As mainland Chinese students and Hong Kong students protest and face off on university campuses around the world, it’s important to remember that mainland students are exercising a right they don’t actually possess back home. And most (none?) of them seem to recognize that irony.
— Melissa Chan (@melissakchan) August 17, 2019
It looks like another President Moon recommendation for a governmental position has a shady background:
President Moon Jae-in is facing growing calls to withdraw his nomination of Cho Kuk as justice minister due to a widening scandal involving one of his most trusted aides.
The allegations of irregularities regarding his daughter’s academic history, in addition to the possible evasion of military service and the dual nationality of his son, who also holds U.S. citizenship, have produced a huge public backlash. A recent poll showed that almost 50 percent of respondents thought Cho was an inappropriate choice for justice minister.
Even some ruling party lawmakers have started to voice concerns about the impact of the Cho scandal on Moon’s leadership. “The people who supported Moon in the presidential election and our party are more actively raising questions about this issue,” Rep. Park Yong-jin of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) said in a radio interview, Wednesday. “If the nominee fails to give an explanation that is convincing to the public, the President will be faced with an inevitable decision.”
In particular, the younger generation of voters who have supported President Moon’s special focus on establishing a fair and just society, are feeling a sense of betrayal and expressing outrage on social media amid their own tough struggle to get into good schools and find stable jobs in the hyper competitive Korean society. Many angry citizens are questioning whether Cho is really the right choice to spearhead Moon’s cherished reform drive to promote transparency and fairness, the “core values” of the Moon administration, in the judiciary.
Korea Times
You can read more at the link, but Cho’s kids seem like they have the same shadiness following them that critics say is why President Moon is currently hiding his daughter overseas.
All 8 #SouthKorean airlines are now operating in red. Sudden/drastic increases in minimum wage didn't help. Neither did won depreciation nor boycotting travel to Japan. https://t.co/cVlEgfhm21
— Tara O (@DrTaraO) August 18, 2019
Hotel I’m staying at in Gangneung has a “Royal Suite” named after the woman who used it first in 2018:
— Chad O'Carroll (@chadocl) August 18, 2019
North Korea’s Hyon Song Wol pic.twitter.com/JikCYdZ7Md
I wonder if this is something we will eventually see happen at all South Korean subway stations as well:
To prevent drunken people falling off platforms or being hit by trains, railway operators across Japan are turning benches at their stations sideways to the tracks.
The move is driven by a study that showed that moving them perpendicular to tracks could be the difference between life and death for passengers who have had one too many.
West Japan Railway Co. (JR West)’s Safety Research Institute examined security camera footage in 2014 of 136 inebriated people who fell onto the tracks and made contact with trains.
It found that 60 percent fell after suddenly standing up from benches and elsewhere and then heading straight toward the tracks. The result shattered the common notion that most such accidents are caused by people standing or walking too close to the platform’s edge.
About 25 percent of the accident victims, the second largest number, stood or sat motionless on the edge of platforms and then fell, while only 15 percent tottered and lost their footing.
Asahi Shimbun
You can read more at the link.
Just because major media didn't cover it, it doesn't mean a large demonstration calling for Moon Jae-in's ouster didn't occur. It did. And it'll likely continue. https://t.co/LpnwEJNDgL
— Tara O (@DrTaraO) August 18, 2019
Does anyone see the irony of these protesters at Incheon International Airport?:
They are calling for Prime Minister Abe to apologize for something he and other Japanese leaders have already apologized for. The irony of this is that after making a re-apology demand against Japan they then left to travel to China and Russia who have never apologized for their roles in the separation of the two Koreas, their attempt to destroy South Korea during the Korean War, and their continued support to the Kim regime who is committed to ending the ROK.
