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Real Reality
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 2:40 am Post subject: President Pardons 2,800,000 and 341,000 or so more |
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2.5 Million Drivers Pardoned
By Kim Tae-jong, Korea Times (June 3, 2008)
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/06/117_25235.html
President Pardons Nearly 3 Million
By Song Sang-ho, Korea Herald (June 4, 2008)
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/NEWKHSITE/data/html_dir/2008/06/04/200806040020.asp
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The measure is widely seen as part of the government's efforts to diminish public outrage over the administration's decision to resume imports of U.S. beef....
This was the third largest amnesty, following the Kim Dae-jung government's pardon of 5.52 million people in March 1998 and the pardon of 4.22 million by the Roh Moo-hyun government in August 2005. |
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Ramen
Joined: 15 Apr 2008
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| Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 3:35 am Post subject: |
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Pardon me?!  |
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pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 3:37 am Post subject: |
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The guy before Lee pardoned, and the guy before Roh pardoned a buttload of people. Most of these were probably parking/speeding tickets.
So what? |
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Kimchi Cha Cha
Joined: 15 May 2003
Location: was Suncheon, now Brisbane
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| Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 4:21 am Post subject: |
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Things like this are really an embarrassment for Korea and make it look like a banana republic.
Lee's being made out to be the devil, realizes he's gotta do something to at least try to get the public back on side. First he makes a concession on US beef and now he pardons a couple of million lawbreakers.
No wonder no one respects the rule of law in this country. On the few occasions it's actually enforced, it later gets pardoned when the President's having a hard time and wants to get people back on side.
A joke, that's what it is. |
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Sody
Joined: 14 May 2006
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| Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 5:17 am Post subject: |
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| Kimchi Cha Cha wrote: |
Things like this are really an embarrassment for Korea and make it look like a banana republic.
Lee's being made out to be the devil, realizes he's gotta do something to at least try to get the public back on side. First he makes a concession on US beef and now he pardons a couple of million lawbreakers.
No wonder no one respects the rule of law in this country. On the few occasions it's actually enforced, it later gets pardoned when the President's having a hard time and wants to get people back on side.
A joke, that's what it is. |
I couldn't agree more. No wonder everyone drives like a maniac here! |
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Real Reality
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:08 pm Post subject: |
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KCCI lobbies for pardons
JoongAng Daily (August 9, 2008)
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2893443
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Korea's five business lobby groups were set to ask President Lee Myung-bak to grant amnesty to the chairman of Hyundai Motor Co. along with other prominent convicted businessmen, an official at one of the groups said yesterday.
Some 100 convicted businessmen were included in a list drawn up by the groups calling for the pardon in the wake of Liberation Day, which commemorates the Aug. 15, 1945 end of Japanese colonial rule over Korea, the official at the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry said.
"We will deliver our appeal to the presidential office and the justice ministry today," said the KCCI official. Hyundai Motor Chairman Chung Mong-koo was convicted of embezzlement and breach of duty in February of last year, but his three-year prison term was suspended for five years and he is now free to run the automobile conglomerate.
Most of the convicted businessmen on the list are already on bail after receiving suspended jail terms on convictions including bribery and accounting frauds. The list includes SK Energy Chairman Choi Tae-won and Hanwha Group Chairman Kim Seung-yeon.... |
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moosehead
Joined: 05 May 2007
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| Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 6:41 am Post subject: |
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meanwhile it's a crime for foreigners to teach English privately
yeah, that makes the world a safer place -  |
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milspecs
Joined: 19 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 6:43 am Post subject: |
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| do you ever have a thought of your own Real Reality? or is this ur thing on this board? posting news stories over and over again |
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Col.Brandon
Joined: 09 Aug 2004
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 5:29 pm Post subject: |
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| My brother-in-law got pardoned for drunk driving. Thankfully the insurance companies are not as forgiving as the government and he'll be relying on public transport for the forseeable future. |
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earthbound14
Joined: 23 Jan 2007
Location: seoul
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| Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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| we should ask to have pot smoking pardonned. |
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moosehead
Joined: 05 May 2007
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 12:48 am Post subject: |
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| earthbound14 wrote: |
| we should ask to have pot smoking pardonned. |
if taxi drivers smoked pot they probably would pardon it!!
that is, that's who this is to benefit - |
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earthbound14
Joined: 23 Jan 2007
Location: seoul
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 3:33 am Post subject: |
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| moosehead wrote: |
| earthbound14 wrote: |
| we should ask to have pot smoking pardonned. |
if taxi drivers smoked pot they probably would pardon it!!
that is, that's who this is to benefit - |
I think the whole country would benefit from a little THC, especially the new president and the beef protestors!!!
"Just calm down man and lighten up on all the cops!!!" Protestor
"Just calm down and have a tasty burger!" President |
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Real Reality
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 4:32 am Post subject: |
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| milspecs wrote: |
| do you ever have a thought of your own Real Reality? or is this ur thing on this board? posting news stories over and over again |
Post subject: How do you pay for stuff on Gmarket?
http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=131023
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| Is there really a price difference? Aren't prices the same for those (foreigners) that primarily use the English websites? |
| polonius wrote: |
| ...By the way, Real Reality, I think this is the first time I have actually seen a comment made by you without using some quotes to sources. For awhile I thought you were simply a computer program that had a vast supply of articles prepared for when certain keywords surfaced. |
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Real Reality
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 1:53 am Post subject: |
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President Pardons Convicted Tycoons
By Jung Sung-ki, Korea Times (August 12, 2008)
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/08/116_29223.html
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Cheong Wa Dae announced a sweeping amnesty Tuesday for convicted business leaders, including the head of Hyundai Motor, saying the move will help encourage the business community to redouble its efforts to revive the economy.
Lee granted amnesty to about 2.8 million people, mostly traffic offenders, in June.
Tuesday's pardon was granted on the occasion of the 63rd Liberation Day that falls on Aug. 15 as well as the 60th anniversary of the nation's founding, it said....
In all, the special pardon covered a total of 341,864 people, including 328,335 bureaucrats, 1,902 persons who breached the Election Law, 74 leading businessman and those convicted of minor traffic offenses, according to the Ministry of Justice....
"We welcome the special pardon," the Federation of Korean Industries said in a statement. "Businessmen will make more efforts to create more jobs and boost capital spending for economic growth."
The Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry said the special pardon will help boost transparent corporate governance and ethical management....
The main opposition Democratic Party condemned the extensive amnesty, arguing Lee was pandering to business circles by bending the law.... |
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SHANE02
Joined: 04 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 2:15 am Post subject: |
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It's not that suprising really. The Hyundai, SK, and Hanwha bosses have all been pardoned. The Hanwha guy was the only one to do any time in jail anyway. They are all too important to be punished for anything.  |
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