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Captain Courageous
Joined: 16 Jul 2006
Location: Bundang and loving it
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 Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 10:11 am Post subject: Cops in riot gear at the Kim's Club at Yatap in Bundang |
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So there were huge crowds and large rows of cops in riot gear today at the Yatap Kim's Club. Fights were happening, water bottles were being thrown, and it seemed like the aim of the large group was to essentially block the entrances while shouting slogans about something-or-other. After watching it slowly escalate for about ten minutes, and watching more buses full of cops showing up, I finally said screw it and went to Homever. Inside Homever, there were also rows of policemen sitting in a long row in front of the cashiers, looking bored.
Anyone know what on earth was going on? |
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kermo
Joined: 01 Sep 2004
Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.
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| Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 11:57 am Post subject: |
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| Could be about U.S. beef. There have been ugly protests at Lotte Marts too. |
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Richard Krainium
Joined: 12 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 1:29 pm Post subject: no-jo! no-jo! no-jo! |
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Kim's Club, New Core Outlet and Homever are all owned by the same company. The Riot Police were sent in to bust up a "sit in" strike that's been going on for the past couple of weeks.
The strike has something to do with a bunch of p/t or temporary workers that were fired and are now demanding f/t work and benefits.
It's been on the K-news quite a bit. |
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indytrucks
Joined: 09 Apr 2003
Location: The Shelf
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| Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 1:56 pm Post subject: |
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| I was wondering what that was about. I've seen the sit ins at the Homever on the news. There was one going on at Cheonan Homever yesterday, but no riot cops. |
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miles123
Joined: 19 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 4:14 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah I saw the sit-in yesterday morning, but I was also there on Tuesday night and there was one going on. One of the workers inside Kim's club shuffled us to another exit that the demonstrators hadn't blocked yet.
Yeah....the cops in Homever were just sitting there against the caging looking like the could care less. |
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Beej
Joined: 05 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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The World Cup Stadium Homever has been shut down and boarded up for the last two weeks. Tons of riot cops, passionate bullhorn speeches, people in red headbands sitting outside chanting and raising their arms.
All I wanted is to buy my grapefruit juice. |
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just because
Joined: 01 Aug 2003
Location: Changwon - 4964
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| Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 6:24 pm Post subject: Re: no-jo! no-jo! no-jo! |
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| Richard Krainium wrote: |
The strike has something to do with a bunch of p/t or temporary workers that were fired and are now demanding f/t work and benefits.
It's been on the K-news quite a bit. |
You've got it a little wrong....
they were full-time permanant workers(mostly cashiers) but have been sacked and rehired as part-time, non-permanant with no benefits to save the company money...
The obviously didn't like it so they went on strike.....
Doesn't look like things will change any time soon...
E land(who owns all of the 3 retail businesses) overstretched themselves a little when buying out Carrefour and saw it as a quick and easy way to save money...
i bet they have lost more money in the last 2 weeks then they would have if they had just have kept the workers permanant.
Good on them...we roll over to easy in the west at times. fight the good fight ajummas...
Might not be all good news though as there are whisperings that Eland might go bankrupt over this(hence the reason why the riot police are being brought in to break it up) and who knows what might happen... |
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CeleryMan
Joined: 12 Apr 2007
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Underappreciated, overworked, and penny-pinching Koreans relieving some stress ... |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 7:01 pm Post subject: |
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| I've noticed riot buses in Yatap quite a few times over the last while. Once I counted 18 there at the same time. |
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uberscheisse
Joined: 02 Dec 2003
Location: japan is better than korea.
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| Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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they have been all over the kim's club in jamwon-dong near the bus terminal for some time now too.
i'd be willing to bet that anyone working in the service industry in korea has a bit of a right to be p.o.'d about something. |
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JongnoGuru
Joined: 25 May 2004
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| Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 9:12 pm Post subject: |
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My guess is, it's a Late 1980s revival! Yay!! 
So be sure and pack your swimming goggles, your cling-film, and of course your toothpaste, kiddies. (Anyone here know WTF I'm talking about?) |
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Richard Krainium
Joined: 12 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 10:21 pm Post subject: Re: no-jo! no-jo! no-jo! |
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| just because wrote: |
| Richard Krainium wrote: |
The strike has something to do with a bunch of p/t or temporary workers that were fired and are now demanding f/t work and benefits.
It's been on the K-news quite a bit. |
You've got it a little wrong....
they were full-time permanant workers(mostly cashiers) but have been sacked and rehired as part-time, non-permanant with no benefits to save the company money...
The obviously didn't like it so they went on strike.....
Doesn't look like things will change any time soon...
E land(who owns all of the 3 retail businesses) overstretched themselves a little when buying out Carrefour and saw it as a quick and easy way to save money...
i bet they have lost more money in the last 2 weeks then they would have if they had just have kept the workers permanant.
Good on them...we roll over to easy in the west at times. fight the good fight ajummas...
Might not be all good news though as there are whisperings that Eland might go bankrupt over this(hence the reason why the riot police are being brought in to break it up) and who knows what might happen... |
oops...thanks for the correction.  |
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Richard Krainium
Joined: 12 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 10:29 pm Post subject: |
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| JongnoGuru wrote: |
My guess is, it's a Late 1980s revival! Yay!!
So be sure and pack your swimming goggles, your cling-film, and of course your toothpaste, kiddies. (Anyone here know WTF I'm talking about?) |
Late 80's revival? I was here in the late 80's but, I have no idea WTF you're talking about. |
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wylies99
Joined: 13 May 2006
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 11:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Beej wrote: |
The World Cup Stadium Homever has been shut down and boarded up for the last two weeks. Tons of riot cops, passionate bullhorn speeches, people in red headbands sitting outside chanting and raising their arms.
All I wanted is to buy my grapefruit juice. |
Yes, I saw that last weekend. wtf! Those comapnies make a lot of money. They should pay their workers and move on. |
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wylies99
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| Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 11:25 pm Post subject: |
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E land(who owns all of the 3 retail businesses) overstretched themselves a little when buying out Carrefour and saw it as a quick and easy way to save money...
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Are they connected to E-Mart? |
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