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in_seoul_2003
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 Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 10:31 am Post subject: priceless piece of korean int'l relations news |
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For shouting at a Filipino, Korean may be deported
November 21, 2007
A Korean resident of the Philippines offended the wrong guy when he got into a shouting match on a golf course in southern Davao City this month. Now he faces possible deportation, according to press reports.
Young Yun-youn was playing behind a group of Filipinos at the Davao City Golf Club on Nov. 9 when he began shouting at a player ahead of him, the reports said.
The verbal altercation caught the attention of a local politician playing nearby who took exception to Young�s tone of voice.
Vice Governor Emmanuel Pinol, of the neighboring province of North Cotabato, confronted Young and told him to shut up, according to the Philippine Daily Inquirer newspaper.
�Do not shout. You have no right to shout at Filipinos,� the politician told Young, according to the newspaper. �You are just a visitor in this country. You are not in South Korea.�
As the Korean and the Filipino VIP started shouting at each other, Pinol whacked Young with his golf putter while other Filipinos pushed the Korean to the ground when he tried to fight back.
Local newspapers said the Korean called the police. When they arrived, however, police took Young into custody, instead, at Pinol�s urging. He was later released.
The offended politician has enlisted the aid of the mayor of Davao City and is now calling for Young to be deported. Both Pinol and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte have filed complaints with immigration authorities.
�Foreigners like this do not deserve to stay even a single minute in our country,� Pinol told a public forum this week, according to the Sun Star newspaper in Davao City.
In 2006, Koreans became the largest group of foreigners visiting the Philippines, with nearly 600,000 arrivals. There are also a substantial number of Korean residents living in the country, often conducting business or studying English. Young said he will not be one of them much longer.
Young told reporters he has had enough of the Philippines after his rough treatment at the hands of the politician. �My family was very happy living here in Davao but not now,� Young told the Sun Star. �I will withdraw my visa and go back to Korea. I will never come back here.�
good riddance.
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Netz
Joined: 11 Oct 2004
Location: a parallel universe where people and places seem to be the exact opposite of "normal"
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| Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 11:22 am Post subject: |
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LOL!  |
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lastat06513
Joined: 18 Mar 2003
Location: Sensus amo Caesar , etiamnunc victus amo uni plebian
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| Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 11:26 am Post subject: |
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Irony......I love it 
Same is happening to them in China as well..... |
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SuperFly
Joined: 09 Jul 2003
Location: In the doghouse
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| Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 1:09 pm Post subject: |
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Young must've thought he was in America.  |
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Rapacious Mr. Batstove
Joined: 26 Jan 2007
Location: Central Areola
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| Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 2:19 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks OP. I need more warm fuzzy articles like this when I'm eating breakfast. It seriously makes my day better.
Kudos |
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aarontendo
Joined: 08 Feb 2006
Location: Daegu-ish
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| Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 2:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah when I worked at my university in the summer I worked with a lotta Korean visiting students. Always made me laugh when they'd be yammering away and I heard them saying weigookin a lot. At one point I turned to em and explained that now it is THEY who are the foreigners heh. The confused look on their faces was priceless. |
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Ilsanman
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Bucheon, Korea
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| Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 4:57 pm Post subject: |
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Generally politics don't get in the way of people's behaviour. But maybe filipinos have the right idea.
If this were to become a trend, any one of us could be deported for doing something seemingly disagreeable in the presence of a Korean with some political power.
Big brother is watching!! |
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sojourner1
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Where meggi swim and 2 wheeled tractors go sput put chug alugg pug pug
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| Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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Sounds like Young got frustrated over having to wait on the group in front of him who were leisurely taking their time. So you said, "Bali! Bali!." LOL
Why can't you just pass a group if they are going too slow for you instead of being rude about it or having to wait for them to progress their game? |
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aaabank
Joined: 27 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 10:09 pm Post subject: Re: priceless piece of korean int'l relations news |
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| in_seoul_2003 wrote: |
Young Yun-youn was playing behind a group of Filipinos at the Davao City Golf Club on Nov. 9 when he began shouting at a player ahead of him, the reports said.
The verbal altercation caught the attention of a local politician playing nearby who took exception to Young�s tone of voice.
Vice Governor Emmanuel Pinol, of the neighboring province of North Cotabato, confronted Young and told him to shut up, according to the Philippine Daily Inquirer newspaper.
�Do not shout. You have no right to shout at Filipinos,� the politician told Young, according to the newspaper. �You are just a visitor in this country. You are not in South Korea.�
As the Korean and the Filipino VIP started shouting at each other, Pinol whacked Young with his golf putter while other Filipinos pushed the Korean to the ground when he tried to fight back.
Local newspapers said the Korean called the police. When they arrived, however, police took Young into custody, instead, at Pinol�s urging.
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2883001 |
It seems to me that Mr. Young was simply (perhaps rudely) yelling at the group ahead of him to hurry up or let his own group play through (golf term for stepping aside to allow a faster group to go ahead). This is not uncommon practice on a golf course. He may have been rude in his yelling but then this Philippine politician came over and used his position of power to bully and then "whacked Young with his golf putter while other Filipinos pushed the Korean to the ground when he tried to fight back." This seems to me like abuse of power by the Philippine official.
And as for the person who nearly killed a motorcycle delivery driver by pushing his delivery box, shame on you. I don't like it any more than anybody else, but scooters and motorcycles often drive on sidewalks in this country. Either constructively try to change it (maybe start a petition and gather a thousand names (read: Korean names) and bring it up with the police department to crack down on this problem) or else deal with it. |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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Although you'd never know it by reading that article, there's another side to that story. He's being deported for allegedly threatening the politician with his golf club (which the politicians supposedly whacked away with his) when he was supposedly confronted as a result of the complaints that had been made of him allegedly being verbally abusive to the Filipino golfers.
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aaabank
Joined: 27 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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| yeah, i suppose i should have guessed that the journalist would leave out those details that would show Mr. Young in a negative light. |
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The_Eyeball_Kid
Joined: 20 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 10:15 pm Post subject: |
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| aaabank wrote: |
| yeah, i suppose i should have guessed that the journalist would leave out those details that would show Mr. Young in a negative light. |
Why? |
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aaabank
Joined: 27 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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| The_Eyeball_Kid wrote: |
| aaabank wrote: |
| yeah, i suppose i should have guessed that the journalist would leave out those details that would show Mr. Young in a negative light. |
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Because this story seems to have many holes in it. Why would someone who was simply yelling at someone and then beaten up be deported? At first I was trying to support this man who I thought may be the victim of Philippine nationalism, but now I am unsure as we can only go by these articles of untrustworthy origin. I'm finished speculating about this, which I have no knowledge of. |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 10:31 pm Post subject: |
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| aaabank wrote: |
| The_Eyeball_Kid wrote: |
| aaabank wrote: |
| yeah, i suppose i should have guessed that the journalist would leave out those details that would show Mr. Young in a negative light. |
Why? |
Because this story seems to have many holes in it. Why would someone who was simply yelling at someone and then beaten up be deported? At first I was trying to support this man who I thought may be the victim of Philippine nationalism, but now I am unsure as we can only go by these articles of untrustworthy origin. I'm finished speculating about this, which I have no knowledge of. |
Yes, and to make matters worse, I've also rarely read anything that would make me trust a Filipino politician. I just don't know what to make of this story. |
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betchay
Joined: 23 Aug 2005
Location: Seoul
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