Comments on: Prosecutors Raid Six Construction Companies

By: SomeguyinKorea

SomeguyinKorea — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 06:45:27 +0000

My students told me that quite a few Korean construction companies have been caught mixing the trash from the construction site (bits and pieces of nails and wire, dust, dirt, pieces of styrofoam, broken glass, you name it) into the concrete that they used during the construction of apartment buildings. I know people who renovated their apartments to find that big holes in the walls had been filed with styrofoam and covered with a thin layer of cement.

By: mjw

mjw — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 05:45:22 +0000

mins… Relax. I wasn’t trying to bait you. I’m really don’t understand why everyone naturally expects the worst of people, especially over the internet. Please read my comments to you again and look for the common positive thread.

By: Hugh

Hugh — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 05:09:58 +0000

“discredit”

By: Hugh

Hugh — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 05:08:51 +0000

How are prosecutors appointed in Korea? Do they directly owe their jobs to the government of the day, and are they replaced with each change of government? How vulnerable to presidential or assembly pressure are they? The post alludes that this may be an attempt to descredit Lee MyungPark in the upcoming election - how would the Roh admin or NewUri party get them to do that, if so? What threats or promises would be made?

So much I don’t know!

By: Linkd

Linkd — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 04:45:40 +0000

Ah, I didn’t see the change to the original post. Prudent.
Thanks. It gets more out of date every day, of course. I keep telling myself to get around to updating it…

By: mins0306

mins0306 — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 04:35:55 +0000

Well, Linkd. I still have my job, and besides as per your advice I have watered down my post. Now is there any other issues you want to discuss?

BTW checked your site, interesting.

By: Linkd

Linkd — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 04:29:56 +0000

Wanna keep your tag or your job?

By: mins0306

mins0306 — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 04:21:33 +0000

Yes, it’s back. Strange isn’t it? I guess it’s a sign that I should keep my moniker.

By: Linkd

Linkd — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 04:17:25 +0000

Some shadowy editor is getting pretty active back there. Did they notice that ‘the moniker’ is back?

By: mins0306

mins0306 — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 03:44:34 +0000

Robert, you weren’t watching the posts? Someone was going around editing the comments, I assumed that it was you.

Anyways, nothing that will get you sued, just got myself carried away. Learned my lesson and this won’t happen again.