Comments on: Damn coke-head English teachers

By: The Marmot’s Hole » You are being watched, Big Nose Teacher!

The Marmot’s Hole » You are being watched, Big Nose Teacher! — Mon, 28 May 2007 04:46:40 +0000

[...] racist hagwon owners and skirt-chasing (not that there’s anything wrong with that), whinging, drug-using teachers, what’s there not to [...]

By: railwaycharm

railwaycharm — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:02:05 +0000

I have never taken meth but is it not a skanky drug compared to coke?

By: yankabroad

yankabroad — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 14:53:55 +0000

Anyway, coke, if it is available, would be shunned. Why do coke when you can do meth?

By: yankabroad

yankabroad — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 14:52:12 +0000

Where does one get coke in Korea? Lotteria?

By: michael

michael — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:41:20 +0000

My bad Su-pu-woo-ruh!

By: Sperwer

Sperwer — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:39:05 +0000

Michael: That’s “sredgehammel- uh”!

By: michael

michael — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:09:51 +0000

Let me guess, there was no context to this story, such as the overall number of drug arrests in Korea last year (including Koreans).

Contrast that with this recent gem from the Chosun: “Wealthy Koreans are increasingly becoming sometimes unwitting customers of Chinese gangs of drug pushers in mainland China.” That’s the article that goes on to say: “women tourists are then prone to having sex with Chinese men working at exclusive women-only clubs there…” Poor hapless ANONYMOUS Koreans! Fooled by Chinese gangsters into drug use and sex! Bad American (insert name and address here) Engrish teacher!

http://english.chosun.com/w21d.....90012.html

At least with Korean media you can see the bias, it’s as subtle as a flying sledgehammer.

By: usinkorea

usinkorea — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:02:21 +0000

Oh….on the Itaewon front, here is this flash back.

http://www.usinkorea.org/crimes/2000_drugs/

It’s about the commander of AFKN getting busted with four pounds of coke in his apartment.

Talk about a great spokesman for USFK…..

I believe the story was he had it shipped with his household items when stationed in Korea. I also seem to remember reading his previous duty location was Panama, but I could have gotten that wrong.

By: usinkorea

usinkorea — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 23:55:31 +0000

It doesn’t take Itaewon or foreigners to get meth into Korea. North Korea does it, and I’m sure they don’t work with anybody from the U.S. military, at least I hope to heaven they don’t.

The shipping industry in South Korea is huge, and the fishing industry is sizable. You could ship in drugs just like they do into the U.S. The port authority in places like Savannah GA can’t catch everybody. Why should we think Mokpo, Inchon, Pusan, or some other Korean port is so good at stopping trafficing it has to come in from somewhere else? I’ve seen a lot of Korean transport vessels with Hyundai and Samsung box cars arriving in Savannah. They turn around and go back to Korea too. And they make calls in places like the Panama Canal too……

By: Shelton Bumgarner

Shelton Bumgarner — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 21:37:48 +0000

Oh. The Itaewon angle makes sense. Since I don’t live in Itaewon, that was just my gut reaction. I will now give up my knowledge of the expat secret handshake.