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kangnamdragon · Joined: 17 Jan 2003 Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea

What do you think of the Uri Party? Some Korean businessmen have expressed to me that they are akin to socialists. If they take power next month, the economy will get worse. One reason the economy is not improving now is that the wealthy Koreans are not spending money, not know the political future of the country. Many Koreans want wealth restribution, not realizing that this will create higher unemployment.

sadsac · Joined: 22 Dec 2003 Location: Gwangwang

They are not popular with the business sector and I think they are going to get a shock come April 15th. Their antics on the floor of the National Assembly made a joke of the Korean parliment. That is going to come back and bite them on their backsides. Smile

On the other hand · Joined: 19 Apr 2003 Location: I walk along the avenue

Saxiif · Joined: 15 May 2003 Location: Seongnam

Polls show Uri stomping the other two major parties badly, which is a good thing as they're the best of a bad lot. The Korean political scene needs some shaking up badly, its still got a lot of hold-overs from the dictatorship.

desultude · Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2004 4:52 pm Post subject:

Okay, everybody behaved badly in parliament those two days, but if you look at the rest of the world, most coup d'etats turn very bloody and people die, here they threw shoes- put it into perspective.

Mosley · Joined: 15 Jan 2003

True, desultude...in the immediate present. But as someone else suggested, democracy and the rule of law are very recent developments in S. Korea. Those developments, therefore, are very fragile. Coups, martial law, assassinations...are in VERY recent memory. That's why a lot of the concern about ROK's political state is valid, regardless of what side of the ideological fence one may sit.

Seoultrader · Joined: 18 Jun 2003 Location: Ali's Insurgent Inn, Fallujah

Do party members learn how to bend spoons as if they are made of butter?

(if you don't understand this rather lame joke, you're too damn young)

Mosley · Joined: 15 Jan 2003

Hell, I sure ain't "too damn young" & I don't get it....

desultude · Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2004 11:44 pm Post subject:

Mosley

peppermint · Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2004 11:50 pm Post subject:

The Lemon · Joined: 11 Jan 2003

On the other hand · Joined: 19 Apr 2003 Location: I walk along the avenue

Juggertha · Joined: 27 May 2003 Location: Anyang, Korea

I'm sooo tempted to say the Uri is full of $#@!

Months ago they were members of one of hte main parties. For years these same politicians have taken money, abused the sytem and thier powers and said nothing.

NOW all of a sudden they are "covered in dirt but the others are covered in SH-IT?" Give me a break.

Opposition parties ALWAYS talk crap about what they would do if they got into office. Look at what Noh has done...

-Sacked most of the ministers.. then had to sack the ones he put in cuz of incopentancy and lack of xp.

-commited uncountable gaffa's internationally.

-failed to move forward on N Korean human rights issues.

-Broke the "presidential impartiality" law.

-plans to move the capital out of Seoul at a huge expense instead of focusing on making the Gov. more effective.

-publicly outted a prominant businessman and labeled him "a bad man" (imagine your president doing that to you on national TV).

-failed to rectify economic woes. (not his fault BUT his responsibility).

Basically IMO he's done jack as president. His party may sweep into power because of all this but I really feel they will come up with the same hair-brained ideas that Noh's ministers have in the past.

Be prepared for some REALLY dumb ideas coming out if htey get into power!

dutchman · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: My backyard

Len8 · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Location: Kyungju

Was an article in the newspaper about other countries that had impeached their leaders. I seem to remember them as being Paraguay, Indonesia, The Philipines and a few others. Korea now ranks up there with the worst of them.

A lot of my students say Roh lacks charisma, and that he suffers from foot in the mouth disease. The latter is very apparent considering his string of political gaffes. His last public meeting was suppose to have been full rehtoric, and winging. Didn't show much heart.