Korea Times Concerned About Foreign English Teachers Visiting Itaewon
It was only a matter of time before the Korean media jumped on foreign English teachers for visiting Itaewon:
Concerns are growing at schools as nearly 90 foreign English teachers were found to have recently visited Itaewon in Seoul, a new COVID-19 hot spot connected to more than 90 confirmed coronavirus cases, education officials said Tuesday.
The South Jeolla Office of Education said 36 foreign teachers and 15 Korean teaching staff visited Itaewon and the Hongdae area sometime between April 24 and May 6. Among them two visited nightclubs. The office said 20 tested negative for the virus and 31 are currently undergoing testing.
Korea Times
According to the South Jeolla provincial government, five residents including one foreign teacher were confirmed to have visited Itaewon during the period when a 29-year-old Korean “superspreader” visited a number of nightclubs there from May 1 to May 2, but all tested negative.
The Gangwon Provincial Office of Education also said 55 foreign teachers and substitute teachers visited Itaewon from April 24 to May 6. They didn’t visit clubs or bars, just a number of restaurants and coffee shops.
You can read more at the link, but the Korea Times writes an article about how schools are supposedly concerned about foreign born English teachers even though none of them have tested positive yet for the virus.
Does anyone think there were no ethnic Korean teachers that visited Itaewon during this timeframe?
GI Korea is correct, but I am surprised it took more than one day for the “how to blame it on someone besides Korea/Koreans” metric to kick into place. Maybe the COVID-19 is slowing down the local knee jerking in Korea.
Even the gay superspreader is Minjok but Johnny Foreigner isn’t. Wouldn’t be surprised if they follow the Emperor Xi’s bullshit viewpoint that the US Army spread it to Wuhan.