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Korea's Corruption Worsens?

 
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Real Reality



Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 1:47 am    Post subject: Korea's Corruption Worsens? Reply with quote

Transparency International Says Korea's Corruption Worsens
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South Korea placed 43rd out of 180 countries surveyed in a global corruption index, an international corruption watchdog said Wednesday.... TI's Korean chapter said that South Korea has made little improvement in transparency,...

Transparency International Says Korea's Corruption Worsens
By Kim Tae-jong, Korea Times (September 26, 2007)
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2007/09/117_10820.html
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Optimus Prime



Joined: 05 Jul 2007

PostPosted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 2:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Why wouldn't it worsen? The biggest crook in perhaps the history of planet earth was found guilty and then let go by Korean judges because they feel it would be bad for the Keconomy. More surreal than a Bunuel film.
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GoldMember



Joined: 24 Oct 2006

PostPosted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 2:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Corruption? What corruption? There's no corruption in Korea!
Gays? What Gays? There are no Gays in Korea!
Prostitution? What Prostitution? That's only for American soldiers!
(Insert)? What (______)? There's no (______) in Korea!

Sounds like a speach from a Nationalistic Ajoshi er I mean a certain bearded middle eastern leader.
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newteacher



Joined: 31 May 2007

PostPosted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 3:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

GoldMember wrote:

Sounds like a speach from a Nationalistic Ajoshi er I mean a certain bearded middle eastern leader.


Lol, I can't believe they let that idiot speak at Columbia. I read an article on it and when he said that Iran wasn't like America, that there were no gays in Iran, the entire auditorium burst out laughing at him.
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RACETRAITOR



Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea

PostPosted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 4:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Plus the most likely next president of Korea is a criminal who was caught using his position as mayor to get all sorts of money from illegal means.
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mikekim



Joined: 11 Aug 2006

PostPosted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 6:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

RACETRAITOR wrote:
Plus the most likely next president of Korea is a criminal who was caught using his position as mayor to get all sorts of money from illegal means.

As my students say, its not cheating - its just sharing.
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