930 :Prostitution has been illegal in South Korea since 1948,:2006/09/29(金) 04:08:08
South Korea sex trade revamps after clampdown September 28, 2006 South Korean call girl Lee Hyun-mi faces a tough choice. Since the clampdown, Lee faces the choice of applying for a government program to take her out of the sex trade, turning to a broker for an overseas prostitution ring or joining a growing union movement for sex workers seeking to legalize their profession and improve work conditions. Prostitution has been illegal in South Korea since 1948, but until recently authorities turned a blind eye to the booming sex industry that belies South Korea's reputation as a straight-laced Confucian society. Prostitution is a lucrative industry in South Korea. About 20 percent of adult males in South Korea bought sex four times a month on average while 4.1 percent of women in their 20s made their livings as sex workers, according to the most recent Korean Institute of Criminology survey conducted in 2003. It found that the sex trade, with Amsterdam-style windowed bordellos and fronts in barber shops, raked in revenue of about 24 trillion won ($25 billion) a year in the world's 11th largest economy. Some prostitutes scoff at the government program, saying it offers too little money to help them pay off their debts or start businesses and too little support once they are out, according to postings on Internet sites for the sex workers' labor movement. The campaign against prostitution at home has forced many Korean sex workers to pack up and head overseas, often to the United States where they accumulate huge debts to their traffickers and face a harsh life. In August, U.S. authorities broke up a Korean prostitution ring operating in East Coast cites such as New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington. Korean prostitution rings were also busted in California earlier this year. http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2006/09/28/south_korea_sex_trade_revamps_after_clampdown/
Millions of dollars and a piano may put Korean in UN's top job By Richard Beeston, Diplomatic Editor and James Bone SOUTH KOREA has pledged millions of dollars in aid and offered other incentives to members of the United Nations Security Council to secure its candidate as the next UN secretary-general. An investigation by The Times has disclosed that the South Koreans have been waging an aggressive campaign on behalf of Ban Ki Moon, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and the front-runner to replace Kofi Annan as UN chief at the end of the year. The inducements range from tens of millions of pounds of extra funding for African countries to lucrative trade agreements in Europe ? and even the gift of a grand piano to Peru.
Mr Ban’s prospects received a dent last night when he slipped back in a new secret ballot by the UN Security Council. While Mr Ban remained the clear front-runner, he received support from only 13 of the 15 council members ? one fewer than in the previous ballot. One council member voted against him and another abstained. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2380336,00.html
Seoul tries to buy top UN job Richard Beeston and James Bone September 29, 2006 SOUTH KOREA has pledged millions of dollars in aid and offered other incentives to members of the United Nations Security Council to secure its candidate as the next UN secretary-general.
An investigation by The Times of London has disclosed that the South Koreans have been waging an aggressive campaign on behalf of Ban Ki Moon, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and the front-runner to replace Kofi Annan as UN chief at the end of the year.
The inducements range from tens of millions of pounds of extra funding for African countries to lucrative trade agreements in Europe ? and even the gift of a grand piano to Peru.
Mr Ban’s prospects received a dent last night when he slipped back in a new secret ballot by the UN Security Council. While Mr Ban remained the clear front-runner, he received support from only 13 of the 15 council members one fewer than in the previous ballot. One council member voted against him and another abstained.
A further ballot will be held on Monday, with coloured cards to show if the negative vote comes from a veto- bearing permanent member. Britain and France both appear to harbour hopes that new candidates will still emerge.
Millions of dollars and a piano may put Korean in UN's top job
By Richard Beeston, Diplomatic Editor and James Bone Aid campaign is crucial in race to succeed Kofi Annan
SOUTH KOREA has pledged millions of dollars in aid and offered other incentives to members of the United Nations Security Council to secure its candidate as the next UN secretary-general. (後略)
In the security council's straw polls, members are asked to select from the options "encourage", "not encourge", or "no view". In the first two polls and again last night, the council members cast their votes, but on Monday the votes of the permanent members of the council, who have a veto, will be recorded: a no vote from such a member would effectively end a candidate's chances.
