It appears this is going to be the new left wing talking point that COVID was caused by global warming even though there is plenty of circumstantial evidence that it was accidentally released from a Chinese lab:
Former U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon delivers a keynote address during the Korea Forum 2021, co-hosted by The Korea Times and its sister paper, the Hankook Ilbo, at the Cultural Depot Park in Seoul’s Mapo District, Wednesday. Korea Times photo by Bae Woo-han
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic may be the “last warning from nature” that is urging humanity to respond immediately to the climate crisis, former U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday.
Ban, who currently chairs the Ban Ki-moon Foundation for a Better Future, made the remark during the Korea Forum 2021, co-hosted by The Korea Times and its sister paper, the Hankook Ilbo.
“The COVID-19 pandemic is a phenomenon of the climate crisis,” he said in a keynote address at the forum held at the Cultural Depot Park in Seoul. “Following the virus outbreak, humans have realized the need to fundamentally resolve environmental problems for their sustainable survival.”
I don’t like the corrupt Cho Kuk either, but this lawsuit seems pretty frivolous to me:
Former Justice Minister Cho Kuk was sued Tuesday by 1,618 individuals for inflicting what the plaintiffs have called psychological damages “caused by Cho’s lies and illegal activities.”
In the class-action lawsuit, filed at the Seoul Central District Court, the plaintiffs demand compensation of 1 million won ($900) per person from Cho, claiming that his actions caused them “depression, hair loss, insomnia, rage-related disorders, suicidal tendencies and anger management issues.”
Lawyer Kim So-yeon, a member of the opposition People Power Party (PPP) who represents the plaintiffs, asked people in September to join the lawsuit through a link on her Facebook page where she wrote, “I am pursuing a class-action lawsuit due to requests from many people who have suffered extreme stress and even developed illnesses due to Cho’s numerous lies regarding his private equity fund, his daughter’s academic fraud and his son’s university admission.”
The evolutions of changing the culture in our military are good. So many positive feedback from our female service members on the new grooming standards. Morale just got higher. #katchikapshida@16thSMApic.twitter.com/f49lDhXzr1
— CSM_Tag (Walter A. Tagalicud) (@CSM_Tag) May 10, 2021
Wildlife trams This photo, provided by Everland on May 10, 2021, shows wildlife trams that the amusement park in Yongin, 49 kilometers south of Seoul, recently introduced to provide people a closer look at wildlife. (Yonhap)
Unlicensed e-scooter riders will face a 100,000 won fine if caught:
Unlicensed drivers of electric scooters and other personal mobility devices will face a fine of 100,000 won (US$89) starting Thursday amid growing concerns about their safety, police said.
The National Police Agency said Tuesday that under the amended Road Traffic Act, which takes effect Thursday, riders will be required to have at least a motorcycle license, for which the minimum age is 16.
It is just amazing that people keep wanting to shovel money into North Korea and keep thinking the results are going to be different this time:
A photo taken on Sept. 10, 2019, shows the terminal building of the airport in North Korea’s northern city of Samjiyon, Ryanggang Province. AFP-Yonhap
Incheon Metropolitan Government has sparked a controversy for contracting out a study on developing airports in North Korea, drawing criticisms from conservative lawmakers over the plan’s feasibility and political motivation.
According to Incheon Metropolitan Government’s data submitted to Rep. Han Ki-ho of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP), the city government contracted out the study to a consortium led by Korea National University of Transportation in May last year, at a cost of 135 million won ($120,000).
The study was aimed at exploring ways to nurture Incheon International Airport as a travel hub for North Korea. For this purpose, the study proposed improvements to eight existing airports in North Korea and the building of a new one there.
You can read more at the link, but the Incheon government wants throw over $4 billion into renovating North Korean airports and build a whole new airport in Rason.
Captain Kristen Griest became the Army’s first female infantry officer in 2016 after becoming one of the first females to finish Ranger School. Now she is getting heat for demanding that females meet the same standards as men:
Army Capt. Kristen Griest, one of the first two women to complete the Army’s Ranger School and the first woman to become an infantry officer.
“I’m here saying, ‘Women can do more than we think.’ I have learned this,” she said in an interview, explaining her thinking. “Your gender is not as much of a limitation as you think it is.”
Griest, 32, has received a frosty response from some female service members and veterans, and was accused of “internalized misogyny.” Others have taken her side, or said that they understand her motivation. (……)
“To not require women to meet equal standards in combat arms will not only undermine their credibility, but also place those women, their teammates, and the mission at risk,” she wrote.
You can read more at the link, but she believes that women should meet the same standards as men on the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT). The problem with the test was that over 50% of women were failing it largely because of one event, the leg tuck. Because of this Congress forced the Army to relook the test and the leg tuck was changed to allow anyone to take an alternate plank test. The plank is easier for people struggling to do the leg tuck to pass.
Another change was in the scoring; before there was three scoring tiers based off of one’s duty description. For example if you were combat arms you had to score in the highest tier of the test; now everyone just has to pass the minimum scores to pass the ACFT. CPT Griest is unhappy about all of this and wants to go back to a test that over 50% of females fail in order to motivate them to get fit.
The way I look at this is that very few females want to join combat arms. Do I really care if for an example an Army nurse or a truck driver cannot do a leg tuck and instead does a plank? No I do not, so why kick this person out of the Army? The Army could not function if it kicked out the amount of females that the ACFT in its prior format would have removed from the force.
BREAKING: Moon says that he will consider his final 1 year in office the final opportunity to move "towards an irreversible peace," emphasizes that it's time to take action
Military leave resumes Soldiers enter Seoul Station on May 10, 2021, as the defense ministry lifted a monthslong restriction on military leave the same day despite the pandemic. (Yonhap)
The Korean government is going after Park Sang-hak again:
South Korean police in Monday summoned an activist who said he flew hundreds of thousands of anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets toward North Korea in defiance of a new law that criminalizes such activities.
The questioning of Park Sang-hak came hours after President Moon Jae-in in a nationally televised speech issued apparent criticism toward Park without naming him, saying it’s “never desirable” to dampen relations with the North by violating inter-Korean agreements and South Korean laws.
You can read more at the link, but I guess we will see if the ROK government tries to jail him or not to appease the Kim regime. If they do jail him it will likely lead to much international criticism for jailing a human rights activist to appease the thugs in Pyongyang.
