Comments on: Corruption “R” Us

By: SomeguyinKorea

SomeguyinKorea — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 02:00:20 +0000

R. Elgin,

Yes. They should start promoting the foreign execs of their offshore companies.

By: ShawnLee

ShawnLee — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:07:31 +0000

Funny. Made me think of the illegal immigrants stateside who hate being called illegal. Despite the fact that they are immigrants, who are there illegally.

By: R. Elgin

R. Elgin — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 13:47:20 +0000

This sort of commentary is warranted but needs to occur in Korean news sources and government and not just on this blog. Korea absolutely does not need businessmen like those some seek to pardon, rather, they need to be retired.

By: Creo

Creo — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:53:36 +0000

The Korea Times has a couple of articles today related to the case of Hanwha Security group chairman Kim Seung-youn . An arrest warrant has been issued for the former Chief of the Namdaemun police station for his involvement in the cover up. Also, the current National Police Agency Chief Lee Taek-soon is under investigation as well. Expect to see him stepping down (and getting a get out of jail free card) in the next few weeks.

By: Seth Gecko

Seth Gecko — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 09:49:41 +0000

Nice piece, Dram Man.

By: gbnhj

gbnhj — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 08:46:10 +0000

A ‘positive push’? In the case of Kim Seung Youn, that’s likely to be made by having some poor bar hostess sent off the roof of the Galleria.

(BTW, if Sperwer is generous enough to host a July 4th get-together with some of the Marmot’s regulars, I promise to tell a few stories about some folks which cannot be typed on this thread.)

By: French Quarter

French Quarter — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 08:23:30 +0000

http://www.hani.co.kr/arti/SERIES/59/218728.html

The above article (”What I Want to Learn from America” (Korean)) of the Hankyoreh criticizes the morale of corporations and the judicial system in South Korea by comparing with those in the U.S.