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Real Reality
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 3:19 am Post subject: Taean Ruling; Boycotting sea voyages to Korea |
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Taean Ruling Mars Korea-India Ties: Foreign Shippers Threaten Boycott of Sea Voyages to Korea
By Michael Ha, Korea Times (January 7, 2009)
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/01/116_37462.html
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A court verdict last month on two foreign maritime officers involved in the Taean oil spill case is drawing scrutiny overseas.
Shipping organizations and unions abroad have strongly rebuked the verdict, which handed out prison sentences to two Indian crewmembers. One international union of maritime workers called the ruling "incomprehensibly vindictive."
And there has been talk about boycotting sea voyages to Korea and even a possibility of anti-Korean sentiment in India, according to reports....
But critics say the two men and their oil tanker were "passive victims," noting that their ship was sitting at anchor and that it leaked massive amounts of crude oil only after being rammed by a barge owned by Samsung Heavy Industries.
"This is not justice. It's not even something close," the group stated. "What we have seen is scapegoating, criminalization and a refusal to consider the wider body of evidence that calls into question the propriety of the court.''
It added, "This decision is incomprehensibly vindictive and will impact on all professional mariners."
"In December 2007, the anchored Hebei Spirit was hit by a Samsung barge, causing an oil spill. Since then, the officers have been unfairly detained in South Korea," the group contended.... |
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afsjesse
Joined: 23 Sep 2007
Location: Kickin' it in 'Kato town.
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| Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 3:23 am Post subject: |
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| Well it's a start to publicizing this tragedy. What we need is interational press. |
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ChinaBoy
Joined: 17 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:20 am Post subject: |
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| What we really need is to put this in the off-topic forum as it has nothing to do with any of us |
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 6:05 am Post subject: |
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| ChinaBoy wrote: |
| What we really need is to put this in the off-topic forum as it has nothing to do with any of us |
If you think international trade, the cost and availability of imported products, the value of the Korean Won and foreigners being affected by Korean laws and judicial rulings don't affect us, you are sorely mistaken. |
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Join Me
Joined: 14 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 6:10 am Post subject: |
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| ChinaBoy wrote: |
| What we really need is to put this in the off-topic forum as it has nothing to do with any of us |
Really, who knew that another unjust ruling against foreigners by Koreans didn't have anything to do with foreigners living in Korea. |
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Hater Depot
Joined: 29 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 11:20 am Post subject: |
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| The power disparity between the Hebei Spirit and Samsung is a more important reason these men are in jail than is xenophobia. Had it been two Koreans on the Spirit they would probably be in jail too. The chaebol always get what they need, whether that comes at the expense of a foreigner or a Korean. |
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Gollywog
Joined: 14 Jun 2008
Location: Debussy's brain
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| Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:46 pm Post subject: |
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ChinaBoy wrote:
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| What we really need is to put this in the off-topic forum as it has nothing to do with any of us |
Are you a foreigner?
Then you could be next.
Are you a Korean?
You don't have anything to worry about.
Seriously. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 6:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Gollywog wrote: |
ChinaBoy wrote:
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| What we really need is to put this in the off-topic forum as it has nothing to do with any of us |
Are you a foreigner?
Then you could be next.
Are you a Korean?
You don't have anything to worry about.
Seriously. |
Are you a negro? |
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