"Everyone Seems Doomed... Moon's Support Rate in the 40% Range Is a Poison" Lawyer Noh Young-hee Criticizes Government Quarantine Measures

President Moon Jae-in delivered a congratulatory message via video at the Nakdong River Estuary Brackish Water Ecosystem Restoration Performance Report held on the 18th. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Hwang Sumi] Lawyer Noh Young-hee criticized the government's social distancing adjustment plan, saying it was "truly a comedy" and that "the people are only suffering losses and are on the brink of death, while government officials seem to be playing around like they are in a fantasy world."

On the 18th, Lawyer Noh stated on her Facebook, "Since Omicron cannot be stopped anyway, how long will they continue to go against global quarantine guidelines and make futile efforts?"

She argued, "People who have received the second dose of the vaccine should be allowed to operate businesses until midnight, and even if not, at least a policy corresponding to that should be introduced."

She then targeted Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Hong Nam-ki, saying, "I don't understand why they oppose using the 60 trillion won collected in taxes to help those struggling due to COVID-19."

She also criticized, "They act arrogantly without taking any responsibility," and "I don't understand why they don't take responsibility for their incompetence in failing to calculate excess tax revenue."

Furthermore, Lawyer Noh pointed out, "The biggest problem of the Moon Jae-in administration is that it keeps cornering kind and cooperative people while instead yielding to selfish people who resist and curse."

She added, "With this, what kind of citizens would trust, comply with, and follow the government?" and "President Moon Jae-in's approval rating in the 40% range is actually poison."

Earlier that day, the government announced that the operating hours restrictions for restaurants and cafes would be extended by one hour, from 9 PM to 10 PM.

Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum held a meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters at the Government Seoul Office and stated, "Considering the deepening difficulties of the people's livelihood economy, we judged that minimal adjustments are inevitable at a level that the restructured quarantine and medical system can handle," announcing this policy.

However, the limit on private gathering sizes remains "up to 6 people."

This social distancing adjustment plan will be applied for about three weeks from the 19th to the 13th of next month. Usually, new social distancing measures are applied from Monday, but this time they will be implemented starting Saturday.

Additionally, Prime Minister Kim announced that the youth quarantine pass, which was planned to be applied from the 1st of next month, will be postponed by one month and implemented from April 1st.

Regarding whether to maintain the quarantine pass, he said, "We will comprehensively review on-site acceptance and changes in the quarantine situation and announce adjustments to the scope of application later."

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