Things that make you go, "Hmmmm?"

While it went completely unreported in the English language press and was partially covered up by the Korean governement, the Chosun-Ilbo (one of Korea's leading newspapers) reported that one coast guard sailor was killed and four other held hostage for an hour and severly beaten when they tried to board an unlicensed Chinese fishing vessel in Korean territorial waters. This is not the first time the Korean Coast Guard has been violently opposed by Chinese fisherman fishing illegally of Korean shores, nor, apparently, is it the first time a Korean sailor has been killed in such incidents.

Next, you have the current melamine crisis coming out of China. Koreans have already been warned of several Korean food products possibly containing this toxic chemical. Add this to the previous problems with China: lead based paint on children's toys, parasites in imported Chinese kimchi and you would think the Korean population would be up in arms.

Not a peep.

When the Korean government authorized the import of U.S. beef to Korea last spring, fear of mad cow disease sent hundreds of thousands of Korean citizens into the streets protesting that the U.S. was trying to commit genocide on the Korean people. Misinformation was rampant despite government efforts to calm fears by posting scientific proof that the chances of contracting mad cow disease from U.S. was statistically non-existent.

I'm stealing this direct from www.koreabeat.com:

You do the math:

Deaths from mad cow disease = 0

Number of protesters against the U.S. government = hundreds of thousands

Deaths from Chinese fisherman = up to 27

Number of protesters against the Chinese government = 0

Hmmmm?