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SeoulNate
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 Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 2:12 am Post subject: African slaves in Korea |
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I know this article is a few weeks old and I guess the protest happened a month ago or so, but I didn't know anything about it despite watching the news here 3-4 times a week.
This article and whole story is really disgusting
http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_international/623584.html
Anyone else have any other info? I'm trying to look for other sources and coming up empty |
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Chaparrastique
Joined: 01 Jan 2014
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| Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 3:46 am Post subject: |
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Yeah its disgusting.
Unfortunately these sorts of stories make it into the English-language press but not the Korean press.
There are so many things that Koreans need to read about but don't..because of the censors. |
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Old Painless
Joined: 01 Jan 2014
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| Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 3:51 am Post subject: |
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Well tonight thank God it's them instead of you.
The greatest gift they'll get this year is life..
Where nothing ever grows no rain or rivers flow |
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optik404
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| Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 3:59 am Post subject: |
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| I've been keeping up with the story. Iirc, they got backpay (13,000) after protesting and they went back home after their contract ended recently. And this did make it to Korean media outlets. |
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radcon
Joined: 23 May 2011
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| Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 4:03 am Post subject: |
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They barely realize what they did was wrong.
The museum boss: "Migrant workers often tend to disappear and stay illegally to work, so we had no choice but to keep all their passports." |
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SeoulNate
Joined: 04 Jun 2010
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| Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 7:13 am Post subject: |
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| optik404 wrote: |
| I've been keeping up with the story. Iirc, they got backpay (13,000) after protesting and they went back home after their contract ended recently. And this did make it to Korean media outlets. |
any source on that story?
Really interested to find out what happened |
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aq8knyus
Joined: 28 Jul 2010
Location: London
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| Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 9:46 am Post subject: |
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It was widely reported in the Korean press by most major news outlets.
I also saw that a saenuri assembly member got into trouble over the affair as well. |
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optik404
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2014 12:48 am Post subject: |
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| SeoulNate wrote: |
| optik404 wrote: |
| I've been keeping up with the story. Iirc, they got backpay (13,000) after protesting and they went back home after their contract ended recently. And this did make it to Korean media outlets. |
any source on that story?
Really interested to find out what happened |
http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_international/626078.html |
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Chaparrastique
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| all South Koreans were the same. It just felt like all of them were looking out for their own interests |
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SeoulNate
Joined: 04 Jun 2010
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| Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2014 1:21 am Post subject: |
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| thanks |
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World Traveler
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