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Bibbitybop

Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 4:39 pm Post subject: LMB likes/trusts foreigners |
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http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/01/19/lmb-proposes-to-let-govt-hire-foreigners-to-important-policy-posts/
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In a meeting with leaders of the Democratic Party today, President-elect Lee Myung-bak said he would push for changes in Korea�s civil service law to allow the government to employ foreigners as civil servants in important policy making positions.
Lee Seung-hee (that would be the DP lawmaker, not the Playboy model) noted that she�d brought William Ryback, the Deputy Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, to Korea as deputy head of the Financial Supervisory Service, but that his role was limited by his position as a mere �special advisor.� Appealing to the president to use Ryback to his fullest, President-elect Lee responded by noting the Civil Service Law has yet to be changed, so capable foreigners have not be hired as civil servants.
He then said, �I will propose to change the law so that foreigners, too, can be hired as civil servants.�
Current laws restrict civil service employment for foreigners to contract professors and researchers. It does not allow them to serve in positions where they can exercise state power, decide policy or deal with national security and science and technology.
According to OhMyNews, when Park Sang-cheon, the leader of the DP, tried to add, �With the exception of sectors with national secrets,� Lee suggested even that limit was unnecessary, saying, �Even after their term is over, foreigners keep secrets well.�
It looks like Lee has big things in mind for David Gordon Eldon, chairman of the Dubai International Financial Center Authority and co-chair of the presidential transition team�s special committee on national competitiveness
OhMyNews is predicting �controversy.� I�m sure there will be one, but as for how big, I don�t know � it appeared the DP, a minor opposition party granted, agreed for the most part that the government should be allowed to hire foreigners as officials. We�ll have to wait to hear what the United New Democratic Party has to say about it � I�d image they�ll be split.
For me, well, I�ll be honest � hiring foreigners as civil servants makes me somewhat uncomfortable. And I say that as a foreigner. Perhaps it strikes me as a little too 19th-century imperial? I don�t know. Anyway, hiring foreigners in the private sector? Fine. The government contracting work to foreigners? Fine. But putting foreigners in positions of political power with authority over national policy? I don�t know about you, but I�d prefer to reserve those sort of positions for citizens.
That being said, I guess having foreigners in high-ranking positions didn�t turn out entirely shitty for Hong Kong and Dubai. Who knows � it might turn out well here, too, I suppose. And in the event that the law does change, I happily offer my services as either foreign minister or Cheong Wa Dae national security advisor. And although it would be a bit below me, I�d be willing to consider Korean ambassador to Washington, although I�d prefer to head the UN legation in New York � better for weekend architecture photos and all that. Anyway, just give me ring � I�m sure NIS has my number somewhere. |
How do Koreans not think this man is crazy? Canals? Teaching school in Enlgish? Trusting foreigners? |
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Justin Hale

Joined: 24 Nov 2007 Location: the Straight Talk Express
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 4:42 pm Post subject: |
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If it wasn't for foreigners his native language would be Japanese, so it makes sense. |
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moosehead

Joined: 05 May 2007
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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I'd like to read the text of any kind of law
"and said FOREIGNER can and will be granted the same rights, privileges, of true born and bred Korean citizens, except for promotions, vacations, hiring and firing policies, personal leave, decision making, ad nauseum....." |
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twg

Joined: 02 Nov 2006 Location: Getting some fresh air...
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 7:47 pm Post subject: |
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It's not foreigners.... it's their money. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 8:03 pm Post subject: |
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twg wrote: |
It's not foreigners.... it's their money. |
And their religion. |
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bejarano-korea

Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 8:13 pm Post subject: |
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He's foreign himself - Japanese!  |
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Vancouver
Joined: 12 Dec 2006
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 8:26 pm Post subject: |
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foreign-born, but not foreign |
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bejarano-korea

Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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Vancouver wrote: |
foreign-born, but not foreign |
Makes him foreign in my opinion!  |
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Captain Corea

Joined: 28 Feb 2005 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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bejarano-korea wrote: |
Vancouver wrote: |
foreign-born, but not foreign |
Makes him foreign in my opinion!  |
How so? |
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bejarano-korea

Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:50 pm Post subject: |
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Captain Corea wrote: |
bejarano-korea wrote: |
Vancouver wrote: |
foreign-born, but not foreign |
Makes him foreign in my opinion!  |
How so? |
Because it does.
He is Japanese born by circumstance but it is something he cannot change and he is Korean by choice. Funny how he is the first Korean president who does not call for Japan to apologize for the atrocities they commited on Korean soil.
He was eligible for national service in Japan so they thought he was Japanese enough and so did he to put a plan into action to avoid being called up!  |
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jkelly80

Joined: 13 Jun 2007 Location: you boys like mexico?
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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He was born with the soil land of the Japan in his system of veins and blood transport! Our turtle boats shall be in the breaching of filth that Japan shall never forget quaking vengeance! |
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