May 27, 2020
The following is an excerpt from an article by Katsumi Murotani, one of the world’s leading experts on Korea, published yesterday in Japan’s must-read monthly magazine Hanada under the title “Moon Jae-in’s ‘K-Quarantine’ and the Lie of ‘Learning from South Korea.’”
Reading his original article will make you painfully aware of how the Japanese media, particularly television stations, are manipulated by South Korea and China.
Dancing High on Illusions
There is a saying: “Even a pig will climb a tree if you flatter it.”
Following this line of reasoning, one might say: “Koreans will dance in the sky if you flatter them.”
No, even without being flattered by others, Koreans can soar into the sky by repeatedly praising themselves while gazing at illusions.
President Moon Jae-in is a typical example.
Constantly repeating empty Buddhist invocations such as “the great Korean people” and “mature civic awareness,” he has soared higher than any other president.
In Japan, there are some peculiar people who see only the soaring splendor of the Korean people and cry, “Japan should learn from South Korea,” while knowing almost nothing about the country’s reality.
As I see it, most of them are elderly, ill-informed, foolish leftists who passively watch television talk shows.
Since they dance without even realizing that television is manipulating them, it may be more appropriate to call them “foolish leftists whose only source of information is television.”
Above them, however, are television stations such as TV Asahi, which used editorial manipulation to turn a doctor’s criticism of the “reckless number of tests” into the exact opposite of his actual opinion, and then reported, “Japan is just like South Korea…”
The problem is deeply rooted.
Their broadcasting licenses should be revoked.
The Moon Jae-in administration remains as dreadful as ever.
What will the Japanese people say when this administration’s project of “building a South Korea that leads the world” ends in chaos?
Not “K-Quarantine,” but “K-Infection”
On May 10, three years after taking office, Moon Jae-in delivered a commemorative speech.
Discussing the principal response to the coronavirus crisis, he spoke of “turning a crisis into an opportunity,” in a characteristically Korean manner.
He then began: “Our goal is to make the Republic of Korea a leading nation in the world.”
“We have already come to lead the world in epidemic prevention and control. ‘K-Quarantine’ has become the global standard.”
Incidentally, it was on May 8 that an outbreak at a gay club in Itaewon, Seoul, was reported.
The first patient, a 29-year-old man, reportedly visited five gay clubs between the night of May 1 and the early morning of May 2 despite having a fever of nearly 39 degrees Celsius—an outrageous individual.
His infection was discovered on May 6, and thirteen people around him were also confirmed positive.
By 10 a.m. on May 10, the number of related infections had risen to thirty-four.
Naturally, the president knew this too.
In the latter half of his speech, he declared emphatically: “Even if an unexpected cluster emerges, we have the epidemic-control and medical systems, as well as the experience, to respond swiftly.”
Nevertheless, he emphasized the “K-Quarantine” that “the great Korean people” had made a success.
In South Korea, a “K” is attached to things people want to show off to the world.
The first example may have been “K-pop.”
Then came “K-beauty” (cosmetic surgery), “K-food” (Korean cuisine), and so on.
To these was added the president’s “K-Quarantine.”
Some Japanese commentators suggest that the spread of infections in Itaewon probably resulted from people letting their guard down because the situation in South Korea had almost been brought under control.
As I see it, these people overlap with those who cry, “Japan should learn from South Korea.”
However, it was not until May 6 that the South Korean government lifted “social distancing” measures and switched to “epidemic prevention in everyday life.”
On May 1, people were still being asked to maintain “social distancing.”
Although South Korea was in an extended holiday period, it is astonishing that more than five thousand people gathered at a single gay club in Itaewon, an area where the sex industry is concentrated.
April 30 was Buddha’s Birthday, May 1 was May Day, and May 5 was Children’s Day.
Footage filmed inside the club that day showed young men dancing closely packed together.
What about this demonstrates “mature civic awareness”?
In South Korea, prostitutes once demonstrated, demanding, “Let us practice prostitution.”
South Korean prostitutes operate not only domestically but have also established bases around the world and have been caught by the authorities in various countries.
South Korea is truly the world’s foremost “modern-day comfort women superpower.”
Meanwhile, South Korea is also a country with a large homosexual population.
This fact is not widely known among the general public, but it has long been considered “essential knowledge among Korea watchers.”
South Korean male prostitution rings have repeatedly been busted in China.
Recently, there was also a case in an army unit in which a lieutenant was raped by several junior officers.
It also emerged that a public health doctor had been at a gay club in Itaewon.
After the holidays, he returned to his post in Gimje, North Jeolla Province, and had examined approximately fifty people by May 11.
His infection was subsequently discovered.
Is this not “K-Infection,” ridiculed by the world, rather than “K-Quarantine” to be proud of?
The article continues.