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Roch
Joined: 24 Apr 2003
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 8:32 pm Post subject: Christopher Gelken of the Korea Herald Newspaper |
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What happened to Mr. Gelken? He used to produce articles for the Korea Herald about foreigners getting the shaft from their Korean employers.
One has to ask if Hong Jung Wook canned him for exposing in detail the criminal-minded locals who make millions off of the hard work of foreign teachers.
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spliff
Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
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| Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 8:34 pm Post subject: |
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^ That's assuming, of course, that "one" understands WTF you're on about...  |
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jaganath69
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| Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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| spliff wrote: |
| ^ That's assuming, of course, that "one" understands WTF you're on about... |
I do. Probably coz I didn't do all those shrooms and yaba in LOS |
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spliff
Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
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| Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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^English wisewguy pr1ck...  |
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pocariboy73
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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| You know, I thought about him just the other day, too because he used to phone me up and ask me stuff... |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Who the hell moves to Iran? |
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buymybook
Joined: 21 Feb 2005
Location: Telluride
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| Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:27 pm Post subject: |
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Did you notice that his articles get "0" response? |
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buymybook
Joined: 21 Feb 2005
Location: Telluride
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| Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:28 pm Post subject: Re: Christopher Gelken of the Korea Herald Newspaper |
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| Roch wrote: |
What happened to Mr. Gelken? He used to produce articles for the Korea Herald about foreigners getting the shaft from their Korean employers.
One has to ask if Hong Jung Wook canned him for exposing in detail the criminal-minded locals who make millions off of the hard work of foreign teachers.
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I figured he got fired as well. He should have stuck around and filed a complaint at the Labor Ministry. |
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bjonothan
Joined: 29 Apr 2003
Location: All over the place
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| Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 5:03 am Post subject: |
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khreporter
Joined: 22 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:57 pm Post subject: Sour grapes |
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I think someone on this thread is still upset about the following from an article published in the KH last year... and his posts here and elsewhere suggest he is still spending more time in front of a computer compiling character assassinations than running his business....
If the gentleman concerned has something to say, then be a man, say it openly with your own name... or I might be tempted to remove the "XXX"
"Bad enough in isolated incidences, but following the suicide of XXXXX -- an English teacher who achieved internet fame in Korea's EFL community for his prolific blogging -- in May, the sinister nature of cyber-stalking campaigns has come to the fore.
XXXXXXX, a Seoul businessman and co-owner of the XXXXXXX -- itself a site where obscene language and racist comments are commonplace -- claims that for several weeks, moderators and posters on Dave's ESL Cafe Korea Job Forums participated in an online free-for-all where he was accused of being a "murderer" and calls were made to boycott his business.
According to XXXXX, the attacks were fuelled by allegations on ESL Cafe that he relentlessly harassed 32-year-old XXXXXXX and his ex-girlfriend with derogatory e-mails and online postings until the English teacher was forced to take his own life.
"The disturbing thing is that at no time did I do what I was being accused of," said XXXXXX. "A few comments critical of someone's writing ability is not stalking." |
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Bramble
Joined: 26 Jan 2007
Location: National treasures need homes
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| Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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The Herald has had a chronic turnover of staff for eons and eons. I wouldn't leap to any conclusions about why CG moved to Iran ... unless he wants to tell us? It does seem like an unusual choice of location.
Chiaa closed his message boards, didn't he? Did he come back as "buymybook"? |
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