Based on an essay by Katsumi Murotani published in the monthly magazine Hanada, this article examines the reality behind the Moon Jae-in administration’s boast of “K-quarantine” and criticizes the danger of Japanese television media promoting the slogan “Japan should learn from South Korea.” Through the Itaewon club cluster infection, it exposes the pathology of praising South Korea without knowing its actual conditions.

May 27, 2020
In Japan, there are strange people who look only at how splendidly Koreans get carried away, and, while knowing almost nothing of the actual state of South Korea, cry out, “Japan should learn from South Korea.”
The following is from an essay by Katsumi Murotani, one of the world’s foremost experts on South Korea, published in the monthly magazine Hanada, required reading for every Japanese citizen, which went on sale yesterday, under the title Moon Jae-in’s “K-Quarantine” and the Lie of “Learn from South Korea.”
If one reads his genuine essay, one will keenly realize how deeply Japanese media, especially television stations, are under the operations of South Korea and China.
Flying high while seeing illusions
There is a Japanese saying, “Praise a pig, and it will climb a tree.”
Following that line, one might say, “Praise a Korean, and he will fly into the sky.”
No, Koreans possess the peculiar ability to soar into the sky even without being praised by others, simply by repeatedly praising themselves while seeing illusions.
The representative figure of this is President Moon Jae-in.
Repeating empty chants such as “the great Korean people” and “our mature civic consciousness,” he has flown higher than anyone else.
In Japan, there are strange people who look only at how splendidly Koreans get carried away, and, while knowing almost nothing of the actual state of South Korea, cry out, “Japan should learn from South Korea.”
As I see it, most of them are elderly, poorly informed leftists who merely parrot television wide shows.
Since they dance without even realizing that they are being manipulated by television, it may be more accurate to call them “tele-leftists.”
Above them, however, there are stations such as TV Asahi, which, through editorial manipulation, turned completely upside down the opinion of a certain doctor who criticized the “reckless securing of large numbers of tests,” and then reported, “Japan too should be like South Korea…”
The disease is deep.
It would be only natural to revoke their broadcasting license.
In any case, how poor the Moon Jae-in administration is.
When this administration’s policy of “building a South Korea that leads the world” ends in a chaotic result, what will Japan’s leftists say?
Not K-quarantine, but K-infection
On May 10, marking three years since taking office as president, Moon Jae-in delivered a commemorative address.
Regarding the basic response to the coronavirus crisis, after saying something very much to Korean taste, “We will turn crisis into opportunity,” he began by saying, “Our goal is the Republic of Korea that leads the world.”
He said, “Already, we have become a country that leads the world in quarantine. ‘K-quarantine’ has become the global standard.”
Let me state, just to be clear, that it was reported on May 8 that a cluster infection had occurred at a gay club in Itaewon, Seoul.
The first patient, a 29-year-old man, reportedly had a fever close to 39 degrees Celsius, yet from the night of May 1 until the early morning of May 2, he went from one place to another, visiting five establishments including gay clubs.
He is like a monster.
His infection was confirmed on the 6th, and 13 positive cases were confirmed among his close contacts.
As of 10 a.m. on the 10th, related infections had expanded to 34 people.
Naturally, the president knew this.
That is probably why, in the latter half of his speech, he spoke strongly, saying, “Even if an unexpected cluster occurs, we possess the quarantine and medical system, as well as the experience, to respond swiftly.”
Even so, what he emphasized was the “K-quarantine” that had succeeded thanks to the “great Korean people.”
In South Korea recently, they put “K” on anything they want to boast of to the world.
Probably “K-pop” was the first example.
After that came “K-beauty” for cosmetic surgery, “K-food” for Korean food, and so on.
And then the president spoke of “K-quarantine.”
Regarding the spread from Itaewon, there are Japanese people who say things like, “In South Korea, it had almost been brought under control, so perhaps people let their guard down.”
As I see it, these people overlap with those who cry, “Japan should learn from South Korea.”
However, it was only from May 6 that the South Korean government lifted its “social distancing measures” and shifted to “everyday quarantine.”
On May 1, the request for “social distancing measures” was still in effect.
Even though it was a holiday period in South Korea as well, April 30 being Buddha’s Birthday, May 1 being May Day, and May 5 being Children’s Day, more than 5,000 people are said to have gathered at gay clubs alone in Itaewon, an entertainment district, which is astonishing.
If one looks at video footage taken inside the clubs that day, young men are dancing packed together.
What, then, is this “mature civic consciousness”?
In South Korea, there have even been demonstrations by prostitutes demanding, “Let us prostitute ourselves.”
South Korean prostitutes are active not only domestically, but have also built bases around the world and have been exposed in countries across the globe.
It is indeed the world’s foremost “modern comfort-women superpower.”
On the other hand, South Korea is also a gay superpower.
This fact is not generally known, but among South Korea watchers it has long been nothing more than one item of basic knowledge.
In China, Korean male-prostitution organizations have been exposed many times.
Recently, there was an incident in an army unit in which a lieutenant was sexually assaulted by multiple noncommissioned officers.
It also became clear that a public health doctor had been at a gay club in Itaewon.
After the holidays, he returned to his post in Gimje City, North Jeolla Province, and examined about 50 people by the 11th.
Then his infection was revealed.
This is not “K-quarantine,” something to be boasted of to the world.
It is “K-infection,” something the world will laugh at.
This article will continue.