Those Koreans got a lot of nerve

[matsuki]

LOL, sounds like he's lookin' for an ass beating. No doubt he's one of the guys that berates K-girls for simply walking with foreigners in Korea.

Not super common, at least in 2014....but one of my FG friends was telling me how, when he was waiting for someone at hachiko with his wife, he had some old codger come up up and start screaming in his face "Go back to Amerika and fuck Amerikan garz!! Stop fucking Japaneeeze garz!!" He didn't want to get arrested so he just told the guy to "fuck off" and walked away but damn...going to be a fun Olympics!

[Russell]

South Korea...

Doesn't sound like a fun country to live and work in.

What is it with those people?

[wagyl]

South Korea...

Doesn't sound like a fun country to live and work in.

What is it with those people?

A refusal to forgive and forget slights, whether real or perceived. It is not so unusual for the colonised, especially the geographically proximately colonised, to harbour these feelings for longer than is healthy for themselves.

Hatred only makes your own heart blacker. The hated usually is barely aware of your feelings.

[Russell]

South Korea...

Doesn't sound like a fun country to live and work in.

What is it with those people?

A refusal to forgive and forget slights, whether real or perceived. It is not so unusual for the colonised, especially the geographically proximately colonised, to harbour these feelings for longer than is healthy for themselves.

Hatred only makes your own heart blacker. The hated usually is barely aware of your feelings.

That could be true, but as far as my Googling skills reach, Korea has never been colonized by western powers.

In fact, South-Korea is in a better state than its northern neighbor thanks to western powers, isn't it?

It looks like they have a serious inferiority complex.

[wagyl]

Both North and South were colonised by a wannabe western power, and one that was geographically close. Just across the Japan East Sea. I can't help feeling that if Japan had started its adventures in colonialism that much earlier, or if they had continued for that much longer, the strained relationship would have got even worse. There are vague parallels to the English-Irish situation. Not that that excuses them their attitudes in any way. I think they need to grow up or grow a pair.

I agree with you that you can see the chip on their shoulder from even over here.

[matsuki]

BI can't help feeling that if Japan had started its adventures in colonialism that much earlier, or if they had continued for that much longer, the strained relationship would have got even worse.

I wonder if they wouldn't they have assimilated what they wanted and then stamped out any Korean language/culture had they found to their disliking. (and made the annexation permanent...same with Taiwan)

[Russell]

Sankei’s Seoul bureau chief faces charge of libeling Park

A Japanese newspaper said Tuesday it was encouraged by calls from a press freedom group for South Korea not to prosecute its Seoul bureau chief over alleged libel of President Park Geun-Hye.

Tatsuya Kato, 48, who heads the Seoul operation of the conservative Sankei Shimbun, has been questioned by authorities in South Korea after complaints over an online column about Park.

He was banned from leaving South Korea in late August and faces a possible seven-year jail term if convicted of criminal libel.

The column, which was posted online on Aug 3 and has not been removed, is about “rumors” concerning Park’s whereabouts at the time of the sinking of a passenger ferry with the loss of 300 lives.

Media freedom group Reporters Without Borders has defended the Sankei, arguing the subject of the paper’s column was “clearly” in the public interest.

South Korean prosecutors began questioning Kato on Aug 18 as a result of complaints filed by an association of South Korean citizens, the group noted, adding he remains under surveillance and his freedom of movement has been curtailed.

“It is completely normal for news media to ask questions about the actions of politicians, including the president,” said Benjamin Ismaïl, the head of the Reporters Without Borders Asia desk.

“Vagueness about the president’s agenda during a national tragedy is clearly a subject of public interest,” he said in a statement.

“Furthermore, Kato’s story was based on information which was already online and which has not been the subject of any complaint. We call on the authorities to drop the charges against Kato and to lift the restrictions on his movements.”

The Sankei Shimbun is known for being critical of South Korea and is not popular with the South Korean public, the group added.

[...]

Takeshi Kobayashi, chief editor at the Sankei’s Tokyo head office, said in a statement in August that “the column had no intent whatsoever to defame or denigrate the South Korean president.”

He said it was “hard to understand why the column was called into question” as it was based on exchanges in South Korea’s parliament and on a column in South Korea’s major daily Chosun Ilbo.

The paper hoped for “a fair judgement in light of freedom of the press and freedom of expression which are the foundation of a democratic country”, he said.

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Hmm, seems President Park has some dictatorial tendencies. Wonder whose daughter she is...

[Samurai_Jerk]

South Korea...

Doesn't sound like a fun country to live and work in.

What is it with those people?

While there are plenty of problems with ethnocentrism and racism in South Korea, I don't think this case is necessarily representative. That would be like judging all of Japan based on the actions of that fat nerdy looking right winger who leads anti-foreigner Marches through Tokyo on occasion. We don't even know if Yie's claims of a dozen key leaders and 300 members nationwide are true. Even if they are that's not much in nation of 50 million.

Hmm, seems President Park has some dictatorial tendencies. Wonder whose daughter she is...

