Comments on: Samsung Slush Fund Scandal

By: Manuel L. Quezon III: The Daily Dose » Blog Archive » Organic vs. Programmatic

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:28:20 +0000

[...] in 2007, I pointed to this entry, Samsung Slush Fund Scandal (via Global Voices). The drama came to a head with the results of an investigation that found the [...]

By: Manuel L. Quezon III: The Daily Dose » Blog Archive » Black in Manila, Yellow in KL, whistle blower in Seoul

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 09:55:09 +0000

[...] the entry in Marmot’s Hole: Chaebols creating slush funds and bribing people isn’t new, but what makes this case unique is [...]

By: R. Elgin

R. Elgin — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 23:33:14 +0000

Naturally, the Joongang Ilbo has nothing whatsoever about this, anywhere, whereas the Chosun Ilbo has this about the Catholic Priests’ Association for Justice and their tell-all revelation that is to happen on Monday.

By: baduk

baduk — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:19:39 +0000

AF mechanics complained that the money earmarked for repair and maintenance was taken by AF brass to boost Morale and Welfare.

Party money.

This is what happens when Koreans are not preparing for war. They do not think NK will ever attack. FUs like Kim DaeJung and Rho MuHyen made people to think this way.

Dangerous consequences. People will die.

Even military is losing the will to fight. Using Maintenance money to party.

I alway wonder what percentage of Korean Fighters are in good condition to fly when a war breaks out tomorrow.

I guess it to be 30% or less.

By: Brendon Carr (Korea Law Blog)

Brendon Carr (Korea Law Blog) — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 08:35:19 +0000

See how powerful Samsung is? They’ve even gotten this thread off track — everybody has forgotten about the slush fund.

By: Global Voices Online » South Korea: Samsung Bribery Fund Scandal

Global Voices Online » South Korea: Samsung Bribery Fund Scandal — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 07:41:04 +0000

[...] from Marmot's Hole blogs about Samsung's scandal of bribery fund. Share [...]

By: mins0306

mins0306 — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:57:53 +0000

Yes, the F-15K did go down because of pilot error. However before the ROKAF announced the results of their investigation, speculation of engine trouble did go around, courtesy of the Korean media.

Should have mentioned that in my previous comment.

By: Wedge

Wedge — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:33:58 +0000

The F-15K went down due to pilot error. It had nothing to do with engines. The KF-16 went down because ROKAF was too lazy to do an engine service order previously released by Pratt & Whitney.

By: mins0306

mins0306 — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:53:18 +0000

#7.

Yes, the F-15K is wholly built in the US, but because of a 30% offset agreement, Korean companies produce components for the fighter. And as part of the package, Samsung Techwin assembles the engines. Check out the links below;

http://www.ausairpower.net/DT-Region-01-06.pdf

http://home.att.net/~jbaugher1/f15_27.html

http://www.flug-revue.rotor.co.....RF-15K.htm

Also, a link to a news story which says that if the engines were at fault, then a Korean company will have to compensate the ROKAF. The name of the American companies are mentioned but the name of the Korean company is not mentioned. The article also makes it sound like that the reporter just “discovered” the fact that a Korean company was involved in the manufacture of the engines.

http://news.naver.com/tv/read......enu_id=115

By: captbbq

captbbq — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:48:15 +0000

mins, I believe that was a kf-16 that (crashed a little after the f-15k that took down the two crew members) that was blamed for the fault American engine. The F-15 was wholly built in the US, whereas the kf-16 was built under license here with exception to the engine. I remember yelling at the tv “well who the hell maintained it?” after they spent half the segment talking about the origin of the engines… lo-and-behold an investigation weeks later turned up rampant neglect in aircraft maintenance and grounded the whole kf-16 fleet.

http://www.f-16.net/news_article2179.html