This article criticizes South Korea’s contradictory reaction to Japan’s tightened border-control measures during the COVID-19 crisis, while ignoring similar actions by other countries. It also points out the abnormality of Japanese media outlets that reported cruise ship infections together with Japan’s domestic COVID-19 figures, despite WHO statistics treating them separately.

March 19, 2020
The number of infections on the cruise ship is not counted as Japan’s number of infections even in WHO statistics. The media that report Japan’s figures together with those of the cruise ship do not seem Japanese to me.
The following is from an article I found online a little while ago. From “A Man Who Knows China and Korea Too Well.”
As with this article, it states nothing but facts.
On the 6th, South Korea positioned the Japanese government’s request that entrants from South Korea wait for two weeks at a designated place, as a measure to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, as an “entry refusal,” and made clear that it was “extremely regrettable,” that it “strongly demanded reconsideration of this measure,” and that it was considering corresponding measures such as raising travel information for Japan. Sankei Shimbun, March 6.
As always, the foolishness of Koreans makes me angry.
They say nothing to China, which has already imposed entry restrictions on Koreans, yet they summon the Japanese ambassador, protest against Japan, and take countermeasures.
According to Korean newspapers, Prime Minister Abe, whose approval rating had sharply fallen, refused entry to Koreans out of spite.
It is just like a twisted, foolish child.
The number of countries and regions imposing entry restrictions on South Korea has exceeded 100, and China is also quarantining entrants from South Korea, but South Korea has not taken countermeasures against any country other than Japan.
If one takes the number of UN member states as the standard, more than about half of the countries in the world are taking measures such as banning entry by Koreans.
In terms of the number of people infected, China has more cases, but in terms of the percentage of the total population, South Korea overwhelmingly surpasses China.
In other words, it now has the world’s highest number of patients.
In any normal country, it is only natural to ban entry not only by Chinese people, but also by Koreans.
South Korea announced that, as a countermeasure against Japan, it would suspend visas, even visas that had already been issued.
However, regarding Japan’s entry restriction measures, China said that “it is understandable for each country to take scientific and appropriate measures in order to protect the lives, safety, and health of its own citizens and foreigners, and to maintain the safety of regional and global public health.”
I think this was probably to justify its own response, but China clearly showed its understanding that strengthening immigration control is a common recognition among countries.
Compared with this, South Korea’s response is at the level of a junior high school student.
In terms of the number of infections, South Korea, Iran, and Italy are far ahead, but France, Germany, and Spain have already surpassed Japan.
As always, the Japanese media include the passengers of the cruise ship in Japan’s number of infections and report an exaggerated figure, but the number of infections on the cruise ship is not counted as Japan’s number of infections even in WHO statistics.
The media that report Japan’s figures together with those of the cruise ship do not seem Japanese to me.
Changing the subject, plagiarism allegations have arisen concerning the Korean film “Parasite,” which won the Academy Award.
It seems that Indian film producer Thenappan is preparing a lawsuit, saying that it resembles the film “Minsara Kanna,” which he produced in 1999.
Koreans are objecting, saying that if it were a film with dancing and singing like an Indian movie, then it could not be helped, but that this is not such a film.
That is not the issue.
The issue is the plot.
I have not seen either film, but if it is a Korean film, I cannot help thinking, “That would not be surprising.”