Comments on: We’re quarralsome bastards, aren’t we?

By: Zonath

Zonath — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 17:15:32 +0000

Is that what they call leaning on banks to issue bad loans to poorly run but politically important/connected businesses these days?

Well gee, I guess if you consider stability in your country’s financial networks to be part of the ‘public good’, you might not see it that way. But consider the bigger picture: When the next big bailout comes, the government can just blame it all on the IMF again. There’s your public good right there.

By: yeolchae

yeolchae — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 16:05:46 +0000

I think the negotiations are interesting because it involves two countries that are both very guilty of Governmental support in export trade and dumping.

By: snow

snow — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 15:05:23 +0000

Roh government doesn’t really want free trade, they want a sort of kind of somewhat free trade for some sectors and lots of barriers and protections for others, and a free ride for the goods from Kaesong.

By: oranckay

oranckay — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 10:38:53 +0000

I don’t know if I’ve ever talked about this with Robert, but it certainly seems like “이번엔…” gets used in the context of someone who keeps doing something wrong.

By: Robert Koehler

Robert Koehler — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 06:48:43 +0000

My favorite part of that headline was the 이번엔 part.

By: Antti

Antti — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 06:35:58 +0000

Original Korean:
미, 이번엔 국책은행 특혜시비 예고
Hankyoreh translation:
Another FTA issue looms: state-assisted banks
Me:
US expected to make a fuss about state policy banks

There’d have to be a word to carry the nuance of unnecessary argument as in sibi.

Further, from the Korean original:
중소기업, 기간산업, 서민 등 민간에서 다루지 못하는 부분 (emphasis AL)
English translation:
small and medium-sized businesses, key industries, and the public sector

Now, if Koreans only could convey the meaning of the emphasized Korean word to the US counterpart, they’d surely understand the Korean position…