Good Times

The big kerfuffle in South Korea now is that, while on the edge of shutting down the spread of the coronavirus for good, over 100 new cases have emerged centered on the Seoul neighborhood of Itaewon.  Anybody familiar with the capital knows Itaewon is kind of a shitty, dingy strip of foreigner bars and western restaurants.  (Some good ones, I'll admit, but a ton of truly unfortunate clubs and bars too.)

So there's talk of a single super-spreader, foreigners going out of control on drugs and booze, and a few gay clubs where orgies were hosted.

Just your perfect mix of xeno- and homo-phobia, which are always lurking just under the surface of the South Korean national dialogue.