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Julius

Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 3:28 am Post subject: |
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| Surely Kim Jong Il and his hoods qualify...extorting money from other countries, treating his people like cr*p and occasionally firing missiles to intimidate everyone. |
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pastis

Joined: 20 Jun 2006
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 3:36 am Post subject: |
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| A large number of Yakuzi are displaced Koreans in Japan, they can't get a job cause the aren't Japanese so they join the gangs. But who knows if they last long or get very high on the foodchain. |
Many do make it up the ranks. It's one of the places where they face the least discrimmination in Japan. |
I doubt it. There are Korean criminals in places like Shinjuku, but mostly low ranking ones or 'chimpira'. Yakuza are pretty racist, I doubt it's at all common to let 'outsiders' into higher ranks. |
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crazy_arcade
Joined: 05 Nov 2006
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 4:01 am Post subject: |
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The gangsters in Korea are into prostitution, night-uhs (Korean nightclubs), loan sharking, and gambling. Pretty much the same stuff that gangsters in Japan and China are into.
One time in Suwon I saw a bunch down on the Rodeo st. when I was with some Korean bros. It was about 15 guys all in black armani suits in the middle of the street bowing to one other dude. Then they took off into the night-uh across the street.
I don't know any names. I do know that in Anyang there are some very popular clubs controlled by gangsters that don't allow foreigners. My Korean friends said they're the "Anyang Tigers." They like to dish out beatings 20-1 style. |
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peppermint

Joined: 13 May 2003 Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 4:13 am Post subject: |
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| A lot of the older guys, looking to get out of the gang life are into car exporting, mostly to places in Africa, Russia and China. A friend of mine was also in that business, and I met a few people I wouldn't want to be on the wrong side of when I'd pop into his office. |
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RedRob

Joined: 07 Jul 2003 Location: Narnia
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 4:29 am Post subject: |
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I have been asked before about being a "gangster". I am beefier than most Koreans, shave my head down short at times, and have many tattoos (not visible if I don't want them to be).
"Teacher, were you a gangster before you were a teacher?"  |
YES!!! NOW DO YR BLOODY HOMEWORK< OR ELSE!!! |
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Young FRANKenstein

Joined: 02 Oct 2006 Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 5:47 am Post subject: |
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| crazy_arcade wrote: |
| One time in Suwon I saw a bunch down on the Rodeo st. when I was with some Korean bros. It was about 15 guys all in black armani suits in the middle of the street bowing to one other dude. |
I saw something similar in Chiba (Japan). I went to see a wrestling show, and there were about 2 dozen guys around this other dude. All deep-bowed to him. Then about 20 minutes later another guy comes in with 4 bodyguards and the entire group dropped to the ground and bowed, even the "big shot". I guess a neighbourhood boss got a visit from a higher up? Funny it happened in public at a wrestling show of all places. |
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djsmnc

Joined: 20 Jan 2003 Location: Dave's ESL Cafe
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 6:21 am Post subject: |
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Here's an example of a Korean gangster:
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freshking
Joined: 07 Dec 2006
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 9:31 pm Post subject: |
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I've been told my boxing coach is a gangster. He looks the part. Stocky, with cauliflower ears and the gakgdugi haircut. He owns a dabang too and was a middleweight champ of Korea in the 70's. I wouldn't cross him.
Another foreigner who trained at his gym had a problem with an adjoshi outside the gym. Something about a parking place. I wasn't there but was told that our coach settled the problem very quickly. |
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