Emanuel Pastreich is president of the Asia Institute, living in Seoul. Here’s his bio: https://circlesandsquares.asia/bio/. Despite the universal masking in South Korea, they’ve had a surge of new COVID-19 “cases” there over the last several weeks—just as in Hong Kong last month: further proof that masks do NOT prevent transmission of respiratory viruses. Period. There … Continue reading What’s the matter with South Korea? (And how is it now preferable to North Korea?)