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Real Reality
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 Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 6:27 am Post subject: Article: 50 Foreigners Get AIDS Annually |
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50 Foreigners Get AIDS Annually
About 50 foreigners in South Korea test positive for HIV annually, according to a report issued by the Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) Monday.... Experts claim the nation should prepare AIDS prevention measures amid the growing number of foreigners here.
By Kim Rahn, Korea Times (August 15, 2006)
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/200608/kt2006081517400753460.htm |
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Juregen
Joined: 30 May 2006
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| Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 6:42 am Post subject: |
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| Evil foreigners bring AIDS to Korea, go figure. |
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Smee
Joined: 24 Dec 2004
Location: Jeollanam-do
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| Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 6:44 am Post subject: Re: Article: 50 Foreigners Get AIDS Annually |
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| Real Reality wrote: |
50 Foreigners Get AIDS Annually
About 50 foreigners in South Korea test positive for HIV annually, according to a report issued by the Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) Monday.... Experts claim the nation should prepare AIDS prevention measures amid the growing number of foreigners here.
By Kim Rahn, Korea Times (August 15, 2006)
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/200608/kt2006081517400753460.htm |
Uh . . .
2.2 People Get HIV per Day
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An average 2.2 people per day were infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes acquired immunity deficiency syndrome (AIDS), in South Korea during the first half of this year, according to the Korea Center for Disease and Prevention (KCDC).
The center said Thursday that 398 people, 370 men and 28 women, were found to have the contracted disease from January through June. The figure is up 25.6 percent from 317 in the same period last year.
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http://search.hankooki.com/times/times_view.php?term=aids++&path=hankooki3/times/lpage/nation/200607/kt2006071318282211980.htm&media=kt |
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Guri Guy
Joined: 07 Sep 2003
Location: Bamboo Island
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| Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 6:50 am Post subject: |
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I think one is a figure for foreigners (50) and the other is for Koreans.
All those flights to Pattaya and Phuket for "business trips" are starting to bear bitter fruit. That and the lack of condom usage.  |
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Smee
Joined: 24 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 6:56 am Post subject: |
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Yeah, that's what I mean.
Though I doubt---or at least question whether---the OP article was meant to bash foreigners, I found the one line, about AIDS prevention methods for foreigners, very bizarre considering how many Koreans were contracting it. This will probably spin into something, as you mentioned, that slanders brown people in SE Asia for giving AIDS to Koreans. |
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Guri Guy
Joined: 07 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:00 am Post subject: |
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| Exactly what I was thinking. Koreans have a growing problem with AIDS and they should address it seriously. Instead it seems they are bashing foreigners. *Sigh* |
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captain planet
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:50 am Post subject: |
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| look at the ratio of koreans to foreigners. that seems pretty out of whack. |
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