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George Floyd EDITOR’S LETTER Editor’s Letter Please Don’t Let Your Guard Down It has been six months since the COVID-19 virus began to spread, and our lives have changed accordingly. People started to do social distancing, and so don’t meet each other, and schools aren’t able to conduct classes normally. Some people are suffering from what you might call the COVID-19 blues. The virus made our lives miserable. Korea is seeing a second COVID-19 wave. The virus spike is the highest since March. Our nation has just seen about 300 cases of COVID-19 virus a day. This is highest single day total since March, with most cases traced to Sarang Jeil Church, whose pastor has been a critic of the Korean president. More than ten thousand people gathered at Gwanghwamun to protest against the government. At this demonstration, the COVID-19 virus spread like wildfire among protesters. This causes serious social problems. Some protesters are refusing to be tested for the COVID-19 virus and also refuses to have an examination. Community infection is widespread in the Seoul area, and is spreading to other provinces. Korea seemed one of the world’s COVID-19 virus success stories, for its prevention and management of the virus spread. However, the second wave has started. People are not being cautious about the virus spread. People have become unaware about the spread of the virus, because the virus spread has been taking place over a long period of time. This caused Korea’s biggest virus cluster. To prevent further virus spread, public facilities such as museum, nightclub, PC room and karaoke have closed. Health officials said, “This is a moment of grave crisis in Korea’s fight against the COVID-19 virus”. They also noted “We’re facing a crisis where if the current spread isn’t controlled, it would bring an exponential rise in cases, which could in turn lead to the collapse of our medical system and enormous economic damage”. I would like to say: please don’t gather with your friends. Stay at home. Wash your hands regularly and wear a face mask. Be aware of the virus spread once again. This is a golden time for reducing the spread of COVID-19 virus. Following to government guidance, we can overcome this serious situation. We can win the battle once again against the virus. Please don’t let your guard down until the virus spread is stopped. Lee Kyounghyun / Editor-in-chief 2 | MOKWON CHIMES CONTENTS THE MOKWON CHIMES SEPTEMBER 2020 CONTENT | VOL.171 EDITOR’S LETTER 02 Please Don’t Let Your Guard Down NEWS 04 A Taxi Driver Took a Patient’s ‘Golden Time’ 04 Cattle Evacuation due to Heavy Rain 05 The Incheon Tap Water Larvae Incident 05 Bat Crisis in Wuhan ARTICLES 06 Child Abuse Must be Prohibited 08 The Controversy of 'Backdoor Online Advertising' on Youtube 10 Comprehensive Audits for Private Universities 12 Constant Sexual Assault 14 A TV Program that Has a Good Purpose 16 A King of This Summer: SSAK3 18 Appearance of a Female Lawmaker in a Pink Dress 20 “George Floyd”, A Victim of Black Human Rights 22 Between Parodies and Racism ‘Controversy of High School Students Who Make up Blackface in Yearbook Photo’ 24 Summer Vacation of Infectious Diseases and Heavy Rains 26 What Do You Think about Live Classes? 28 Challenge on SNS: Challenge Accepted 30 Game of Chicken between America and China FOREIGN STUDENTS 32 Why Don’t You Come to Yeosu, The City of The Ocean? September 2020 | 3 NEWS NEWSNEWS A Taxi Driver Took a Patient’s ‘Golden Time’ By Lee Kyounghyun Editor-in-chief [email protected] On June 8, a taxi driver named Choi caused a fender bender with a private ambulance and stopped the ambulance for about 10 minutes, saying, “Go after you deal with the accident and if the patient dies, I’ll take responsibility”. At the time, the ambulance was transporting a 79-year-old lung cancer patient who complained of breathing difficulty to hospital. The patient was transferred to another 119 ambulance when Choi hit the ambulance. The patient arrived at the hospital late, but died in a few hours. The case was criticized by many people as the victim’s son posted an article on the Blue House petition asking for punishment of the taxi driver. More than seven hundred thousand people supported the petition. In October 2018, a Mercedes-Benz car stopped for about 30 seconds in front of an ambulance heading to the hospital with an emergency patient. It was a dizzying moment for the emergency patient that could have missed the ‘golden time’ of medical treatment, despite the fact that the car owner can pay a penalty for violating the law. According to the ‘2018 Gyeonggi Province Emergency Activity Analysis Results’ in February, the ‘five-minute arrival rate’ was 180,455 cases (41.6 percent), and the Average Elapsed Time was 8 minutes, 36 seconds. Mature civic awareness among ordinary vehicle drivers is needed to transport the ambulance safely to protect the patients’ precious ‘golden time’. Also, ordinary vehicle drivers may find it difficult to spot ambulances approaching from a distance due to their appearance. Therefore, it is necessary to actively improve the appearance and design of the ambulance to help prevent accidents. Cattle Evacuation due to Heavy Rain By Lee Ye Ji Desk-Manager [email protected] The recent heavy rain has caused numerous casualties and property damage nationwide. Among them, the case of a cow drifting and evacuating to the roof attracted attention. The incident occurred in Yangjeong village, Gurye-gun, Jeollanam-do, and the isolated cows on the roof were rescued by people after the rain stopped. However, during the rescue operation, a cow did not budge from the roof. Rather, refusing human hands, trying to protect the roof to the end, the rescue team eventually had to fire a tranquilizer gun. The calving cow, who had been dazed all night under the anesthetic, woke up alone in the middle of the night and gave birth to two baby cows. After giving birth, the mother cow approached, sniffed, then licked her baby with her tongue, as if to see if it was okay. Baek Nam-rye (61), the owner of the cattle shed, said, "Only the cow did not want to come down from the roof, so we put the cow to sleep with a tranquilizer gun and rescued her," and added, "I think she did it because she had babies”. In addition, "I'm so sorry to think about how hard this cow must have been for two days on the roof," she said. "I'm grateful that she came back alive, but I'm so proud that she even gave birth to twins safely. And while there are cases where cows have been found floating in the water due to torrential rains. The cow was even pregnant, and was found on the uninhabited island of Nancho in Namhae-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do. The cow was found to have been washed away from a livestock complex in Gurye-gun, Jeollanam-do. It was discovered in 4 days on an uninhabited island after being swept away by rapids, traveling 55 km across the sea. Also, a cow that swept 80km from Hapcheon to Miryang in Gyeongsangnam-do was found, drawing much attention. A military official said, "It's so amazing that the cow is alive and is on the island across the sea." In addition, there have been a series of evacuations of cattle, including the evacuation of cattle going to the temple. Heavy rains have caused many people to suffer from human casualties and especially property damage. I hope the rainy season will finish as soon as possible so that no one else will be harmed and that the damage caused by the heavy rain will be restored as soon as possible. 4 | MOKWON CHIMES NEWS The Incheon Tap Water Larvae Incident By Go Yuri Desk-Manager [email protected] At Incheon city, where there was a big controversy concerning the reddish tap water scandal last year, 10 reports about larvae being spotted in tap water have recently been filed from early June to July. The first sighting was at Wang Gil-dong, in west Incheon, and 7 more were reported before noon from other buildings in the complex. As many expressed concerns, a investigation was conducted by Incheon Western Waterworks Office discovering live larvae in some waters. Officials said that at the time of the red tap water crisis, there was a problem with the Gongchon water purification plant, which caused damage to other places. Presently, reports have only been filed from a specific area, so it would not be a problem with the water purification plant itself. Regarding the incident, the Incheon city superintendent held an emergency response meeting concerning the sighting of larvae in the west of Incheon, and the schools in those areas autonomously provided alternatives to school meals or shortened classes, and clarified that it’s undefined when the school meals would be resumed. Also, with further investigation on the live larvae after being reported, they were found to be larvae that lives in grade 4 water. In order to determine the cause of the water contamination, the joint precision investigation team announced the results of the interim investigation. It was estimated that the larvae were able to enter during the filtration process with activated carbon in the water purification plant. Although a screen was installed, it is possible that the window was open or the ventilator stopped working, and imagoes found their way in.
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