Yoo Si-min "Government Criticism Related to COVID-19... Only Korean Media Does It"

"There Are Not Many Countries Where Administrative Power Is Exercised as Well as Ours"
"It May Be Evaluated as a Korean-Style Model"

Yoo Si-min, Chairman of the Roh Moo-hyun Foundation Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Seung-gon] Yoo Si-min, chairman of the Roh Moo-hyun Foundation, pointed out on the 13th regarding the media coverage of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation, saying, "It is said that only the Korean media criticize the government about COVID-19 right now."

On the same day, Yoo said on his YouTube channel 'Yoo Si-min's Alileo Live,' "These days, the ethnic public opinion newspapers that objectively evaluate the Korean government's quarantine measures are CNN in the United States, BBC in the United Kingdom, and the South China Morning Post," revealing this.

He continued, "Currently, Italy has surpassed Korea in confirmed cases, and the number of deaths is in the hundreds. Iran's national leadership was infected in a cluster, resulting in deaths, and Germany and France are also seeing a rapid increase in patients, spreading even to South America," he said.

Yoo said, "The international community is requesting consultations on whether epidemic management is possible in the Korean style, but there are not many countries where administrative power is exercised as well as ours," and claimed, "There is a possibility that the Korean model will be evaluated positively."

On the 12th, the Army Support Team of the Capital Defense Command is conducting joint disinfection with Gwangjin-gu at the Dong Seoul Terminal drop-off area in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul.
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On the same day, Yoo also mentioned the 'prison letter' publicly released by former President Park Geun-hye on the 4th through lawyer Yoo Young-ha while she was incarcerated.

He explained, "After former President Park's letter came out, in public opinion polls, 'Absolutely no release' exceeds 50%, and overall opposition exceeds 60%," adding, "Many people still think that a pardon is too early."

He added, "Former President Park was impeached and imprisoned, but there are people protesting outside asking for her release and quite a few supporters, whereas no one is asking for former President Lee Myung-bak to be released, which makes me feel more sorry for him," and said, "Former President Lee did many things he should not have done, and former President Park did many things she should have done but did not."

Meanwhile, as a large number of COVID-19 patients who were confirmed positive in Korea have recovered, the number of patients under isolation treatment has decreased for the first time. It has been 53 days since the first confirmed COVID-19 case occurred in Korea on January 20.

According to the Central Disease Control Headquarters on the 13th, as of midnight, the number of confirmed patients receiving isolation treatment in Korea was 7,402, a decrease of 68 compared to the previous day (7,470).

The total number of recovered COVID-19 patients reached 510, an increase of 177 from the previous day. The number of patients released from isolation that day exceeded the 110 newly confirmed cases identified on the same day.

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