The Silence Korea

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Birthsearching, grief, and loss on the part of birth mothers and their children seem fully realized in this novel written by and possibly featuring white people. It shows the reader how much birth mothers suffer as a result of having children taken from them. Claire is silenced, but she cannot suppress her sorrow in being separated from her baby. Readers see her grief, and we are encouraged to empathize and hope that Claire and Gabriel will be successful in their searches.

Protesters attend a rally to support Iranian competitive climber Elnaz Rekabi, outside the Iranian Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. Rekabi competed in South Korea without wearing a mandatory headscarf required of female athletes from the Islamic Republic.

This deafening silence grew acute when Iranian sports climber Elnaz Rekabi competed in South Korea without a head covering on October 16, defying the regime. She was whisked out of Seoul under circumstances suggesting coercive pressure on her family back in Iran, and is now reportedly under house arrest. This incident within its borders remains completely unremarked upon by the South Korean government.

Only pressure from its U.S. ally has made Seoul look beyond this commercialism. Washington strong-armed Seoul into complying with sanctions, with the freezing of Iranian funds in South Korean banks provoking an angry response from Tehran. Two-way trade, at least of the openly and acknowledged kind, has been reduced to a trickle. Rather than as a necessary step in support of the liberal order against a dangerous threat, Korean commentary has generally framed this state of affairs as an unfair imposition on South Korea.

Let Beijing have moral responsibility for propping up the Iranian regime. Some things are more important than money, and South Korea can only truly flourish when the rest of the world, including the people of Iran, do too.

Joel Atkinson is a professor in the Graduate School of International and Area Studies (GSIAS) at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul, South Korea, where he researches and teaches East Asian international politics. Follow him on Twitter: @Joel_P_Atkinson

There are so many things that I do not know about myself. And with the things I do know, I hardly understand them. Once I thought that one could only write about things one adequately understood. But I do not wish to submit myself entirely to this assumption, as it becomes a definite way to silence myself. Why not give myself permission, instead? For the memories that one does not understand, of which I have plenty, I like to think that the creative nonfiction genre offers a resting place.

H. L.: I am the first in my family to be born in America. My family had immigrated to America from Argentina. Both my parents, however, were born and lived in South Korea first. What this means is that although on paper I am an American-born citizen, my first language was Korean, as it was the only language spoken at home. I would learn English naturally as I attended school, and in the meantime, I steadily lost my grasp on Korean, which would remain at an elementary speaking level for years. My family urged me to learn Korean quickly and diligently. If I was fluent, I would be able to understand my parents and grandparents when they spoke. It was especially important for my grandparents, who could not speak English at all.

Ruby: This was my first time editing a piece and your first time receiving editorial support. What was the editorial process like for you? Was there anything that was unexpected, surprising, or particularly helpful?

In a way, I am beginning to see my own writing as something that calls and responds to the various texts that I have drawn inspiration from. As someone who has often found language and literature to be daunting and overwhelming, I found our work together has offered a suggestion that there exists the possibility for me in which, regardless of where I go or what I do, I warmly invite myself to write with courage and toward memories both known and unknown.

I bought the iphone 15 ProMax last month and discovered the absence of the simple on/off volume button. Its often nice to quietly take a photo, but (unless I mute everything, inc phone call rings) I get this stupid artificial shutter sound whenever I take a picture. I would return the iphone 15 ProMax and get an Iphone 14, but I waited too long. And lowering the volume before you open the camera app to snap a candid picture is way too involved-by then the moment is gone. Any ideas? Any chance Apple will fix this with an update?

This is not a discussion forum. This is a technical support forum where users ask others users for technical support and users offer help if they can. The question was asked how to mute ONLY the camera shutter sound and it has been answered. The fact some may not like the answer doesn't mean it should be debated as this is a user to user only forum. And as users no one here had anything to do with how Apple made iOS work. Nor can anyone here change anything.

If anyone doesn't like how Apple chooses to implement something, instead of debating/discussing it here, where no one from Apple will read it, this feedback link can be used to Apple know their thoughts --> Feedback - iPhone - Apple

If you think another manufacturers phone would be better for you, it surely doesn't matter to anyone here on this user to user only forum. You should always buy the device which is best for you. What's amazing is the consternation over something which can easily be silenced long enough to take a photo then unmute the phone. And to express that with only other users, none of whom have anything to do with it isn't going to change anything.

If you don't like how Apple implemented the camera shutter sound, tell them as opposed to keeping this conversation going, which is pointless, as again, no one here can change anything. Feedback to Apple goes here --> Feedback - iPhone - Apple

These are questions of ethics. I deal with issues like this on a daily basis as Executive Director of the Florida Center for Creative Photography. There is no >best answerAnd it's very easy to accommodate that (unless your phone is from a country where it's not allowed): use the mute switch on your phone. Or, position your finger over the speaker. I find that works quite well. And Lawrence explained that, too. So, you're arguing about a feature you can easily work around.

That's helpful ?? Maybe Apple should make this option a little more prominent - and we could all ask why certain features don't have an obvious toggle - like setting the camera to square format, rather than resetting it to square for the millionth time?

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Background: The organizational studies' literature suggests that employees' expressions of voice and silence may be distinct concepts with different predictors. Organizational researchers also argue that both employees' voice and silence are related to burnout; however, these relationships have not been adequately examined in the healthcare context.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the relationships among nurses' perceived impact, psychological safety, voice behaviors, and burnout using a theoretical model. Voice behaviors were conceptualized as voice and silence.

Methods: Using a convenience sampling method, a web-based survey was conducted to obtain data. All variables were measured using standardized instruments. A structural equation modeling analysis was employed to test a hypothesized model positing that perceived impact and psychological safety have both direct and indirect effects on nurse burnout through voice and silence. The response rate was 72.8 %.

Results: The findings supported the hypothesized model. Both perceived impact and psychological safety were positively related to expressions of voice, but both were negatively associated with silence. We also found that perceived impact was more strongly associated with voice than with silence, while psychological safety had a stronger impact on silence than on voice. Furthermore, voice reduced burnout, while silence increased it. Finally, perceived impact reduced burnout through voice (β = -0.10, 95 % confidence interval [-0.143, -0.059]) and silence (β = -0.04, 95 % confidence interval [-0.058, -0.014]), and psychological safety also decreased burnout through voice (β = -0.04, 95 % confidence interval [-0.057, -0.016]) and silence (β = -0.07, 95 % confidence interval [-0.101, -0.033]). Additional analyses revealed that prohibitive voice and silence significantly mediated the associations between psychological safety and burnout and perceived impact and burnout, but the mediating role of promotive voice was not statistically significant.

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