Korean civic group facing fraud charges Friday, September 29, 2006 Officials at a Ridgefield Korean-American community group defrauded clients by collecting payments for services that were not delivered, authorities say. Capping a three-month investigation of the Korean Family Love Counseling Center, Ridgefield Police arrested two officials at the group's offices at 780 Grand Ave. on Wednesday morning, Detective Sgt. Rich Besser said. They were identified as Soontak Park, 39, of New York City, and Hyun S. Oh of Ridgefield. Besser said the center offered classes for aspiring home health aides, promising that students who completed the course of study would receive state certification. That didn't happen, Besser said. Students also did not receive the job-placement assistance they had been promised, he said. In addition, the center allegedly charged some clients $600 to help them get Medicaid cards. In fact, anyone eligible for Medicaid may obtain a Medicaid card for free, Besser said. Park and Oh each were charged with theft by deception. In addition, Park was charged with three counts of falsifying a writing or record http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk1MyZmZ2JlbDdmN3ZxZWVFRXl5Njk5ODQ5NiZ5cmlyeTdmNzE3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTM=
>>954 あまりにも素晴らしいのでハン板に投下してくるニダ。 その前に保存。 wow, Id like to add something to this Topic if I may... I think living in Korea for 3 years, and being able to speak Korean gives me that right!
Generally from what I have experienced, Koreans are a very selfish and xenophobic race with the intention of pushing the Korean race forward with the sole intention of trying to be the best in the world, and with a bombastic attitude that they are infact the greatest race in the world, but lacking the manners, the respect of others.
1.) While living in Korea, I've been subjected to being ignored by people
2.) Told by Korean men "Korean girls aren't rice! don't eat them" (han guk yujah dul ri pap aniyah, mok ji ma rah, araso!? ) - pam mal! basically meaning you have no right to touch a Korean girl, etc **** her!
3.) When visiting my family back in England for 2 weeks, having my deposit money stolen by my Korean roommate
4.) Not being able to rent a room alone..without some kinda promise under a Koreans name, what I'm really basically saying is.. you can live alone, but don't expect to be able have the right to pay your own gas bill, electricity bill etc, Korea wont let people without a working visa basic rights. INCLUDES students like me!
5.) Having Korean university aged people speak to me in "informal" Korean language, then when I've questioned them about it, they say its because i don't know Korean or they are sorry and then in a mocking sense say miah hae YO, araso YO trying to over emphasize their new found love for polite form! - sarcastic bastards.
6.) Koreans are so stupid they think nobody else can speak Korean, or they are just so they will make bold outlandish comments about your appearance in front of your face
7.) When a Korean moves to England as a student, they are entitled to study and work part-time and they are issued visa's in 6-month 1 year periods depending on subject. yet, when an English person moves to Korea as a student, we are only issued 3 month D-4, D-4-4 visa's which don't entitle us to working part-time, and require our attendance at school to be 90%. its so bad, I don't even use visa's now, I just come and go to Japan every three months (also a good change to remain sane)
8.) Koreans will always address you to their friends as "waeguk chingu" foreign friend, which makes a clear and defined distance between what's you and what's them, and no matter what you try or how hard you try.. your friendship will always be smited by the fact your not Korean.
9.) An example of the xenophobic Korean race, my friend who is really beautiful half Korean/ American was on the train in Seoul, and an old guy stood in front of her and spat in her face, due to the fact she is half Korean, he then proceeded to call her mother a "yang gong ju" -term for prostitutes who used to serve the American army, then when she seeked comfort and support from others they said.. ohh just ignore it.. its because he's old, or because he's proud of his country etc.. basically fobbing her off saying live with it.. your half Korean what do you expect!!!
