Author: GIKorea

What would be helpful is comparing these number of possible vaccination deaths with statistics from prior years:

South Korea’s public health agency said Saturday that a total of 83 people, most of whom are elderly, died after being administered with a seasonal flu vaccine.

The deaths have stoked public anxiety over the safety of flu vaccines, but the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said the deaths of 72 people have very limited relation with the flu shots. Another 11 cases are currently under investigation.

Of the total, 37 people are in their 70s, followed by 34 people aged 80 or older, eight under 60 and four in their 60s, KDCA said.

Yonhap

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I doubt Biden wrote this, but it is the most expansive comments his campaign has made about South Korea:

 U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden pledged Friday to strengthen the alliance with South Korea, rather than “extorting Seoul with reckless threats to remove our troops,” and keep pressing toward North Korea’s denuclearization through “principled diplomacy.”

Biden made the pledge in a special article contributed exclusively to Yonhap News Agency just days ahead of the U.S. presidential election, reciting the catch phrase of the Korea-U.S. alliance, “Katchi Kapshida,” or “We Go Together.”

“As president, I’ll stand with South Korea, strengthening our alliance to safeguard peace in East Asia and beyond, rather than extorting Seoul with reckless threats to remove our troops,” Biden said in the article, titled “Hope for Our Better Future.”

“I’ll engage in principled diplomacy and keep pressing toward a denuclearized North Korea and a unified Korean Peninsula, while working to reunite Korean Americans separated from loved ones in North Korea for decades,” he said.

Yonhap

Here is where he talks about his 2013 trip to DMZ as Vice President:

“I will never forget standing less than 100 feet away from North Korea at the DMZ with my granddaughter, Finnegan, beside me. I felt the pain of division on the Korean Peninsula and the separation of families since the Korean War,” he said.

I wonder if Hunter Biden came with him? By the way Hunter Biden did have business ties with the son-in-law of one of the founder’s of the Korean Unification Church. The article goes on:

“I’ve fought my whole career to support hard-working immigrant families who came to America to build a better life,” Biden wrote in his special contribution. “I’ll work to fix our broken immigration system, provide a roadmap to citizenship for undocumented Koreans, and recognize the tens of thousands of Korean adoptees as the Americans they are.”

There is absolutely no reason that Koreans should be fleeing to America as illegal immigrants considering how advanced their own country is. As far as Korean adoptees there have been some rare cases of adoption paperwork not being completed properly that has caused citizenship issues later, which can be worked out, but the vast majority of adoptees are American citizens.

It really shouldn’t be surprising that Ambassador Harris is emphasizing Korea’s security alliance with the ROK while the Chinese Ambassador is emphasizing their economic relationship:

The top envoys to Korea of the United States and China brought up issues that each other’s country is being criticized of, during their respective congratulatory speeches during a ceremony commemorating The Korea Times’ 70th anniversary, Thursday.

The speeches, whether intended or not, left the impression among several participants that the Washington-Beijing row has been extended to their envoys here.

In relations with Korea and changes in the global environment, U.S. Ambassador Harry Harris mentioned the two countries’ security alliance; while Chinese Ambassador Xing Haiming commented on the economic cooperation between Seoul and Beijing.

Korea Times

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The payback from the Korean left against former President Lee Myung-bak is now complete:

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a 17-year prison sentence handed down by an appeals court for former President Lee Myung-bak on embezzlement and bribery charges.

In February, the Seoul High Court sentenced the 78-year-old to 17 years in prison, a fine of 13 billion won (US$10.9 million) and a forfeit of 5.7 billion won in a high-profile corruption case.

The former president, who governed the country from 2008-2013, was charged in April 2018 with 16 counts of criminal allegations, including embezzlement in connection with the auto parts company DAS and receiving bribes from various companies and individuals, including Samsung Electronics Co.

Yonhap

You can read more at the link, but President Lee after he took office had his predecessor Roh Moo-hyun investigated for corruption. Roh ended up committing suicide after the investigation disclosed the corrupt dealings of him and his family. The Korean left blamed Lee for Roh’s suicide and one of the first things after current left wing President Moon Jae-in did was to investigate Lee for corruption. Moon was the former Chief of Staff for President Roh at the time.