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[cmxc]

Korea in a nutshell:
'I'm shocked, shocked to find that corruption is going on in here!'
'Here's your take, sir.'
'Oh, thank you very much.'
'Everybody out at once!'


Apartment complex graft rampant
http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2996165&cloc=joongangdaily|home|newslist1

For all you newbs considering coming to Korea, you have to learn that the pervasive keywords for Korea are:
- corruption
- bribery
- embezzlement
- fraud
- prostitution
- suicide
- alcoholism
- xenophobia

[optik404]

Thank you for informing me that corruption still exists in some places of the world.

[Chaparrastique]

[seoulsucker]

[3DR]

Uhhhhh

[edwardcatflap]

Not surprised it's easy to fleece people with maths like this

[jazzmaster]

Not surprising. Remember after a drunk angry adjushi burned down Sungnyemun the people trusted with restoring it stole some money from the restoration funds.

That's Korean males in a nutshell (gyopos included). Can't control their tempers or their greed, because no-one has ever taught them how. A pathetic bunch.

[Cave Dweller]

I'd still rather pay 50,000 won a month than some condo fees back in Canada. You have to pay forever even if you own the condo. What do you get for $300+ a month? Someone rakes the leaves and moves the snow. The guy must make something like $1000 an hour.

I just work the monthly maintenance fee into the rent and decide if the price is what I am willing to pay.

[optik404]

[actionjackson]

Although not about apartments, my wife is currently having to deal with a bunch of seedy practices and bribery issues. She's an accountant/bookkeeper and has been working at her current location for about a year. She told me the books were a mess and the way they'd been doing things were terrible. I remember making a joke that her boss was trying to cover something up (according to her, the owner seems to be using the company as an ATM, as is his sister who also works there). Over the course of the last year, that's pretty much what she's found. Somebody then called the tax office and they came in and did an investigation, only to find all the things my wife had found, we're talking serious violations of the law. Now my wife's boss wants her to fix or create some paperwork for office expenses so he can pay off a guy at the tax office, just so his fine won't be so much. She tells me the fine is still going to be huge, so I really don't see the point in paying the guy off. She doesn't want to do it but at the same time needs to stay until December to get her severance. It really bothers her and has her all stressed out, which is ruining my otherwise generally happy mood.

[JMO]

Your wife should probably get out of there before she breaks the law and gets dragged into it.

[jazzmaster]

[Chaparrastique]

[optik404]

[jazzmaster]