Comments on: Political Volatility

By: Some Reviews of Books on Korea, Part 3: The Labor Movement « The Grand Narrative

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 15:34:59 +0000

[...] of mere elections and votes, and it is only on this procedural level that Korean politics appears like the mundane multiparty systems in readers’ home countries. This was starkly shown to me [...]

By: boshintang

boshintang — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:59:33 +0000

I agree, Koreans are way too liberal on their use of “progressive.”

By: jefferyhodges

jefferyhodges — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:47:09 +0000

Finally, Koreans are making progress on the use of “liberal.”

Jeffery Hodges

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By: The Goat

The Goat — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:09:37 +0000

@#2

Thank you. I thought I was the only one that despised the ‘p word’.

By: red sparrow

red sparrow — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 07:54:03 +0000

I think this is the first time in the Korean news media that I have seen the word ‘liberal’ used instead of that god-awful, pinko commie-soaked term ‘progressive’.

Finally.

By: Sperwer

Sperwer — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 06:26:39 +0000

The most significant statement in the article:

According to Lee, people’s stance on North Korea and human rights are the two major criteria that can distinguish the conservatives from the liberals.

“There are no other policy areas that could discern conservative from liberals in the country,” Lee stressed.