It is currently probably not a good time to be a Chinese exchange student:

 South Korean universities are taking various measures to halt the spread of the new coronavirus, including the separation of Chinese students deemed at risk of the viral disease, officials said Monday.

A recent decision by Seoul National University (SNU) to assemble all Chinese students who have recently visited China in one dormitory building appears to be the most radical of them all.

Under the decision announced by SNU’s Global Residence, all Chinese students who have visited China’s Hubei Province, the epicenter of the coronavirus, in the past month or who have been to other parts of China in the last two weeks, will be sent to one dormitory building on the university’s Gwanak Campus in southern Seoul. People currently living in the dorm building can move into other buildings, if they want.

Yonhap

You can read more at the link.

It is arguable that by being on the flight Cho was setting an example that he was willing to risk getting sick the same as his employees who volunteered to work these two flights:

Hanjin Group Chairman and Korean Air CEO Cho Won-tae faced criticism for being onboard a chartered flight arranged by the government to bring back Korean citizens from the coronavirus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan, according to industry officials Monday. 

Critics called Cho’s decision to be on the flight an “overaction” designed to improve his image ahead of an important general meeting of shareholders, as he apparently had no particular role on the aircraft that carried out the evacuation mission.

The government sent two charters Korean Air planes to Wuhan, one each on Thursday and Friday, completing the mission to bring home about 700 nationals from the epicenter of the deadly illness. Cho boarded the first flight.

Korea Times

You can read more at the link, but this sounds like people hating on the guy simply because of the family he comes from.

Here we go with yet another dress code controversy; it seems to me that school uniforms would solve all this:

A dress code imposed at a Defense Department middle school on Okinawa in August discriminates against female students, according to a complaint filed by parents with the Department of Education.The complaint — filed Jan. 10 with the department’s Office of Civil Rights — alleges gender discrimination at Ryukyu Middle School, a Department of Defense Education Activity school at Kadena Air Base.

It seeks to remedy what six parents say is an outdated dress code, according to the complaint and the parents’ attorney, Crista Kraics.

The complaint alleges that Principal Lee Ann Mik discriminated against female students by singling them out for their attire and removing them from class. The parents deemed their children’s attire “appropriate.”

Girls were singled out for wearing loose athletic pants with no zipper while boys were permitted to wear basketball shorts, according to the complaint. Girls were also criticized for shirts that weren’t long enough and for showing “collar bone.”

Stars & Stripes

You can read more at the link, but it seems to me that as long as the boys were not allowed to wear zipperless pants and girls were allowed to wear basketball shorts as well that the policy is not discriminatory.

This is all pretty much common sense advice from the USFK commander that everyone should be following whether there is a coronavirus or not:

USFK commander Gen. Robert Abrams said good hygiene practices and minimum contact with anybody who has returned from mainland China in the past two weeks or is exhibiting cold or flu-like symptoms are the best prevention measures.

Anybody who detects symptoms themselves should go to the doctor and stay home, he said in a statement on the website.

“More importantly, do not go to work or school. Stay at your home or in the barracks while you are recovery,” he said. “We must do our best to prevent the spread or it will have a significant impact on our ‘Fight Tonight’ readiness!”

He also promised the situation was being monitored “very closely, around the clock.”

“We currently assess a low threat or risk to our USFK formations and installations,” he said. “We will keep you informed as the situation develops and if our assessment changes.”

Stars & Stripes

You can read more at the link.

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