Andy Jackson of Republicans Abroad Korea fame has opened his own personal blog, Flying Yangban, in which he’ll offer his own personal commentary on things Korean. As I mentioned before, Andy’s an old friend of mine from our Munkyung days, so five his blog a visit. On tap so far - migrant workers in Korea, North Korean labor, and unification bullshit. Just a taste:
North Korean workers in the ROK wouldn’t send that much money home, but their contribution to their home country could be substantial. There are currently over 350,000 foreign workers in South Korea. If 200,000 of them were replaced by North Koreans and those North Korean workers sent 550,000 won (about half a factory worker’s pay) home each month, the North Korean economy would gain 1,320,000,000,000 won a year (or about $1,147,826,176; I did the math).
Now, If I had a chance to add 5% to my GDP and give jobs to 200,000 of my people, I would jump at it. But then again, I’m not a maniacal fuzzy-headed waste-of-flesh little dictator.
Now go read the rest.
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Hey Marmot, thanks for the publicity. Maybe I can return the favor one day if more than two people ever see my blog.