One old guy I met in southern Vietnam love her because of who her father was. My guess is there are a lot of other guys of his generation that do.

[Takechanpoo]

SEOUL, South Korea — Sixteen people watching an outdoor pop concert in South Korea fell 20 meters to their deaths Friday when a ventilation grate they were standing on collapsed, officials said.

Photos of the scene in Seongnam, just south of Seoul, showed a deep concrete shaft under the broken grate.

A Seongnam official announced the deaths during a televised briefing and said that 11 others were seriously injured. The official didn't provide his name and didn't take questions from reporters.

Fire officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because of office rules, earlier said that the victims were standing on the grate while watching an outdoor performance by girls' band 4Minute, which is popular across Asia.

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2014/10/1 ... nt-at.html

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this is korean quality!

[matsuki]

Wow, that's pretty insane.... pedo-pop concerts are getting dangerous.

Fire officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because of offical rules

...but you got to admit, this sounds familiar, no?

[Samurai_Jerk]

'Irish alcoholism nature' reason for job rejection for Irish teacher in South Korea

A teacher from the Republic of Ireland has been turned down for a job in South Korea due to the "alcoholism nature" of Irish people.

Katie Mulrennan, from County Kerry, had applied for a teaching job in Seoul.

She was told by an agency that their client did not hire Irish people due to their perceived drinking habits.

The 26-year-old told the BBC that she could not believe the email was real at first.

"Usually when you apply for a job and they don't want you, they don't send a reply," she said.

"Or they tell you they would prefer someone from North America, because some schools prefer the accent.

"But this reply was a first. When I got the email, it was so abrupt and short. I actually laughed when I read it initially.

For the record: Which Country Drinks the Most Alcohol?

[matsuki]

Hahahahaha, Koreans are by far the worst drunks I know.

[wagyl]

For the record: Which Country Drinks the Most Alcohol?

For the record, I'm too cheap to buy a subscription.

[Samurai_Jerk]

For the record: Which Country Drinks the Most Alcohol?

For the record, I'm too cheap to buy a subscription.

Interesting. I was able to see it earlier but not anymore. Anyway, South Korea beat out Ireland by a little bit.

[yanpa]

For the record: Which Country Drinks the Most Alcohol?

For the record, I'm too cheap to buy a subscription.

Interesting. I was able to see it earlier but not anymore. Anyway, South Korea beat out Ireland by a little bit.

Oh the irony.

'Irish alcoholism nature' reason for job rejection for Irish teacher in South Korea

A teacher from the Republic of Ireland has been turned down for a job in South Korea due to the "alcoholism nature" of Irish people.

Katie Mulrennan, from County Kerry, had applied for a teaching job in Seoul.

She was told by an agency that their client did not hire Irish people due to their perceived drinking habits.

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[wagyl]

Yanpa, BBC loves me too, one sentence at a time. It is WSJ which doesn't.

[matsuki]

Sort of on topic...WTF?

[J.A.F.O]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_co ... onsumption

[Samurai_Jerk]

South Korea starts trial for Japanese journalist

A trial has begun for a Japanese journalist charged with defaming South Korea's president by reporting rumors that she was absent for seven hours during a ferry disaster in April because she was with a man.

A spokesman from the Seoul Central District Court said Thursday that Tatsuya Kato of Japan's Sankei Shimbun was present in court as his lawyers and prosecutors introduced evidence.

The indictment has raised questions about South Korea's press freedom. Critics accuse South Korean President Park Geun-hye's conservative government of clamping down on journalists in an attempt to control her image.

[...]

The case has opened a debate on South Korea's freedom of speech and expression. The Seoul Foreign Correspondents' Club in October issued an open letter to the prosecutor general, Kim Jin-tae, expressing concern that Kato's indictment could give an "adverse impact" to the country's journalism environment. Moon Jae-in, an opposition lawmaker who was Park's main rival in the 2012 presidential elections, told reporters on Tuesday that the prosecution's decision to indict Kato was an "embarrassment."

A buddy of mine from Korea was visiting recently. He's into politics but hadn't heard about this case at all. He said they must be keeping it pretty quiet over there. He agreed that it was fucked. He said he voted for Park but really regrets it now since she really does seem to be trying to follow in her old man's footsteps.

[Coligny]

A buddy of mine from Korea was visiting recently. He's into politics but hadn't heard about this case at all. He said they must be keeping it pretty quiet over there. He agreed that it was fucked. He said he voted for Park but really regrets it now since she really does seem to be trying to follow in her old man's footsteps.

[matsuki]

A buddy of mine from Korea was visiting recently. He's into politics but hadn't heard about this case at all. He said they must be keeping it pretty quiet over there.

So SK press/gov is just as fucked as Japan?

[Samurai_Jerk]

A buddy of mine from Korea was visiting recently. He's into politics but hadn't heard about this case at all. He said they must be keeping it pretty quiet over there. He agreed that it was fucked. He said he voted for Park but really regrets it now since she really does seem to be trying to follow in her old man's footsteps.