10) Once I was approached by 2 Korean old men, while i was just reading a book and talking to my friend in the subway and they asked us if we were terrorists! WE ARE BOTH WHITE AND KOREA HAS NOTHING VALUABLE ON THE INTERNATIONAL FRONT TO MAKE ANY IMPACT!
11) Korea is resent full to Japan with a passion when Japan lost the 2006 world cup, and their team was knocked out.. thousands of Koreans cheered and celebrated with their beers.
12) Korea constantly complain about dokdo (takeshima) -i think its spelt, talking about how its part of Korea its Korean pride and history and such a big piece of Koreans fishing terroritorys. a ****ing island with 1 house on it. they said Japan wants to take the issue to the international court or something, but because one of the members on international court is Japanese, they feel its unfair.. ****! Japan and China opened their doors to international traded hundreds of years ago.. thats what you achieve when opening your doors to international trade.
13) This is from my personal opinion now! Korea never wanted to open its doors to foreigners, its only when it could clearly see that china, and Japan being powerhouse either side of Korea made them feel uneasy about the fact anyone of them could invade or, have way too much financial power compared to Korea... Korea shit their load, and begged for the Olympics to come to Korea, and for the beginning of the international trade.
14) this is only speculation again, i can only guess but its an educated guess! 90% of girls who are attractive in Seoul are (sol jib agashii) bar girls, or prostitutes for room salons, 588, miari, etc. this is because the very difficulty for young people to earn the serious money they need to keep up with Japanese fashions styles, and to have the pathetic LV bag.
15) While living in Korea I've suffered food poisoning 2 times. when i first moved here, i was shitting myself everyday for 2 months.. i had to carry 2 pairs of pants around with me in my bag virtually everyday.
16) Koreans will try to talk to you on the street, make friends with you why!? for pure friendship? no they will indeed tell you from the start! because they want to learn English or they need to improve their Toiec score!
17) Streets in Seoul smell like shit. the sweuer system is ****ed.
18) pollution is so bad, yet Koreans don't learn to down size their engine size.. most cars here have engines with 3.0 lt, 3.2lt and higher, why? Koreans lack any ability to create high quality car engines.
19) Korean men suffer from impotency, they only have 80% the male hormones than their western counterparts, perhaps it explains the small Korean penis. don't believe me go to choseon news and search!
20) Lacking disabled access, rights for disabled people etc.
21) Ddong dwae ji..(shit pig) go to some restaurants and the pig will have been feed on human shit.
22) The inhumane torcher, and punishment of dogs for consumption, Koreans are under the notion that beat the **** out of the dog before you kill it makes the meat more tender so they hit the dogs with a stick with nails in it, or they punch the dog in the face, etc...
23) The presumption that if your white in Korea your an English teacher or American army!
What do I get?? I can have some fun sex with Europen, and American guys… what I love – they are very sexy and yummy! Japanese men are pigs. Also, I want to practise my English with you, please. Hello my name is Keiko and I live in Tokyo in Japan. I have a nice apartment in Ochanomizu and you are welcome to stay with me if you are UNDER 35 and YOU ARE NICE LOOKING and YOU ARE WHITE. You can save your hotel cost (a lot in Tokyo!) and we can have fun! – but ONLY if you are a white guy. I do not want asian men, sorry.
What do you get? You can stay at my apartment – very nice - it will be living at home for you, only I may be your girlfriend. hehe. I have a nice bed what is very comfortable – and I also have TV (cable ) you can watch English language TV.
My parents pay my apartment - and I can do anything because I am living alone. What else do I like? Yes, I like sex! Yummy yummy (My parents live in Osaka and they do not know! haha!).
YOU MUST BE UNDER 35 (I don’t want to have any men that are too older then 35 years old – I do not want my father!) ALSO, YOU MUST BE GOOD LOOKING AND BE WHITE – I LOVE WHITE GUYS. Yay! (^_^)
Also I can only taking one guy per time – in my apartment ok!! Haha. Its too small for more. Unless you are very very nice looking! Send me a pic! Hehe maybe