It is good to see Korea doing what it can to aid the earthquake rescue effort in China:
A team of South Korean rescue workers will leave later Friday for the western Chinese province that was devastated by a powerful earthquake, Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said.
?? The team is composed of 41 rescue workers from the National Emergency Management Agency and four officials of the Korea International Cooperation Agency, it added.
? ? The dispatch comes after the Chinese government accepted Seoul’s offer of help in efforts to rescue those who remain under the rubble. [Yonhap]
South Korea is also standing by to send medical personnel as well. I have yet to see if China will allow in any western rescue teams which they have so far declined help from.
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2:56 am on May 17th, 2008 1
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2:40 pm on May 18th, 2008 3
Russians, Japanese, Singaporeans and Italians are all there
5:58 pm on May 18th, 2008 4
You can read more about who has been allowed in as rescue teams in my updated posting.
10:20 pm on May 18th, 2008 5
When Koreans “give” money for relief, it often goes to the hands of all the overseas Koreans that live in that area.
A great example is Katrina where Korea “gave” money to Korean churhes and then the press release said how Korea gave money to American.
In my opinion, these “rescue workers” will be heading to the nearest Korean owned room salan in Beijing.
I could be wrong, but I have read so many comments by Koreans, even here in GI Korea by Koreans like “apple pie” who celebrate the death of Chinese. I simply cannot picture that Koreans have the empathy to help Chinese without getting something in return. It is not the Korean way.
11:53 pm on May 18th, 2008 6
It does not surprise me that China has refused help from the US for two reasons. First, the US declined to accept rescue workers from China. Second, there appears to be a belief among Chinese government officials, academics, and military experts that the CIA is sponsoring Free Tibet groups as a means of destabilizing China. This accusation is made in ?English forums among other talking points spewed by Chinese internet propagandists, known as “Fifty Cent Party” in Chinese. A couple Fifty Cent Party members infested TMH awhile back when we were posting about the torch relay violence. As soon as I pegged them for C-borgs, I quit reading but then started noticing the same ideas and the same talking points writing style in other online news discussion forums.
2:16 am on May 19th, 2008 7
[...] is good to see that the Chinese government accepting now even American military aid to help in the rescue and relief operations in the wake of Monday’s [...]