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President Moon Declares that South Korea Will Cut Carbon Emissions By 40% By 2030

President Moon is doing what just about every other world leader is doing, setting a lofty emissions goal that he won’t be responsible for making happen. When it doesn’t happen he can just blame the person in power in 2030 for not making it happen when he is already long out of office:

South Korean President Moon Jae-in (C) is greeted by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (L) and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres ahead of the opening ceremony at the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, on Nov. 1, 2021. (Yonhap)

President Moon Jae-in officially declared South Korea’s commitment to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent from the 2018 levels by 2030 as he addressed the annual U.N. climate conference.

Moon also said South Korea will try to bring carbon emissions down on the entire Korean Peninsula by pushing for tree planting campaigns in North Korea during a keynote speech at the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow.

South Korea’s reduction target represents a sharp raise from its previous goal of 26.3 percent.

“This is a bold objective that was raised by about 14 percent from the previous target,” Moon told the climate summit that brought together more than 100 heads of state, including U.S. President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Yonhap

You can read more at the link, but I don’t know how Korea will make this emissions target without nuclear energy that President Moon says he wants to get rid of. The few solar farms they have are already causing deforestation and devastating farming and there isn’t enough windmills to make a difference.

“My Name” is Latest Korean Drama to Become a Hit on Netflix

I actually binge watched this show last weekend. I actually liked it better than Squid Game though like Squid Game it is violent and I do not recommend it for kids. The plot is a bit different about woman who infiltrates a police department to spy for a crime boss in an effort to avenge the murder of her dad. However, if you watch enough Korean dramas the plot eventually becomes pretty predictable, but the acting and scenes in this drama are really well done:

“My Name.” Netflix

Netflix recently found monster success with the Korean-language series “Squid Game,” its biggest series of all time. Now, another South Korean show is surging in popularity on the platform.

“My Name,” a South Korean crime thriller that debuted on Friday, was the seventh most popular title on Netflix in the US on Tuesday, according to the company’s own daily lists of its biggest movies and TV shows that it ranks based on the number of accounts that watched at least two minutes during the previous 24 hours.

“Squid Game” was No. 2 on Tuesday, topped only by “You,” the third season of which also premiered on Friday. “Squid Game” debuted on September 17.

Netflix describes “My Name” like this: “Following her father’s murder, a revenge-driven woman puts her trust in a powerful crime boss – and enters the police force under his direction.”

Yahoo News

You can read more at the link.

Woman in Gumi Sentenced to 8 Years for Switching Babies at Birth and Starving Infant to Death

This case is bizarre:

A Gumi woman, surnamed Seok, arrives at the Gimcheon branch of the Daegu District Court in Gimcheon, southeastern South Korea, on Aug. 17, 2021, to attend her hearing in a child death case. (Yonhap)

A forty-something woman, who recently made headlines in South Korea for allegedly switching her newborn infant with her daughter’s baby years ago, was sentenced to eight years in prison on Tuesday for attempting to abandon the body of her 3-year-old daughter this year and abducting her granddaughter of the same age in 2018.

The Gimcheon branch of the Daegu District Court gave the prison term to the 48-year-old woman, surnamed Seok, after convicting her on multiple charges, including baby switching and abduction.

Yonhap

You can read more at the link, but why would you switch the babies to just then starve what you know to be your granddaughter to death? Additionally how did her daughter not know the babies were switched? Like I said this whole thing is bizarre.

Night Out on the Town Goes Wrong for Army Unit in Poland

This is what every weekend in the Camp Casey ville used to be like 20-30 years ago:

Club Obsession, a strip club in the city center of Gdansk, Poland, is shown in an undated photo. An Army investigation determined that 101st Combat Aviation Battalion soldiers went in September to the off-limits club, where the battalion executive officer was likely drugged and charged exorbitant amounts of money before going missing until the next day.
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A U.S. Army Apache helicopter unit’s planned visit to World War II sites in Poland devolved into a drunken escapade at an off-limits strip club, leading to the suspected drugging of a battalion executive officer who went missing and wasn’t found until the next day, an Army investigation found.

The incident involving the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade’s “No Mercy” battalion during its recent deployment to Europe now has multiple officers facing the possible end of their military careers. (……)

Conner said that he received multiple lap dances and that strippers “bit his nipples to keep him awake, and repeatedly had his credit card swiped,” the report stated. Conner then showed the soldiers in the car multiple receipts, which added up to 50,000 — it wasn’t clear whether the sum was in dollars or Polish zloty, which would amount to about $13,000.

Conner “also expressed a belief that the champagne he had been given at the club had been laced/drugged,” the report said.

Stars & Stripes

You can read more at the link of what is basically a bad Army version of The Hangover movie. The fact that senior Army officers allowed themselves to be put into a position like this is why they are likely going to be looking for new jobs

U.S.’s Plan for Booster Shots Would Impact Korea’s COVID Vaccine Plans

If the US moves forward with COVID booster shots this means less vaccine for the rest of the world to include South Korea:

Citizens wait for COVID-19 vaccine inoculation at a hospital in Seoul, Monday, when AstraZeneca vaccination started for healthcare workers for the disabled and seniors, as well as airline crewmembers aged 30 or above. Yonhap

The country’s COVID-19 vaccination program is facing another potential setback following announcements in the United States that it will consider offering potential booster shots of vaccines in order to increase their effectiveness. 

Boosters are an extra dose of a vaccine given at a predetermined time after the initial injections to raise or maintain immunity against the targeted virus. The issue was recently brought up by U.S. vaccine policy chief Anthony Fauci and the CEOs of Pfizer and Modena.

Korea Times

You can read more at the link.

South Korea Announces that AstraZeneca Vaccines Will Not Be Given To Adults Under 30

So basically what the Korean government is saying is that the vaccine is more dangerous than COVID for those under 30:

Jung Eun-kyeong, who is leading COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Korea as the commissioner of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, speaks during a news briefing Sunday. (Yonhap)

AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine will not be given to anyone under the age of 30 in South Korea, as growing evidence points to possible associations with a rare but serious blood-clotting disorder.

The government’s advisory committee on immunization practices said in a news briefing Sunday that AstraZeneca vaccinations will resume Monday after a partial suspension for the last four days.

Korea Herald

You can read more at the link.

Human Rights Group Releases Report on Slave Labor in North Korea

The BBC has an article on North Korea’s slave labor system based on a report released recently by the Citizens’ Alliance for North Korea Human Rights:

Life of slaves, not human beings

Generations of South Korean prisoners of war are being used as slave labour in North Korean coal mines to generate money for the regime and its weapons programme, according to a report released by a human rights organisation. The BBC has taken a closer look at the allegations.

“When I see slaves shackled and dragged on TV, I see myself,” Choi Ki-sun told me. He was one of an estimated 50,000 prisoners seized by North Korea at the end of the Korean War in 1953.

“When we were dragged to labour camps, we were at gun point, lined up with armed guards around. What else could this be if not slave labour?”

Mr Choi (not his real name) said he continued to work in a mine in North Hamgyeong province alongside around 670 other prisoners of war (POWs) until his escape, 40 years later.

BBC News

You can read the rest at the link, but the article goes on to discuss the songbun system and how someone’s class can sentence them to slave labor as well. For those that have closely followed this issue the fate of Korean War POWs, the songbun system, and North Korea’s slave labor camps is nothing new.

Clearly the NKHR is trying to remind people of the regime’s brutality likely because there is an effort by the engagement crowd to once again appease the Kim regime for little to nothing in return. If the engagers want to give Kim Jong-un his dream deal, than the American public should clearly understand the brutality of the regime they want to prop up.