TOP FIVE KOREAN CULTURE CLUES YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE HEADING TO THE OLYMPICS
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It involves "sensing" someone out, often in silence, and is accompanied with direct eye contact. The goal is not to make you uncomfortable (in fact, all business communication should always occur with the goal of creating "kibbun", or a good feeling between the parties). Should this happen, try to relax and send some good silent signals that you mean everything you say. Need more CultureClues about Korea? See Dean Foster’s book, "The Global Etiquette Guide to Asia", John Wiley & Sons.
Like the Moonies before them, Shincheonji (also spelt Shinchonji) use front groups that appear to campaign for world peace. Front groups are deceptive by nature; attenders are largely unaware of the real identity of the group organisers. Shincheonji international peace rallies have been a means of branding themselves as do-gooders to insiders, and of recruiting new outsiders. Googling Shincheonji founder Man Hee Lee reveals him as, amongst other things, an ‘international peace activist’. Of those 500, there appear to be six or seven that are operating in New Zealand.
Since Aug. 11, however, there has been a sharp spike in new infections. The KCDC said a rumor that test results were being fabricated to villainize the SJC were groundless. "Refusing or obstructing necessary quarantine measures greatly endangers the safety of everyone, and such actions will be dealt with accordingly," said Park Neung-Hu at the Central Disaster Prevention Agency. According to media reports, Choo Mi Ae the SJC has not followed government-issued outlines for sermons.
Seb, a devoted Christian from the Philippines, came to Melbourne in 2014. She was in her second year of a computer science degree at the University of Melbourne when she met a new face at her regular Sunday church service. "He seemed like a nice and normal Christian guy, and everyone in the church knew him, so I didn’t think much when he asked for my contact details," Seb said. Little did she know, her new friend was secretly a cult recruiter, who infiltrated his old church to scout new members.
Stephan Klingebiel is Director of UN Development Programme’s (UNDP) Global Policy Centre in Seoul, which fosters partnerships between the Republic of Korea and the developing world. He puts the country’s success down to self-discipline, effective measures and testing. "Just a few weeks ago, family members and friends in Germany were afraid of my duty station. In the second half of February and early March, when the number of new confirmed Covid-19 cases peaked, South Korea seemed to be a real global hot spot.
