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bbreuhaus · Joined: 17 Apr 2006

Hi. My name is , and I'm the national editor of the JoongAng Daily English language newspaper in Seoul.

We are working on a story about Christopher Neil, and would like to speak to anyone who knows him personally -- just to find out more about him.

If you would be willing to be interviewed in the newspaper, please e-mail me at . We will then give you a call. The interview wouldn't take long, but we are on a tight deadline.

You don't have to use your name, but we'd prefer it if you would. Thanks so much!

kermo · Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:16 am Post subject:

bbreuhaus · Joined: 17 Apr 2006

Thanks for the note, Kermo. We're having some kind of technical difficulty with our server, I guess, but please feel free to PM me on my private account. Thanks again.

bbreuhaus · Joined: 17 Apr 2006

The reporter working on the story is willing to give his cell phone number out. His name is Hwang Young-jin, and the phone number is **deleted, by edit**.

He is on deadline now, so the sooner the better. Thanks again.

itaewonguy · Joined: 25 Mar 2003

how about not writing anything!!
foreigners dont need more bad rep!
why not report something like the AFTERMATH of viginiatech! how are the familys coping after the korean shot them all to death?

SeoulShakin · Joined: 05 Jan 2006 Location: Seoul

bassexpander · Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Location: Someplace you'd rather be.

Well, it's news. Hard for them to ignore. It makes us all look bad, unfortunately.

I am curious to know if he was here on a legal visa, or the 6-month Canadian Tourist Visa that's so easy to teach illegally on.

I have a feeling, however, that if he was working for an international school, he might have been more thoroughly checked-out.

Was he on an E-2 visa? The reporter should look into this.

hubba bubba · Joined: 24 Oct 2006

I do hope that the article won't make all the honest hard working teachers look bad tho.

I also hope that the article will talk about how the expat community has been working to nail this guy. There are "wanted" pictures on literally every expat board in Korea.

ttompatz · Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea

bbreuhaus · Joined: 17 Apr 2006

FYI, this newspaper is edited by foreigners -- non Koreans who speak English. We are affiliated with the JoongAng Ilbo, but we mostly do our own reporting, as is the case with this story.

We are distributed with the International Herald Tribune.

Our editors have many, many decades of combined experience in U.S. and other foreign newspapers. Our only goal is to be fair and accurate.

Thanks for your responses to this. The more information we have, the more accurate we can be.

SuperFly · Joined: 09 Jul 2003 Location: In the doghouse

Look at the post he (Peter Jackson) made here:

http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=101899&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=60

esetters21 · Joined: 30 Apr 2006 Location: Seoul

mindmetoo · Joined: 02 Feb 2004

If it was the KH/KT, I'd say DON'T DO IT KERMO. But the IHT Korean insert is pretty decent. The woman who does the TV column pokes constant evil fun at Korean dramas. They're not a house organ, or at least the least house organ-y, of Fortress Korea.

RACETRAITOR · Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea

I was contacted by a woman from AP, but I told her I'm not directly connected with it.

halfmanhalfbiscuit · Joined: 13 Oct 2007 Location: Seoul

Bizarre "special focus" article on MBC.They had 2 western actors in a mock-up police station on.Gimps.

First guy saying "It's OK in Hoju to touch like that"

Second guy saying "There's lot of people involved in drugs",accompanied by lots of bags of what looked like black tea Rolling Eyes

Missus said it was meant to be pillipon.

The scaremongering/reactionism has started.....