials are hard of hearing?
The sound of the video on Twitter is clearer. Yoon hot-mic incident in NY.
South Korea president criticised over gaffes at Queen’s funeral and UN
Eat weed. Like people in Asian countries (Himalayas region, Golden Triangle, etc.).
Active ingredient in cannabis protects aging brain cells
Cannabinoids and Neurogenesis: The Promised Solution for Neurodegeneration?
Studies also show that it can regenerate brain cells.
Marijuana might cause new cell growth in the brain
Why hasn't this news been publicized widely? Maybe most news outlets are run by conservatives who do not want to indirectly promote marijuana use?
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's profanity-laced hot mic criticism of U.S. goes viral
Excerpt - "How could Biden not lose damn face if these f****rs do not pass it in Congress?"
Yoon didn't pay respects to Queen Elizabeth II's coffin lying in state even though he went to the UK to go to the funeral. Yoon did not arrange a warm welcome for U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to South Korea in August.
There was no welcoming delegation for Pelosi when she arrived. No one of similar position to welcome her. And Yoon did not meet her, probably because he is conservative and hates liberals and progressives.
And the media says Yoon is strengthening ties with the US and that the US made new promises to protect Korea.
Korean media also emphasizes Yoon met with Biden and the Japanese Prime Minister and talked about important matters. He met very briefly with Biden and with the Japanese Prime Minister for less than 30 minutes. Making it seem like they had serious discussions.
Media says Yoon is repairing relations with Japan that the previous administration messed up. Japan took unilateral actions against Korean and refused to talk.
How could Yoon blame that on the previous administration? Average Koreans boycotted Japanese products and Japan trips for over a year because Japan abruptly restricted exports of chemicals needed for production of semiconductors to Korea. Tried to negotiate and talk, but Japan was very arrogant. Korea now produces the chemicals locally. LOL
Yoon seems to assume that most Koreans have forgotten this.
Calling the US congress f***kers. Showing Yoon's true colors! Very uncouth.
Other people have started to flag scams on Korean Craiglist posts. LOL
There were a couple persistent scammers and they attracted more scammers. Luckily, more scams result in more people flagging them.
After over a month of intense media promotion of Yoon with pictures of him holding semiconductor wafers, visiting flooded areas, ordering compensation for flood victims and prevention of floods, and other mundane actions, his approval rating has risen to 32%.
Trying to conduct deals and meet other leaders at a funeral? Very uncouth. Guess who.
I thought Yoon had the lowest ever approval rating for a Korean president after 100 days. I was wrong. It was former conservative president and current convict Lee Myung-bak with 21% (out of prison for health reasons, applied for extension of medical stay)
Yoon is trying to spend government money to help construction of infrastructure for semiconductor plants near Seoul. The government department in charge of planning and budget refused to allocate any funds stating that Samsung and SK Hynix had already planned the project and stepping in now to provide funding assistance would be inappropriate and would only serve to help Samsung and SK Hynix's spend less money on their projects.
Yoon is stated to have lost his temper and ordered his staff to get the funding. Very autocratic, yes? Seems like something Kim Jon-un would do.
“반도체, 중요한 분야” 尹 수차례 강조…국비 1000억원 요청 ‘No’ 한 기재부 예산실, Yes로 바뀔까 (Yoon stresses semiconductors are important. Will Planning and Budget change decision to yes)
The article tries to make it look as if the future of the semiconductor industry is dependent on government funding of $ 2bn over 5 years. Samsung and SK Hynix can afford to pay many tens of billions of dollars.
There's a whole ecosystem for semiconductors. Korea, US also, needs to promote the entire ecosystem. Specialized solvents, wafers, process and production equipment, parts, Korea learned that when Japan restricted exports for specialized solvents used in chip manufacturing. Took a couple of years to develop local production. The other smaller companies and workers involved need help, not so much Samsung and SK Hynix, in my opinion. TSMC, Intel, ARM and others do well without government assistance.
Would the US federal government give $ 2bn to help build infrastructure for an Apple or Tesla plant after the companies had already planned it? Before, maybe as an incentive to get something.
Yoon says Korea's survival depends on chip industry (no concrete plans, just chips are important and I will make plans to promote the industry - 20 September 2022). Tried to push government to pay for infrastructure but still making plans?
Yoon Suk-yeol’s poor approval ratings undermine South Korea’s ambitious foreign policy agenda
POSCO Group, Samsung Group, ILJIN Group and 5 top Korean financial groups announced hiring of new employees this year.
Employment at Korea’s top 5 fin groups set to recover to pre-pandemic level
The top five financial groups are hiring, maybe, a total of 4,000 new employees with only a portion of being entry level.
Samsung starts group-wide recruitment for H2 under plan to hire 80,000 in 5 yrs
The large conglomerates account for majority of the GDP, but not employment.