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protest at Mokdong immigration Tues. 18
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that guy



Joined: 29 Feb 2004
Location: long gone

PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:56 pm    Post subject: protest at Mokdong immigration Tues. 18 Reply with quote

Tuesday the 18th may not be the best time to visit the Mokdong immigration branch:

The Korea Times wrote:
The Movement of Extradition of Illegal Workers will hold a protest in front of the Immigration Office in Mok-dong, Seoul Dec. 18. At the event, members will urge the government to introduce tighter measures on illegal migrant workers in Korea, estimated at around 220,000. They will call for a more drastic plan ― such as collecting fingerprints of foreigners entering Korea, which was widely considered, but criticized in other countries.

They have already set out plans for the post-rally, too ― written complaints to media outlets on those who turn a blind eye to workers remaining in the country on tourist visas, and visits to headquarters of human rights civic groups for foreigners.

``We are not against all foreigners in the country. We are just against those who come here illegally and take away our chance to work and make a living,'' a member of the group said.


It's probably nothing, but I'd avoid immigration during the protest.

Link: http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2007/12/117_15434.html
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Gwangjuboy



Joined: 08 Jul 2003
Location: England

PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Many of the members do admit that most of the jobs these workers are taking are not attractive to them. ``But we are asking for those people to respect our law,'' he said.

That's rich considering the number of illegal Korean immigrants in North America.
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Suwoner10



Joined: 10 Dec 2007

PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Koreans are a sad, sad people.
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jaganath69



Joined: 17 Jul 2003

PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not much different from the Minutemen in the US or any other anti-immigration shills in other western countries, but sad b@stards nevertheless.
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mindmetoo



Joined: 02 Feb 2004

PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

One should stage a counter protest:

we clean your toilets

we make your shoes

we work in your dangerous factories

we educate and feed the kids you send to hagwon without food and comfort them after you beat then black and blue for only winning a bronze medal
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Milwaukiedave



Joined: 02 Oct 2004
Location: Goseong

PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That is pretty sad.

Maybe they'll grab a foreign teacher and light them on fire and put them up the flagpole for good measure.
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socrates flitcraft



Joined: 11 Sep 2006
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:50 pm    Post subject: fingerprints Reply with quote

I was required to give my fingerprints in early 2002 when
I registered at a small rural immigration office. I was a wide eyed 21 year old back then and had pretty much forgotten about it until I saw all the hoo ha in Japan last week on the same issue.

Vote for your friendly orange Oompa Loompa candidate next Wednesday.
He's got the best dancers this side of Jinju.
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nomad-ish



Joined: 08 Oct 2007
Location: On the bottom of the food chain

PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 6:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Milwaukiedave wrote:
That is pretty sad.

Maybe they'll grab a foreign teacher and light them on fire and put them up the flagpole for good measure.


yeah, careful, they might decide to use any nearby foreigners as effigies.

hermit kingdom --> attempted internationalism --> hermit kingdom

i strongly suspect they'll be whining in a year or so about how no foreigners come to visit or stay....
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seoulsucker



Joined: 05 Mar 2006
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 8:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Any foreigner seen going in or out of the immigration office is more than likely to be in the country legally, but that still won't stop these nimrods from harassing them.
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fancypants



Joined: 22 May 2005

PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 8:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

December 18th is international migrant worker day...

http://www.hrea.org/feature-events/international-migrants-day.php
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RACETRAITOR



Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea

PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 8:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Don't worry, this isn't a protest about white people, just immigrants from poorer countries. You'd probably get a lot of handshakes if you walked through that protest.
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spliff



Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand

PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 8:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

^ yes and you'll be able to join in the protest festivities as well.
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Morton



Joined: 06 Mar 2007

PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 8:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I will be attending this protest. I am sick of big noses coming here and taking all the women, making obscene amounts of money, and making gods greatest creations, (the Koreans), feel insecure.
Some of these heathens don't even have degrees.

I will tell the media how they should kick people like me out of this amazing Cuntry. I'm only increasing the average *beep* size after all.

As an post-protest event i'm going to encourage them to throw their faeces at anyone that isn't a pure blood Korean.
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Bingo



Joined: 22 Jun 2006

PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 9:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

To listen to them you'd think there were no Koreans living illegally abroad. 100,000 Koreans are living illegally in Canada alone. Someone should print off the following article and distribute it to the xenophobic clowns at the protest.

http://asianpacificpost.com/portal2/402881910674ebab010674f4dc931503.do.html
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mrsquirrel



Joined: 13 Dec 2006

PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 9:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wonder what laws are being broken

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Cunningly they have set it for when the GEPIK meeting is on which is a bit cheeky.

That's at least 2,500 teachers who can't go and fight.
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