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dairyairy
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byrddogs
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| Room salons are openly breaking Korean law and nothing is done about their activities. Meanwhile Costco wants to sell some Rice Krispies Treats, multivitamins, cheese, and bagged salad and for that the Seoul city government comes down hard. |
The largest room salon operation in Gangnam was recently raided and taken down..how is that not doing something? |
Whoopty f'n doo that they "took down" a large room salon operation to give the impression that they are doing something about illegal businesses. Same old same old for that stuff; just like the supposed shutting down of bosintang restaurants several years ago. I'm sure that you could find many of both still in operation without having to look too hard. |
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wylies99
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| Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 7:50 pm Post subject: |
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http://www.kamcity.com/namnews/asp/newsarticle.asp?newsid=67261
In fiscal 2012, on average it cost about $90 million to build and open a new Costco. We're talking about major investments in a community. The Seoul city government should respect that level of commitment.
Also, Costco is not just a retailer. It is a supplier to many restaurants and small shops in Korea.
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Costco To Speed Up New Store Openings
Costco has announced plans to accelerate its warehouse openings in 2013, marking its biggest expansion since 2007. The warehouse giant said it will open 27 to 30 new sites next year, and will increase capital spending to $1.8bn-$2bn, a rise of 20%-33%. In fiscal 2012, Costco spent $1.5bn to open 16 new locations.
The group announced the move after unveiled its full-year results yesterday, and CFO Richard Galanti noted: �After several years of under-opening locations, we feel very good about this coming year. We had a slide over the last five years, but now we've got a lot more irons in the fire, particularly in those countries where the lead time to get openings done is longer.�
Costco said it expects to open 14 of the new locations by end-December 2012 - nine in the US, three in Canada, and one each in the UK and South Korea.
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highstreet
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| Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 6:22 am Post subject: |
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| All the other marts close every other Sunday. Even the tiny ones like 999 Mart. I can see why Costco would want to stay open though. Especially on a Sunday, |
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liveinkorea316
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| Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 5:35 pm Post subject: |
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Anyone who claims that Korean authorities actually apply and/or enforce ANY of their laws on Sexual Crimes is living in an alternate reality.
Get out there man. Go to some of the places where people openly buy and sell sex every night of the week.
It is done in full view of the police who turn a blind eye.
My best guess about the Gangnam sting was that he either forgot to pay his monthly bribe to the higher ups OR he pissed someone off OR didn't pay some other bills so they decided to wax his ass.
It had nothing do do with enforcing sex crime laws.
Sex is bought and sold EVERYWHERE in this country in direct violation of the law. Police and authorities do nothing about that.
Back to the main topic....oh yeah.....the police would put pressure on Costco to comply to a struck-down law. The point about priorities is a good one in my opinion. |
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goreality
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| Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Costco is being targeted because they are a foreign company. Walmart, Carfour and Tesco were all either chased out or bullied into being bought out by a local brand. The law is absolutely ridiculous and only repealing it for those who fought against it is discriminatory and strange. |
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dairyairy
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It is getting uglier. The Seoul city government is not acting in a reasonable manner.
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2012/10/202_122294.html
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Seoul City officials raided three Costco stores in Seoul that opened their doors again Sunday despite the city�s ordinance to have large discount stores close on the second and fourth Sunday of every month.
They uncovered 14 violations and slapped a temporary suspension on the sale of livestock products at two of the three outlets for violating meat preservation regulations. Seoul City also imposed a fine of 60 million won on the American retail giant for violating the Sunday closing rule.
This is the first time that Costco has faced a business suspension in an escalation of conflict with Seoul City over its alleged violation of the ordinance. On Oct. 10, the city also raided the three Costco stores in Seoul and found that they violated a total 41 regulations.
The raids are seen as retaliatory measures against the retailer�s failure to follow the Sunday closing rule.
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liveinkorea316
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| It's actually a violation of the Korea USA FTA to single out Costco in that way because the FTA has a specific clause which enables Costco to take the Korean Government to an International Tribunal in the case of "equal protection under Korean Law" being broken by the Korean authorities. |
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Dodge7
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| Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 5:05 am Post subject: |
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It is getting uglier. The Seoul city government is not acting in a reasonable manner.
