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red_devil
Joined: 30 Jun 2008
Location: Korea
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 Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 11:47 pm Post subject: Big Brother Rears His Head for Expats |
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...and so it begins.
Foreigners to Be Fingerprinted on Entry
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The government plans to require all foreign nationals visiting Korea to have their fingerprints registered starting as early as 2010. The Ministry of Justice said Saturday that it will propose a revision to immigration law so that all foreign nationals, whether entering Korea for short-term or long-term stay, are obliged to provide their biometric information to the Korean authorities when they come to the country. The ministry is expected to submit the revised bill to the National Assembly next year, which, if passed, will take effect starting as early as 2010. |
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Join Me
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| Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 11:49 pm Post subject: |
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| already been a thread been done on this one. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 1:00 am Post subject: |
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| Besides, those of us not fob were fingerprinted here years ago. <<yawn>> |
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On the other hand
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Location: I walk along the avenue
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| Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 3:40 am Post subject: |
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Well, I guess this is one issue where people can't start hollering about how superior Japan is to Korea.
http://tinyurl.com/yq6kfy
Or, for that matter, how superior the west is...
http://tinyurl.com/6v2trh |
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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 5:07 am Post subject: |
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Precisely. As an American I'm not really surprised. We didn't seem to care when we did it to foreign nationals, so . . . |
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daskalos
Joined: 19 May 2006
Location: The Road to Ithaca
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| Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 6:41 am Post subject: |
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Yeah, is there a rational argument against it? Doesn't it just mean that it'll be easier to catch you if you did something wrong, or to exonerate you if you didn't?
I have a pretty sensitive outrage meter, but this doesn't register on it. |
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Mr Crowley
Joined: 23 Mar 2006
Location: Suwon
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| Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 6:57 am Post subject: |
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| Did any teachers get fingerprinted in 2002 or 2003 here ? |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 7:25 am Post subject: |
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| I got fingerprinted in '94. Does that count? |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 8:13 am Post subject: Re: Big Brother Rears His Head for Expats |
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...and so it begins.
Foreigners to Be Fingerprinted on Entry
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The government plans to require all foreign nationals visiting Korea to have their fingerprints registered starting as early as 2010. The Ministry of Justice said Saturday that it will propose a revision to immigration law so that all foreign nationals, whether entering Korea for short-term or long-term stay, are obliged to provide their biometric information to the Korean authorities when they come to the country. The ministry is expected to submit the revised bill to the National Assembly next year, which, if passed, will take effect starting as early as 2010. |
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I doubt if the idea is to catch ESL teachers...if anyone has been to...ahmm...say Itaewon in the last few years...there seems to be more and more 'illegal' people...people that certainly don't look like they are student visas or business visas. |
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Rteacher
Joined: 23 May 2005
Location: Western MA, USA
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| Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 10:12 pm Post subject: |
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Next thing you know, they'll be trying to take our guns away from us!  |
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