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Troll_Bait
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: [T]eaching experience doesn't matter much. -Lee Young-chan (pictured)
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 Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 11:26 pm Post subject: Koreans throw Filipino farmers off their land |
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Koreans evict Pinoy farmers, cut down 60 trees
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Six farmers have lost their livelihood and suffered heavy damage after a Korean group ordered the clearing of their 18 hectares of farmlands.
The farmers' sugar crops were bulldozed and about 60 trees planted by a businessman were cut to pave the way for the development of a subdivision near the Circumferential Road here last week.
Casting doubts on the building and subdivision permits of the Korean project, the evicted farmers are now asking the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Angeles City Government, and other government agencies to stop the work on the land.
Workers of the Korean financiers named only as Kim, Pak and Shim reportedly bulldozed the sugar crops of the tenants without giving them prior notice.
Saying the Korean businessmen have no right to destroy their crops, the farmers stressed that concerned government agencies should stop the group from pursuing its activities.
The Korean group has reportedly been clearing the land without having talked to the farmers, who until now have not been compensated for their landholdings and damaged crops.
Sun.Star Pampanga learned that the Korean group, when it proceeded to clear the area, completely ignored environmental regulations since its activities resulted in the burning and cutting of about 60 Balakat and Ipil-ipil trees planted by businessman Ruperto Cruz.
Residents said the Koreans ordered the burning and cutting of the trees that are now approximately at least 10 years old. They said the Korean group also felled trees on a watershed and the trees that were planted by the residents to prevent lateral erosions on the creek nearby.
The farmers said they have been established as bona fide tenants of the land as they have been tilling it for many years now. They said the land was originally tilled by their fathers.
On June 21, 2005, the Pampang barangay council represented by its chairman Carlos dela Cruz certified that the farmers are bona fide tenants of the 18 hectares of sugar land in the barangay in Angeles City (near Bahay Bata Foundation Center) then owned by Albert Gonzales.
The farmers mentioned in the certification of the Pampang barangay council are Fernando Magbag, Gregorio Mananalo, Mario Catap, Gregorio Cortez, Juanito Arceo, and Rustico Capili.
A realtor here also expressed disappointment with government agencies for allowing foreigners to develop subdivisions when the law clearly prohibits them from owning land in the country. |
So let me get this straight. Some Koreans are having violent anti-FTA protests because, among other things, they want to protect Korean farmers' right to charge seven times the global average for rice.
Meanwhile, Filipino farmers are being thrown off their land by ... who? ... wait for it ... *drum roll* ... Koreans.
Some Koreans get really hot under the collar because they think that Americans look down on them.
Meanwhile, Koreans go to Southeast Asia and treat the locals like crap. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 11:31 pm Post subject: |
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The Philippines is Korea's Korea.
Free trade agreements are a great way to screw countries smaller than yours. |
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gsxr750r
Joined: 29 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 11:50 pm Post subject: |
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The rich of Korea are the ones screwing the Koreans here.
Gotta fund all of those company room salon visits by charging 3x for meat, phones, etc. |
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Boodleheimer
Joined: 10 Mar 2006
Location: working undercover for the Man
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| Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:17 am Post subject: |
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Workers of the Korean financiers named only as Kim, Pak and Shim reportedly bulldozed the sugar crops of the tenants without giving them prior notice.
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wow. i read something on monday (perhaps on the bbc, not sure) about how some american army base was expanding outside of Pyeongtaek. everyone was getting compensation, but some 70-something-year-old woman (who couldn't farm anymore) was quite upset about losing her farmland. at least she's not filipina. |
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charlieDD
Joined: 16 Jun 2006
Location: Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 1:30 am Post subject: |
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| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
The Philippines is Korea's Korea.
Free trade agreements are a great way to screw countries smaller than yours. |
Thailand refuses to sign an ASEAN free trade agreement until Korea, a member or ASEAN (never mind Korea is not a S.E. Asian country), allows the import of Thai rice into Korea. (Thailand is, BTW, the largest exporter of rice in the world.)
You only hear complaints about the American rice, however. I would think Thailand actually poses a more significant challenge to the Korean rice farmers.
As for this "throwing Phillipinos off their land" thing: It could have been any group from any country that did what the report says the Korean-financed project did. I think it reveals more about problems with Phillipino bureaucracy/ governance than the ethics of the Korean businessmen who are financers of the project. But, . . try selling that to the locals! The damage is done as far as they're concerned.
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jdog2050
Joined: 17 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 2:16 am Post subject: |
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| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
The Philippines is Korea's Korea.
Free trade agreements are a great way to screw countries smaller than yours. |
ahahaha...best quote...ever. |
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jaganath69
Joined: 17 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 4:38 am Post subject: |
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| charlieDD wrote: |
| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
The Philippines is Korea's Korea.
Free trade agreements are a great way to screw countries smaller than yours. |
Thailand refuses to sign an ASEAN free trade agreement until Korea, a member or ASEAN (never mind Korea is not a S.E. Asian country), allows the import of Thai rice into Korea. (Thailand is, BTW, the largest exporter of rice in the world.)
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Korea is a member of the ASEAN Regional Forum and the ASEAN+3 grouping, but is not a member of ASEAN itself. |
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kermo
Joined: 01 Sep 2004
Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.
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| Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 4:44 am Post subject: |
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| Workers of the Korean financiers named only as Kim, Pak and Shim |
So, 50% of the country is now a suspect? |
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