Comments on: Sea Story scandal simmers

By: R. Elgin

R. Elgin — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 00:48:42 +0000

I’ve had these sleazballs drive down the sidewalk while letting flyers for this place fall out of their auto-bike. These are nothing but gangsters and crooks and if the president’s nephew is a part of it, it must be crooked all the way up.

By: gammazamma

gammazamma — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 00:28:28 +0000

Damn Koreans and their gambling addictions…the worst in the world.

By: whitey

whitey — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 13:44:24 +0000

Boy, if there is one thing that Koreans — with their hot tempers, unrealistic hopes for miracles, love of drama — would seem predisposed to, it is a gambling problem. These “Sea Story” places just look sleazy. Today I noticed a copycat place, too — same color scheme, different name.

I hope President Makeup’s nephew is heavily involved.

By: Juggertha

Juggertha — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 07:43:04 +0000

I hear rumor of a “talent” or celebrity that is involved too. Apparently he was a bigfund raiser for Noh, and somehow managed to be the manager of this company (he said they asked him to be the manager after seeing him walking around the building - he had an office in the same building as this company apparently).

By: michael

michael — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 06:06:44 +0000

I second Mr. Jackson, there’s more hype here than substance to the story so far. The “Japanese pachinko parlor association” mention just caught my attention, since they do/did send money to the norks, and if they were setting up in S. Korea, well, why not speculate based on nothing much?

By: trachys

trachys — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 05:47:53 +0000

The Economist had a good little story on pachinko recently. A number of similarities:

http://www.economist.com/busin.....id=7233963

“The Japanese authorities attempt to clean up the pachinko business”

By: hardyandtiny

hardyandtiny — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 05:46:34 +0000

Yanks, 5 game sweep of the BoSox!

By: Andy Jackson

Andy Jackson — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 05:38:15 +0000

USinKorea,

I might have thought to look into the NK angel some if I thought there was something more to this scandal than meets the eye (If KDJ can use construction companies to channel money to Kim Jong-il, why cann’t Roh use gambling dens?)

But at the moment there are too many missing pieces for me to make that kind of jump. Right now I suspect that the whole mess is being overhyped.

On the other hand, maybe I am just slow.

By: usinkorea

usinkorea — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 05:14:50 +0000

Yangban, I’m suprised you didn’t mention the North Korea angle. As soon as you said “Korean-Japanese” I was waiting for that angle to be mentioned. I’m sure the administration won’t have the prosecution pushing it, but I’m suprised the GNP hasn’t….

By: Andy Jackson

Andy Jackson — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 02:03:28 +0000

michael (#4),

Now THAT is an interesting angle.