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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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 Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 6:37 pm Post subject: Another drug bust nets one, possibly two teachers |
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I don't think this one has hit the papers yet, but yet another drug bust happened last week. A teacher at my friend's hagwon was caught up in some Osan sting. He's on his way to being deported. This teacher's girlfriend, also a teacher at that hagwon, has since disappeared. No word on if she's hiding out or anything, but it's anybody's guess as to why she didn't show up for work.
Not that it matters, but it was an all-Canadian school (no other nationalities are allowed to work there). |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 6:39 pm Post subject: Re: Another drug bust nets one, possibly two teachers |
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Ramen
Joined: 15 Apr 2008
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| Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 6:41 pm Post subject: Re: Another drug bust nets one, possibly two teachers |
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| bassexpander wrote: |
Not that it matters, but it was an all-Canadian school (no other nationalities are allowed to work there). |
Ahhhh! All Canadians?  |
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Kimchieluver
Joined: 02 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 6:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Why would one risk one's occupation and reputation over weed. |
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sarbonn
Joined: 14 Oct 2008
Location: Michigan
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| Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 6:51 pm Post subject: |
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| It just seems foolish to be involved in this stuff when the host government is so interested in targeting foreigners in the first place. |
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Hunnie705
Joined: 06 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Weed wasn't mentioned. Was it weed or another drug? |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 7:11 pm Post subject: |
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Stop hiring teachers from Nanaimo and Vancouver.
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| Weed wasn't mentioned. Was it weed or another drug? |
If they are from B.C. then it most likely was weed. We can assume so.
Then again, a lot of youngsters are into meth, e, other such pills. |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Hunnie705 wrote: |
| Weed wasn't mentioned. Was it weed or another drug? |
I honestly don't know.
He might have said Yongsan and not Osan. I'm not sure. In any case, his hagwon is not located near either of those places (where he was caught). It's located closer to a very large government building which will go unnamed.
He must have been either buying or selling at this other location -- that's my guess. My friend wasn't giving out many details.
What amazes me is that people -- from ANY country -- feel it's OK to buy/sell/use drugs in a foreign country where they are very illegal. |
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ThingsComeAround
Joined: 07 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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It isn't that they think its okay because they are in a foreign country...
They think its okay because they don't believe they could be caught  |
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Xuanzang
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Sadang
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| Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 9:23 pm Post subject: |
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| I wonder if it was one of those Maple Bear franchises. |
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hogwonguy1979
Joined: 22 Dec 2003
Location: the racoon den
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| Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:53 pm Post subject: |
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| good riddance to them. why do so many stupid people come here? |
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sojusucks
Joined: 31 May 2008
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| Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:09 am Post subject: |
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Why don't the Korean papers mention how many Koreans are caught in the bust?
I remember reading about one pot bust where a teacher and the son of a Korean professor were caught. The foreigner was charged but the son of the professor wasn't. So, Korea seems to be saying that it's alright for Koreans to use drugs. Maybe that's why many Koreans are busted for drug use overseas. |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:38 am Post subject: |
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| Xuanzang wrote: |
| I wonder if it was one of those Maple Bear franchises. |
Doesn't sound familiar. My friend told me the name of the school, but I honestly forgot. I wouldn't mention it if I did know it -- it's not the school's fault, and wouldn't help their business any. There be libel/slander laws in Korea! |
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CPJ
Joined: 30 Dec 2008
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When a foreigner does something wrong, it always makes the news.
I grew up in a small town and the local RCMP would never arrest any of the locals. If some local was caught with drugs, stole something, damaged something, speeding, you name it, they would usually get off with a warning. No charges so no report in the local newspaper. The RCMP didn't want bad blood with the locals.
If someone from out of town did anything wrong at all, they got a ticket. There was no way they were going to talk their way out of it.
I'm not saying that it's right but I think that's the way it usually works in small towns. I've also been to my share of Asian countries to know that it's usually the same there as well.
And to anyone that comes to Korea and does drugs or anything illegal, they probably just don't care. I don't think they're the types that take teaching too seriously. |
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some waygug-in
Joined: 25 Jan 2003
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| Get ready for the backlash...again. |
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