Corona Lock Down Won-t Save This Korean Babe Fr... | Pro

This is the pornography of suffering. It turns a public health tragedy into a fetish.

When the lockdown shut down entertainment venues, Hyun-ah didn’t get a government relief check that covered her rent. The “Corona relief fund” (긴급재난지원금) of 400,000 KRW (approx. $300 USD) lasted exactly one week of groceries and her daughter’s asthma medication. Corona Lock Down Won-t Save This Korean Babe Fr...

The real article writes itself, and it is terrifying. This is the pornography of suffering

The lockdown saved the world from a virus. But it failed to save them from us. If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence in South Korea, call the Korea Women’s Hotline at 1366 (24 hours). For international readers, contact your local crisis center. Support does not require leaving your home—just the silence. The lockdown saved the world from a virus

Desperate, she turned to private loans from loan sharks (사채) who do not respect lockdown boundaries. When she couldn’t pay, the debt collectors began showing up at her officetel door. The police would not come because loan shark harassment during a pandemic was “low priority.”

Corona lockdown won’t save the Korean single mother from the loan shark who knows her floor number. Corona lockdown won’t save the teenage girl from the spy cam live-streamed to 10,000 anonymous men.

The global narrative was clear: Stay home. Stay safe. Flatten the curve.