You know, looking at this photo at the Lost Nomad, I couldn’t help but picture Ms. Cutler coming back tomorrow and presenting the head of the Korean delegation with a watch made by Korean forced labor in a Japanese factory during WW II.
How clever of you, Rep. Song
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Like I said on Nomad’s blog, Cutler should say the U.S. will allow Kaesong products in the FTA if S.K. follows all International Labour Organization conventions for N.K. workers, like the ones on “freedom of association, the right to organize and collective bargaining; discrimination; forced labour.”
Just call them out on their hypocritcal bullshit. There’s no “free” for the North Korean workers in this FTA, no benefits whatsoever–they are being used.
Wonder whether U.S. Customs seize made in evildoer Korea goods?
Cutler: “This will make a fine artifact for my colleage Jay Lefkowitz’s proposed North Korean Holocaust Museum and the United States thanks you for it.”
Given the generally brutal treatment of Southeast Asian laborers in South Korean factories, it’s apparent that not only are Song and his cohorts not disturbed by forced labor in the North, they’re likely envious of it. Were they not constrained by the do-gooders of the international community and pesky labor laws, one gets the feeling that South Korean industry would operate exactly like the jack-booted thugs running Kaesong.
Indeed, many of them act as if they are not constrained at all. Just go to Namdaemun on a weekend afternoon and listen to the horror stories from any random migrant laborer.
I second that commenter the other day who expressed hope for an iheartblueballs blog. If Korea actually had a “mellow” to “harsh” that would be the site to do it. And I doubt IHBB would have to worry about VANK attacks because few Koreans would even dare go there.
“I want the truth.” (Tom Cruise)
“You can’t handle the truth!” (Jack Nicholson)
Priceless.
Under the Tariff Act of 1930, goods made in whole or in part with forced labor cannot be landed in U.S. ports. The definition of forced labor is found at 19 USC sec. 1307:
In order to accomodate South Korea’s asinine “use-the-force” demand, we’d have to disregard (a) our own law, (b) a slew of international conventions opposed to human trafficking, and (c) basic common sense, which is that you don’t reward a country for testing nukes, spewing Nodongs, dealing dope, and counterfeiting Benjamins. That’s why Ms. Cutler’s boss ruled out including Kaesong products months ago. Violating (a) through (c) may be par for the course certain South Korean politicians follow, but it’s a hallucination to expect the same of us.
It would have been sooo much cooler if he’d given her one of those sparkling pots that were selling like hotcakes in the department stores a year ago.
people should take a look at nomad’s blog. there you’ll find a class of expat that’s even lower than the ones you find here. the blog even got some guy named mark always talking about rape.
yeah, that’s the guy you want for your daughter.
Anybody have a light powder/low brass load for a 12 guage? I’d gladly put the goose out of its misery.
I understand he lives in Monterey.
I’ll pony up for your plane ticket.
I would argue that ever since The Marmot banned Mahatir_fan, pawi serves the unwitting role of being the floor below which comment stupidity does not and arguably cannot descend. EVERYONE of all nationalities (and all flavors of gyopo and all of their real and alleged detractors) can look at pawi’s “thinking” and feel at least marginally better about their station in life.
I am a bit miffed that such a human carbuncle gets to live in such a lovely place as Monterey – instead of, say, grubby East St Louis or Rahway, NJ.
“Kirogi” is slang for a husband who sends his family overseas while he says behind in Korea.
Draw your own conclusions.
East St. Louis has a heck of a scenic view.
Naw,let’s go for the gold: a couple of souvenirs from the Kyoto Ear and Nose Mound
Some years ago, a manager at Nike told me that the company had been approached by a religious community just up the coast from Pusan, which had made an offer to make shoes for them at a price significantly lower than that paid to their existing contracters. Still, they declined.
Reason: goods then-produced by the community where unavailable for export to the US, as they were classified as having been produced by forced labor.
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