Comments on: Teen prostitution in the South Pacific

By: Jenifer D.

Jenifer D. — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 17:50:45 +0000

Is there a Korean counterpart here for The Enquirer or The Star? Talk about outsourcing, methinks those two American-made tabloids would make a killing over here in the South Pacific!

By: Kushibo

Kushibo — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 07:38:54 +0000

Yes, there are tabloids here. They do a fine job picking people apart. Among others, the “sports” papers are often along those lines.

By: The Marmots Hole WIR: Give and Take

The Marmots Hole WIR: Give and Take — Sun, 10 Jul 2005 07:31:45 +0000

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By: Kushibo

Kushibo — Sat, 09 Jul 2005 07:02:20 +0000

Just to be clear, Dogbert, I’m no fan of the Hankyoreh. They are the epitome of an agenda-driven press here. Fortunately, only a minority population here takes them seriously. I usually get a lot of eye-rolling when I ask some people if they read it.

By: dogbert

dogbert — Sat, 09 Jul 2005 01:59:59 +0000

Very well said. Certainly no one who is not Korean can accept the rabid ethnocentrism, leftist or not, represented by the Hankyoreh.

By: Jing

Jing — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 20:47:50 +0000

The left has historically been fairly nationalistic outside of Europe. The contemporary western liberals is as McCarthy said, merely pink.

Jibe aside, the positions of leftist elements have historically been all over the place. The divisions that plagued the Comintern and the fracturing of many leftist movements bear testament that there has never been one universal platform that can was accepted by all.

By: dogbert

dogbert — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 20:35:55 +0000

Perhaps, it’s just that to me there is a striking difference in the internationalist/globalist/anti-racist/anti-nationlist Western European and North American left compared to the Korean left, which is quite nationalistic.

By: Kushibo

Kushibo — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 18:02:13 +0000

Okay, Dogbert, I guess I was half-responding to your point and half-responding to oranckay’s statement that the organization described in the articles “has the specific goal of keeping Korean companies accountable for their labor practices overseas.”

Anyway, I still maintain that the Korean-language media has far more criticism and hand-wringing about the Han-gy??re than most English-language sources let on. Perhaps enough to match all the hand-wringing and criticism about the United States, Japan, China, France, etc.

By: dogbert

dogbert — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 16:09:18 +0000

Do you even know the meaning of the phrase “Hankyoreh”? It is rare that the Hankyoreh criticizes embarassing acts of the “Hankyoreh”. In addition, this article was not about expoing corporate entities.

By: bulgasari

bulgasari — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 04:12:54 +0000

I think the best of the articles in the english language press about Kiribati was this one by the Joongang Ilbo. It provides a lot more detail than the Chosun or the Herald (no surprise on the last one).