I don't know enough about South Korean politics to judge whether or not the alternative choices were any better.

[Samurai_Jerk]

Korean Air Exec Boots Flight Attendant For Serving Macadamia Nuts The Wrong Way

A Korean Airlines flight was forced to return to the gate at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport last week after a company executive decided to kick the aircraft's head flight attendant off the plane.

The incident arose after Korean Air executive vice president Heather Cho took exception to the way she was served macadamia nuts by a junior flight attendant, reported the Wall Street Journal.

According to the BBC, Cho was served the nuts in packaging instead of according to the proper procedure, which requires the cabin crew to inquire if the passenger would enjoy the snack, then serve them on a plate.

As MarketWatch explained, the executive then summoned the flight's purser and proceeded to grill him on Korean Air's food service procedure. Apparently unsatisfied with the purser's response, Cho ordered the aircraft back to the gate, with the support of the pilot, so the crew member could deplane.

[wangta]

Hahahahaha, Koreans are by far the worst drunks I know.

Yes, South Korea is generally obsessed by its image abroad and the idiocy of the recruiter/school concerned hasn't made Koreans feel better. To be fair there is often bullshit mixed in when foreigners are being rejected for jobs. It could very well be the most absurd form of iiwake that we have ever heard.

Could be that the Irish accent is not wanted in that case although my first job in Korea was at a place where a Geordie (native of Newcastle in England) also worked. Although I've never been to that city and its region I could understand him but nobody else could most of the time. Maybe the Irish female did not fit the stereotype they want in terms of age or looks. Maybe she was 'old' - ie not under 30.

I had a fuckity fuck of a recruiter do a bait and switch on me a few years ago. He offered a job which was in a half decent city although way too far away from any real city and when I accepted then said the job was 'filled' but there was another one in bumfuck north-east South Korea. You should never ever work in the real north, northwest or northeast of South Korea, it's just so isolating with nowhere to go and nothing to do.

When I told the recruiter sorry, no, that's not what you offered he then said I couldn't have the other job as I was older than the average native English speaker and therefore a problem as the school staff 'don't want to respect you'.

Meaning they would never think as indeed most Koreans would not of applying similar consideration to an older foreign teacher that they would to an older Korean, teacher or not. Most Korean employers want the under 30s as they can jerk them around and justify it among other things by the fact they are a foreigner who doesn't need to be respected.

[Samurai_Jerk]

It looks like Korean Air's Heather Cho had to resign for being such a cunt. Daddy must be so proud.

[IparryU]

It looks like Korean Air's Heather Cho had to resign for being such a cunt. Daddy must be so proud.

great, bitch needs to go.

[matsuki]

It looks like Korean Air's Heather Cho had to resign for being such a cunt. Daddy must be so proud.

I saw that story yesterday and couldn't help but chuckle...

She apparently (and seems like rightfully so) berated a first class head FA for not following/knowing proper procedure...and followed it up with the similar assery of using her sway as "princess of Korean Airlines" to have the pilot go against FAA regulations just to return to the gate and kick off the clueless FA. If the pilot/airline gets fined/penalized, I hope they sue the bitch.

[IparryU]

It looks like Korean Air's Heather Cho had to resign for being such a cunt. Daddy must be so proud.

I saw that story yesterday and couldn't help but chuckle...

She apparently (and seems like rightfully so) berated a first class head FA for not following/knowing proper procedure...and followed it up with the similar assery of using her sway as "princess of Korean Airlines" to have the pilot go against FAA regulations just to return to the gate and kick off the clueless FA. If the pilot/airline gets fined/penalized, I hope they sue the bitch.

Daddy aint going to sue lil princess... he'll just chalk it up as a loss and reduce her credit card limit

[Samurai_Jerk]

It looks like Korean Air's Heather Cho had to resign for being such a cunt. Daddy must be so proud.

I saw that story yesterday and couldn't help but chuckle...

She apparently (and seems like rightfully so) berated a first class head FA for not following/knowing proper procedure...and followed it up with the similar assery of using her sway as "princess of Korean Airlines" to have the pilot go against FAA regulations just to return to the gate and kick off the clueless FA. If the pilot/airline gets fined/penalized, I hope they sue the bitch.

Daddy aint going to sue lil princess... he'll just chalk it up as a loss and reduce her credit card limit

She may be facing criminal charges in South Korea.

[matsuki]

It looks like Korean Air's Heather Cho had to resign for being such a cunt. Daddy must be so proud.

I saw that story yesterday and couldn't help but chuckle...

She apparently (and seems like rightfully so) berated a first class head FA for not following/knowing proper procedure...and followed it up with the similar assery of using her sway as "princess of Korean Airlines" to have the pilot go against FAA regulations just to return to the gate and kick off the clueless FA. If the pilot/airline gets fined/penalized, I hope they sue the bitch.

Daddy aint going to sue lil princess... he'll just chalk it up as a loss and reduce her credit card limit

She may be facing criminal charges in South Korea.

As the pilot/airline would in the U.S....which is going to be hilarious exercise in cultural understanding.