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murmanjake
Joined: 21 Oct 2008
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 Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 12:09 pm Post subject: Abandoned Children |
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How the heck did this happen?
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2924526
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About 70 Korean children were found abandoned in an Israeli kibbutz, according to a report there.
The incident, which happened last week, is raising concern among parents who are considering sending their children to programs overseas.
Locals found the children, aged 7 to 9, wandering in several groups around areas near the desert and seeking water, food and a place to sleep, the newspaper Maariv reported.
The locals fed the children and provided sleeping arrangements before reporting the case to the Korean Embassy in Israel, it said.
The paper said the children had been sent to Israel as part of a pilgrimage education program run by a Korean company, but the group ran into trouble because of mismanagement by the program�s operator.
The paper reported that the children came to Israel via Jordan and arrived at the kibbutz by bus. The Korean children�s guide, who had only provided them with camping equipment and basic necessities, sent them off on their own, saying they would be welcomed at any kibbutz.
A kibbutz official told the newspaper that it is incomprehensible how the Korean children could have been delivered to the area under the care of guides who knew neither English nor Hebrew.
A government source confirmed the case. A travel agency the children used for the program denied responsibility, saying it was only in charge of buying plane tickets for them. |
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pangaea
Joined: 20 Dec 2007
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| Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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| I am currently speechless. Back later when I can write a coherent thought on the matter. |
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Underwaterbob
Joined: 08 Jan 2005
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| Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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| It would be nice if this resulted in some crackdowns on the plethora of shoddy business practices going on in this country, but I predict the usual brief period of extreme outrage, followed by completely forgetting about it. |
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Globutron
Joined: 13 Feb 2010
Location: England/Anyang
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| Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Underwaterbob wrote: |
| It would be nice if this resulted in some crackdowns on the plethora of shoddy business practices going on in this country, but I predict the usual brief period of extreme outrage, followed by completely forgetting about it. |
Sounds a lot like me in bed. |
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cisco kid
Joined: 13 Nov 2003
Location: Outlaws had us pinned down at the fort
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| Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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I find it impossible to believe that there are Korean businessmen out there that would hurt children in this way. Despicable!  |
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murmanjake
Joined: 21 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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| cisco kid wrote: |
| I find it impossible to believe that there are Korean businessmen out there that would hurt children in this way. Despicable! |
I'm more interested in the parents that let this happen.
How could they not be aware...?
Seventy 7-9 year olds. One guide?
It doesn't make any sense.,,,
The plane ride alone sounds like chaos. |
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BoholDiver
Joined: 03 Oct 2009
Location: Canada
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| Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 11:03 pm Post subject: |
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Obviously, this Korean tour company or the tour guide didn't have a CBC, Notarized degree, HIV and drug test, and transcripts. Either that, or his/her employer refused to give a letter of release.
Sparkling is right. |
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alwaysbeclosing100
Joined: 07 Feb 2009
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| Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 2:28 am Post subject: re |
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| eloquently spoken boholdriver |
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BoholDiver
Joined: 03 Oct 2009
Location: Canada
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| Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 2:56 am Post subject: Re: re |
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diver, not driver.
No problem.
| alwaysbeclosing100 wrote: |
| eloquently spoken boholdriver |
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