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[Gwangjuboy]

I agree with the above. So the Minjudang party isn't corrupt then? The Kwangju subway is nearly finished. I reckon that when it is built we will see some safety problems. The local government (minjudang 90% approval rating) has been embroiled in some scandals involving the construction companies. Kickbacks, cutting corners, bribery, bankruptcy etc. Just another day at the office for the Kim Jong Ill loving maniacs.

[Manner of Speaking]

I think it's a Daegu thing rather than a foreigner/korean thing. Daegu doesn't merit many pages in the tourism guides -- even lonely planet -- and there is never much news on Daegu in the national papers. It has to be a disaster for any news on Daegu to make it to the front page at all.

[billbile]

"I agree with the above. So the Minjudang party isn't corrupt then?"

Yes, they are all corrupt. It is fairly obvious that there is more political responsibility where the parties are not corrupt, and where politics is competitive. In Daegu, and for all I know in Kwangjoo (I don't actually live there), you have a corrupt party with absolute power. A recipe for total irresponsibilty. Add to the mix voters who tend not to question politicians too much. You'll get politicians who think their responsibility to citizens extends only so far as polishing the leather on the parliamentary seats with the a*s of their suit-pants.

I am really hoping the locals will get their act together and set up their own party to face the problem head on. A party with a name like, say, "Safety First". I just hope they do something about it with their ballot papers at the very least. And I hope very deeply that I am wrong when I suggest they may not.




PS. Have you ever seen scenes of Minjoodang or Hannaradang party caucuses. I have never seen so much diversity in a caucus! (sarcasm)

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