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[Lucas]

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2014/03/116_154033.html

Otherwise they might send a hit man after you!

[ed4444]

They could send a shadowy figure after you and deliver it with a cheesy one-liner like they used to do in 80s actions movies...

"Consider this as your release letter! Blam Blam"

I used to work for Pagoda once upon a time so I actually met her on a few occasions. She is an enthusiastic Christian. Thats all I really remember.

[Fox]

A woman who has already been found guilty of bribery while trying to escape culpability for her embezzlement, and who may have attempted to hire a hit man to kill an in-law, is the head of Korea Association of Hagwons? And then tells the police investigating her that she doesn't have time to meet them because she's busy with other criminal investigations and an election to a position of some responsibility? This fits so perfectly the sleazy, sinister image of hagwons so often promoted here that it's almost like something you'd read in the Onion. "Wildly Corrupt Hagwon Owner To Police Investigators: Please Understand My Situation."

[Weigookin74]

Many older Koreans have traditional thinking. Traditionally a man didn't get divorced from his wife as it caused a loss of face. He just met hookers sometimes on the side. Causing an extreme loss of face makes these tupe of women go crazy and ballistic. They also use the children as pawns in any divorce settlement.

Had a waygook non English teahcer friend go through a divorce from his ex Korean wife. Some Korean male co workers warned him to watch out as Korean women who feel slighted from this have hired hitmen to kill their husbands. They'll willingly go to jail, their husbands are dead, and wife's parents will raise the kids. He went into hiding during the divorce proceedings. She drove all over hell and creation trying to find him, called everyone leaving weird messages on mine and other's phone.

Later after the divorce, she was suppose to let him take the kids every second weekend. When he went, she'd go away somewhere. Ever expect the cops to enforce a custody order? Not in this country. She also called the police accusing him of kidnapping the children when he legally took to America with court permission. Cops were really pissed later on when they found out. Then she said he never gave her money so he can't see the kids. Think he finally took them to America, got an American court order there, and stayed.

Point being older more traditional women here can be totally nuts. Sounds like this woman in the news article. Rationalism doesn't exist.

Actually whole family was nuts. Her old 6th degree black belt dad jumped on his car and punched my friend in the head as well as screaming like a mad man. He drove away in order to avoid further injury. Then grandpa decides to exagerate things through court and try to sue him for blood money. Luckily he had some connections and the head prosector ordered down through the grape vine for the charges to be dropped. Had he of been an English teacher he prob would have been up the creek. Then, my friend had some 28 year old judge make some comment that dealing with English was a hassle in his court. Friend filed a complaint with some national body. (Apparently here judges aren't required to have experience here and take an exam to become one at a young age. Then in old age become a prosecutor. The prosecutors get a 99% conviction rate because the younger judge does what his older ajossi prosecutor says.) So, maybe I should just say the whole legal system is nuts. This according to my friend. I've learned a lot through him. He always use to say if I run into problems, don't try to fight it, just leave.

[Weigookin74]

I should add some of these older women are also neurotic using such common phrases as "I'm a pretty girl" and "aren't I beautiful?" Some of these women don't seem to outgrow it either saying it well into their 50's. A more open minded Korean woman telling me about some Korean men stuck in miserable marriages where their wife spends all their money and would go crazyand keep the kids if he ever divorced. The poor Korean guy has a good job hence the crazy ajumma wife. I tried to tell her to tell this guy to grow some b@lls and learn to say no. But it seemed over their head.

Luckily many younger K chicks have a more westernesed way of thinking. But some of the older generation. Man oh man. Run like h e !!

[isitts]

[dairyairy]

[oatmeal]

....but one day she will become the "korean ajummah".....you can't escape it. God have mercy on you when that day comes lol.

[Smithington]

Yet if we have any criminal record, however minor the offence, we can't work at this lady's hogwan.

[World Traveler]

[World Traveler]

The comment on this:
http://rokdrop.com/2014/03/30/president-of-korea-association-of-hagwons-accused-of-hiring-a-hitman-to-kill-relative/
…is so true.

The Hagwon Association serves two main purposes. It lobbies the Korean government to keep the laws governing hagwons to a minimum while slashing budgets for public school programs for hiring native teachers. Plus, the association offers advice to its member hagwons about how to cheat foreign and Korean teachers out of salaries and benefits.

[ontheway]

[Died By Bear]

Looks like her success had a dark lining.

[dairyairy]

There haven't been any followup articles anywhere? Wonder how that happened.

[World Traveler]

All I could find was this:
http://pagodaacademy.isteaching.com/pagoda-academy-brand-number-1.html