Comments on: LMB to Get Tough on Protesters, Friendly to Foreigners http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/20/lmb-to-get-tough-on-protesters-friendly-to-foreigners/ Korea... in Blog Format Wed, 3 Dec 2008 09:14:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Brendon Carr (Korea Law Blog) http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/20/lmb-to-get-tough-on-protesters-friendly-to-foreigners/#comment-143186 Brendon Carr (Korea Law Blog) Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:53:41 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/20/lmb-to-get-tough-on-protesters-friendly-to-foreigners/#comment-143186 Sure. We should make national policy out of the Fortune 500 and US News & World Report. Korean law firms, at least, obsess over trivial differences in "quality" of a US lawyer's law school of origin when hiring foreign legal consultants. Pity the poor fool who applies for a job at a big Korean law firm as a graduate of a third- or fourth-tier American law school (one of the bottom 125 schools). Sure. We should make national policy out of the Fortune 500 and US News & World Report.

Korean law firms, at least, obsess over trivial differences in “quality” of a US lawyer’s law school of origin when hiring foreign legal consultants. Pity the poor fool who applies for a job at a big Korean law firm as a graduate of a third- or fourth-tier American law school (one of the bottom 125 schools).

]]> By: mateomiguel http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/20/lmb-to-get-tough-on-protesters-friendly-to-foreigners/#comment-143174 mateomiguel Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:32:03 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/20/lmb-to-get-tough-on-protesters-friendly-to-foreigners/#comment-143174 Magazines. They're basing national policy on magazines. Magazines are professional rating organizations now? Magazines. They’re basing national policy on magazines. Magazines are professional rating organizations now?

]]> By: tomcoyner http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/20/lmb-to-get-tough-on-protesters-friendly-to-foreigners/#comment-143111 tomcoyner Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:03:48 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/20/lmb-to-get-tough-on-protesters-friendly-to-foreigners/#comment-143111 What worries me about MB Lee's spot-on initiatives is focus on governance while ignoring his party's politics appears to be making him vulnerable to attack from the National Assembly. His apparent neglect for GNP politics is creating a new, potentially powerful antagonist force come next month's elections with the formation of a new party consisting of former GNP politicians. The so-called Lefties are on the ropes, but they could cynically make a come back by pairing up with the disaffected Madam Park supporters on the Right. Politics makes for strange bedfellows (you may quote me...) If these two groups get the radical unions behind them, MB may have a real mess on his hands as he tries to straighten out the Korean economy. Korea has yet to complete the move to party politics from essentially personality-centric power blocks. I can only wish MB well as he really has his work cut out for him. What worries me about MB Lee’s spot-on initiatives is focus on governance while ignoring his party’s politics appears to be making him vulnerable to attack from the National Assembly.

His apparent neglect for GNP politics is creating a new, potentially powerful antagonist force come next month’s elections with the formation of a new party consisting of former GNP politicians.

The so-called Lefties are on the ropes, but they could cynically make a come back by pairing up with the disaffected Madam Park supporters on the Right. Politics makes for strange bedfellows (you may quote me…)

If these two groups get the radical unions behind them, MB may have a real mess on his hands as he tries to straighten out the Korean economy.

Korea has yet to complete the move to party politics from essentially personality-centric power blocks.

I can only wish MB well as he really has his work cut out for him.

]]> By: Wedge http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/20/lmb-to-get-tough-on-protesters-friendly-to-foreigners/#comment-143100 Wedge Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:31:16 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/20/lmb-to-get-tough-on-protesters-friendly-to-foreigners/#comment-143100 Looks like one step forward, two steps back. From the unlinkable Herald: "The government will introduce a set of measures this year to help companies protect themselves from hostile takeover bids, the Justice Ministry said yesterday." Yes, we wouldn't want those pesky shareholders fighting for non-felons to run companies or trying to end the practice of supporting zombie affiliates, would we? Looks like one step forward, two steps back. From the unlinkable Herald:

“The government will introduce a set of measures this year to help companies protect themselves from hostile takeover bids, the Justice Ministry said yesterday.”

Yes, we wouldn’t want those pesky shareholders fighting for non-felons to run companies or trying to end the practice of supporting zombie affiliates, would we?

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