10 April 2013 (14:40 UTC-07 Tango)/29 Jumada l-Ula 1434/21 Farvardin 1391/01 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711
ROK TV broadcaster, KBS, reporting that their website went offline, three times today. They do not know why.
Category Archives: International
World War 3, East Asian Front: South Korean bank paralized!
10 April 2013 (14:35 UTC-07 Tango)/29 Jumada l-Ula 1434/21 Farvardin 1391/01 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711
The ROK bank, NongHyup Bank, reporting that its internet banking service is paralyzed. They do not know why. Technicians are working at their operating system location in Anseong, they hope to have it solved before tomorrow.
H7N9 update: 33 cases! Norovirus Bird flu? Bloggers arrested! Child only person to recover!
10 April 2013 (14:27 UTC-07 Tango)/29 Jumada l-Ula 1434/21 Farvardin 1391/01 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711
Shanghai health officials reporting new human cases, now at 33. A 76 years old woman developed symptoms on 01 April, then went into hospital on 05 April. Another woman, an 81 years old farmer, she had symptoms of gastroenteritis and pneumonia. Yesterday she was confirmed to have H7N9.
Three new cases were also reported in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. So far the only person to recover is a four years old boy in Shanghai.
10 bloggers were arrested in six provinces, Shaanxi, Guizhou, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and Fujian. They were spreading rumors that the H7N9 had spread to other provinces.
The city of Taiyuan, in Shanxi Province, has joined Beijing, Nanjing, Hangzhou and Shanghai in banning live poultry markets.
Rubella outbreak update from Japan!
10 April 2013 (02:38 UTC-07 Tango)/29 Jumada l-Ula 1434/21 Farvardin 1391/01 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711
Japan’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases says 375 new cases of rubella were reported at the end of March. Between January and March 2905 cases reported, 25 times more than the same time last year!
Health officials say 90% of the cases involve adults, most have never been vaccinated. Pregnant women who catch the airborne rubella have babies with severe birth defects.
Recently it was reported that rubella was making a come back, and that the vaccine might be only temporary.
H7N9 update: Chinese and Japanese have evidence of rapid mutations, almost AIDS like! Resistance is futile?
10 April 2013 (02:29 UTC-07 Tango)/29 Jumada l-Ula 1434/21 Farvardin 1391/01 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711
Chinese and Japanese researchers have made independent reports, indicating the new H7N9 is rapidly mutating. This could explain the difficulty in detecting it.
Researchers at the University of Tokyo said H7N9 samples from four Chinese victims showed noticeable differences in gene sequences, from person to person. The Researchers think the infections were from multiple sources.
In China, researchers at South University of Science and Technology said they noticed rapid mutation in nine of H7N9’s 560 amino acids. They estimate the new virus is mutating eight times faster than ‘normal’ flu viruses: “It happened in just one or two weeks. The speed may not have caught up with the HIV, but it’s quite unusual for a flu.”-He Jiankui, South University of Science and Technology
The rapid mutation will make it almost impossible to develop vaccines or anti-virals for the new ‘bird’ flu.
World War 3, East Asian Front: China closes border! Multiple Missiles ready for launch!
10 April 2013 (00:29 UTC-07 Tango)/29 Jumada l-Ula 1434/21 Farvardin 1391/01 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711
China has closed a border crossing with North Korea: “Travel agencies are not allowed to take tourist groups to go there, since the North Korean government is now asking foreign people to leave.”-unnamed official with the Dandong Border Office
South Korean media reporting that military satellite imagery shows multiple ICBMs ready for launch in North Korea. The missiles include short range Scud, medium range Nodong as well as the BM25 Musudan: “There are clear signs that the North could simultaneously fire off Musudan, Scud and Nodong missiles.”-unnamed ROK spokesman
H7N9 update: 9 people dead! Still no connection to birds!
10 April 2013 (19:50 UTC-07 Tango 09 April 2013)/29 Jumada l-Ula 1434/21 Farvardin 1391/01 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711
A 35 years old woman has died in Anhui Province. So far 28 cases, nine deaths since the end of March.
Chinese health researchers have yet to find a definite connection between birds and humans. This suggests the H7N9 infecting humans is unique to humans. The new strain of H7N9 hasn’t been found in pigs either.
Yesterday, the top veterinarian in China stated that this new H7N9 came from outside continental Asia, which backed up what health officials in Thailand said a couple of days ago.
World War 3, Gun Control Front: Man wounds 14 college students….with a craft razor!
09 April 2013 (15:17 UTC-07 Tango)/28 Jumada l-Ula 1434/20 Farvardin 1391/29 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
A college student decided to take out as many of his fellow students as he could, with a razor knife.
14 Lone Star College students were stabbed in Cypress, Texas. 12 hospitalized, two are in critical condition.
Police are calling the edged weapon and “unknown weapon”. A witness called the “unknown weapon” an ‘X-acto’ type razor knife used in making crafts. Apparently the ‘mass shooter’ stabbed people in the neck. (he must’ve had the type with multiple blades in the handle, oh no, now they are going to be banned)
I use those X-acto blades when I build my model kits. Oh my god! Am I going to have to go through a background check just to buy my crafts supplies?
You know if one of those students had a gun…….
H7N9 update: Chinese Agriculture Ministry joins Thailand in accusing the United States of spreading the new disease!
09 April 2013 (14:50 UTC-07 Tango)/28 Jumada l-Ula 1434/20 Farvardin 1391/29 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
Yesterday, Thai health officials pointed out that H7N9 is new to continental Asia, that it’s only been found in Japan, Europe and United States.
Today China’s chief veterinarian, Yu Kangzhen, revealed that this is the first time the H7N9 virus has been detected in China. To make things more interesting, Yu says so far no connection has been found between the poultry cases and the human cases. He believes the source of infection for both poultry and humans came from outside China.
This announcement by China’s Ministry of Agriculture comes two days after a Chinese air force Colonel, Dai Xu, accused the United States of biological warfare.
World War 3, East Asian Front: South Korea accuses North of psyops! U.S. will not shoot down missile!
09 April 2013 (14:35 UTC-07 Tango)/28 Jumada l-Ula 1434/20 Farvardin 1391/29 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
“We believe that foreigners in South Korea as well as our nationals will be unfazed as they have great confidence and trust in our military and the Republic of Korea.”–Kim Haing, ROK presidential spokeswoman
Officials in Republic of Korea say the DPRK’s warning that foreigners should leave South Korea is nothing more than psychological warfare.
And in front of the U.S. Congress, the commander of U.S. Pacific Command, Admiral Samuel Locklear, said that U.S. forces would shoot down a DPRK missile if it was targeting the United States or an ally. But, he “would not recommend” shooting it down if it is truly a test launch that does not target anyone.