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By: The Marmot’s Hole » Sohn Hak-kyu and the GNP: A perfect divorce

The Marmot’s Hole » Sohn Hak-kyu and the GNP: A perfect divorce — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 03:10:08 +0000

[...] horse on the left) has moved into second place among prospective Uri candidates. She conducted a horrifically bad* campaign while running for mayor of Seoul last year and was crushed by Oh Se-hoon (despite [...]

By: Only one week to election day at The Marmot’s Hole

Only one week to election day at The Marmot’s Hole — Wed, 24 May 2006 10:54:46 +0000

[...] In Seoul, most polls have the GNP’s Oh se-hoon ahead of Uri’s Kang Kum-sil by between 20 and 30 percent. Kang, who was considered a rising start only a couple of months ago, has lashed out at her party for its poor performance. In my humble opinion, Kang has not helped herself with her Gangnam bashing over the last few weeks. [...]

By: gbnhj

gbnhj — Mon, 22 May 2006 06:24:32 +0000

That article is vague on details, but Kang’s debt may not be a bad thing, depending on the value and form of any assets she controls. That’s not any endorsement for her, but just a suggestion that she could be manipulating the situation with incomplete information.

And, while I’m at it: God save us from another crying politician!

By: Antti

Antti — Mon, 22 May 2006 04:14:54 +0000

Lankov:

Funny thing is that both partcipants stated that they were “true sOmin” (”small people” or “masses”) and lambasted one another for being rich.

I don’t think they quite had the nerve to claim “seominness” for themselves; wasn’t the question more that who was more able to feel for and know the conditions of the “common people.” This is the very interesting issue (for me at least…) that pops up at every election time. My condensed idea why: because in Korea the number and proportion of self-employed is so high, and they are most often perceived as forming the core of “seomin.”

By: Iceberg

Iceberg — Mon, 22 May 2006 03:26:19 +0000

Yeah, but Kang stressed that she is different from Oh because she has massive debts - like that is something to be proud of. Power to the people!

By: Lankov

Lankov — Mon, 22 May 2006 02:38:09 +0000

Funny thing is that both partcipants stated that they were “true sOmin” (”small people” or “masses”) and lambasted one another for being rich. However, BOTH have monthly income of some 15 mln. won.

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 19 May 2006 12:31:01 +0000

Maybe she needs to start eating bagels and saying “fuck” a lot.

By: Andy Jackson

Andy Jackson — Fri, 19 May 2006 12:22:21 +0000

I realize that Kang is down about 25% in the polls, but this unrelenting Gangnam bashing is beyond desperate. It will surely cost her a few votes in Gangnam (which was going to go for Oh anyhow), but I don’t see how it will pick up enough votes in Gangbuk. She needs a new theme.

By: Mutantfrog

Mutantfrog — Fri, 19 May 2006 05:32:10 +0000

On my way home from Japan a bit under two years ago I stayed for a week on the campus of HUFS and was happy to find across the street a Dunkin Donuts selling actual bagels! They may be nowhere near as good as the ones I can get around home in NY/NJ, but it’s a damn site better than anything avaliable in Kyoto…

Now, you can actually get a decent (if overpriced) bagel in Taipei. Of course, it’s at the New York Bagels cafe.