Comments on: From around the Korean blogosphere… http://www.rjkoehler.com/2003/08/28/from-around-the-korean-blogosphere/ Korea... in Blog Format Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:14:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: kathreb http://www.rjkoehler.com/2003/08/28/from-around-the-korean-blogosphere/#comment-47 kathreb Sat, 30 Aug 2003 18:51:40 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=24#comment-47 Thanks for the correction. I didn't check in-depth. I see alot of heavily pregnant women in the office who come back pretty soon after the birth so I figured it was pretty close. Still stingy. Thanks for the correction. I didn’t check in-depth. I see alot of heavily pregnant women in the office who come back pretty soon after the birth so I figured it was pretty close. Still stingy.

]]> By: dda http://www.rjkoehler.com/2003/08/28/from-around-the-korean-blogosphere/#comment-46 dda Sat, 30 Aug 2003 00:08:10 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=24#comment-46 > Korea offers only 8 weeks UNPAID maternity leave! Wrong. Maternity leave used to be 2 months, is now 3, and is paid for by the employer (hence the pressure they get to resign, and not apply for the leave). The employer gets a little something during this period, but basically if you want to replace the missing lady with a temp, it just doubles your costs... I have had this happen to me twice in the last 6 years, so I do have a little knowledge about that... > Korea offers only 8 weeks UNPAID maternity leave!

Wrong. Maternity leave used to be 2 months, is now 3, and is paid for by the employer (hence the pressure they get to resign, and not apply for the leave). The employer gets a little something during this period, but basically if you want to replace the missing lady with a temp, it just doubles your costs…
I have had this happen to me twice in the last 6 years, so I do have a little knowledge about that…

]]> By: The Marmot http://www.rjkoehler.com/2003/08/28/from-around-the-korean-blogosphere/#comment-45 The Marmot Fri, 29 Aug 2003 15:25:33 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=24#comment-45 You know, that Gweilo report reminded me of something I saw in Chonan Independence Hall, and has become something of Korean expat lore - there was a sign there displaying the average cranium sizes of various "races" (with Koreans coming out on top, of course), and written below it (in English!) was an explanation that their big noggins suggest high brain capacity. I've been told that they have since taken it down, but I was lucky enough to see it before they did. I have to admit, though - Koreans do have some big heads. And some would suggest hard ones as well (which, to borrow from PJ O'Rourke, is something a half-Mick like myself can appreciate). You know, that Gweilo report reminded me of something I saw in Chonan Independence Hall, and has become something of Korean expat lore - there was a sign there displaying the average cranium sizes of various “races” (with Koreans coming out on top, of course), and written below it (in English!) was an explanation that their big noggins suggest high brain capacity. I’ve been told that they have since taken it down, but I was lucky enough to see it before they did.

I have to admit, though - Koreans do have some big heads. And some would suggest hard ones as well (which, to borrow from PJ O’Rourke, is something a half-Mick like myself can appreciate).

]]> By: Kevin Kim http://www.rjkoehler.com/2003/08/28/from-around-the-korean-blogosphere/#comment-44 Kevin Kim Fri, 29 Aug 2003 06:52:58 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=24#comment-44 Who knows... maybe Korea just pushes its shit to the top. A girl named Liz in our biology class, sophomore year in high school, was ecstatic she'd won the election to be junior class president. "Mr. Dirner! Mr. Dirner!" she screeched, "I'm gonna be class president next year!" Mr. Dirner, who loved cutting down his students with a smile, grinned widely and said, "Oh, yes... it's the Law of the Septic Tank: the biggest pieces rise to the top." It's the kind of the wisdom you wish would appear in the ???????짼쩍. Kevin Who knows… maybe Korea just pushes its shit to the top.

A girl named Liz in our biology class, sophomore year in high school, was ecstatic she’d won the election to be junior class president. “Mr. Dirner! Mr. Dirner!” she screeched, “I’m gonna be class president next year!”

Mr. Dirner, who loved cutting down his students with a smile, grinned widely and said, “Oh, yes… it’s the Law of the Septic Tank: the biggest pieces rise to the top.”

It’s the kind of the wisdom you wish would appear in the ???????짼쩍.

Kevin

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