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2012/10/202_122294.html
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Seoul City officials raided three Costco stores in Seoul that opened their doors again Sunday despite the city�s ordinance to have large discount stores close on the second and fourth Sunday of every month.
They uncovered 14 violations and slapped a temporary suspension on the sale of livestock products at two of the three outlets for violating meat preservation regulations. Seoul City also imposed a fine of 60 million won on the American retail giant for violating the Sunday closing rule.
This is the first time that Costco has faced a business suspension in an escalation of conflict with Seoul City over its alleged violation of the ordinance. On Oct. 10, the city also raided the three Costco stores in Seoul and found that they violated a total 41 regulations.
The raids are seen as retaliatory measures against the retailer�s failure to follow the Sunday closing rule.
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LOL Koreans are such haters. They can't stand it that Americans do it better than them when it comes to choices and selection with good prices. Love live American businesses!
I hope Costco starts fighting fire with fire and take these d-bags to task. |
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korwan
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Once again, a developed country that is trying to promote itself as an international hub of Asia should not be acting in such a manner. Political agendas should never influence a fair market. The government needs to handle this, unless South Korea doesn't mind scaring off investors.
Korea still has a lot to learn about playing well with others, internationally speaking. |
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dairyairy
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| Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 1:40 pm Post subject: |
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At the link there is a picture of Seoul officials rushing into Costco.
http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2960866&cloc=joongangdaily|home|newslist1
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City sends out inspectors to hassle Costco
U.S. retail giant refuses to close doors every other Sunday
The Seoul government has declared war on the Korean unit of U.S. retail giant Costco Wholesale over operating on Sundays.
The U.S. retailer refuses to comply with the city government�s demand to close its doors on Sundays. This is supposed to benefit mom and pop shops in the city, although Costco outlets are far from markets or retail centers.
Costco has opened its stores every Sunday since September 9, when big stores were ordered to close on the second and fourth Sunday of every month.
So the city government on Wednesday and Sunday deployed officials to the three Costco branches -- Yangpyeong, Yangjae and Sangbong -- to see if they could find other ways to shut them down.
The officials found 14 violations such as a problem with emergency lighting and a violation of meat safety standards.
According to the Public Health Control Act, the government can shut them down for a maximum of seven days for those violations.
The government announced Sunday that the Yangjae outlet will be shut down for five days, although the timing hasn�t been decided. Sangbong will be shut for a week.
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dairyairy
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After the second inspection Sunday, Costco filed a lawsuit in the Seoul Administrative Court yesterday against the heads of Jungnang-gu Office, Seocho-gu Office and Yeongdeungpo-gu Office, according to legal profession here. The suit asks for the no-operating-on-Sunday ordinance to be nullified.
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happiness
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| Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Isnt pretty much the point is Costco is an Non-Korean company, and the profits will flow OUT of Korea? |
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korwan
Joined: 24 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 5:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Isnt pretty much the point is Costco is an Non-Korean company, and the profits will flow OUT of Korea? |
SK seems to have one foot in international trade and one foot in Joseon Korea. They ride the fence, picking and choosing what parts of globalization they like. |
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dairyairy
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| Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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| happiness wrote: |
| Isnt pretty much the point is Costco is an Non-Korean company, and the profits will flow OUT of Korea? |
The "profits leaving the country" argument doesn't hold up. Are you aware of Costco's business arangement with Samsung? Plus, the Korean business community benefits from having Costco stores in Korea. First, in a large store like Costco there are products sold by many vendors, including Korean vendors. Costco carries many Korean products. The items sold at Costco are often resold by many small Korean stores giving them a profit. There are many Korean restaurants that buy their supplies at Costco because of the lower prices for buying in bulk. Plus, a Costco store leads to higher traffic in the area which benefits local restaurants and stores. This is without mentioning how much sales tax money Costcos add to the government tills and the jobs provided to Koreans who work at Costco. Pus, when the stores were built there were construction jobs and an increase in local property values. Having Costco in Seoul helps many, many Koreans, consumers and businesses, and it's time the Seoul City government realized this fact. |
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