Miss Korea Bob.Loblaw Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 About 30 days, news broke out on this story, and over two weeks simmering protests turned into full-on demonstrations. Fast forward to today, and the night life in Seoul has slowed to a stand-still. Probably about a million people participated yesterday. It has completely taken over the nation and it is a complicated, complicated story. I implore anyone here to watch the second video to get a sense of what is actually going on there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dral Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 This reminds me of the segment John Oliver did on Canadian government scandal... it's just so... small Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Korea Bob.Loblaw Posted December 9, 2016 Author Share Posted December 9, 2016 http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2016/12/116_219833.html She's out. Happened about an hour ago. Quote [URGENT] SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT IMPEACHED By Ko Dong-hwan, Park Si-soo South Korea's parliament has endorsed an impeachment motion against President Park Geun-hye with overwhelming support of opposition lawmakers and defiant members of Park's ruling Saenuri Party.The motion was endorsed at 4:13 p.m. by 234 lawmakers, with 56 voting against, 7 invalid and 2 abstaining in the 300-member unicameral National Assembly. Park's presidency will be formally suspended in a couple of hours when she receives an official letter of the result from the National Assembly. Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn will take as interim leader according to the Constitution.Park's suspension will continue for up to 180 days, during which the Constitutional Court will review the endorsed motion to decide whether her impeachment was justified.If six members of the nine-judge court find the impeachment justifiable, Park will be removed from permanently and South Korea will have 60 days to elect a successor through a nationwide election. But if fewer than six judges do so, Park will immediately return to power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Building Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 I am ignorant of the facts of this topic, but I do love kimchi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Korea Bob.Loblaw Posted December 9, 2016 Author Share Posted December 9, 2016 1 hour ago, Green Building said: I am ignorant of the facts of this topic, but I do love kimchi. Basically President Park was a puppet whose strings were pulled by a 21st century Rasputin. Corruption scandal and national humiliation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standing_Tall#37 Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 4 hours ago, Bob.Loblaw said: Basically President Park was a puppet whose strings were pulled by a 21st century Rasputin. Corruption scandal and national humiliation. Ooooooh so it was being run like the western countries have been for the last 100 years (minus Kennedy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dral Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 The level of corruption she's accused of makes me think South Koreans are INCREDIBLY spoiled... I mean, yes, it was definitely 'corruption'... but my gawd... even Canadian politicians are worse, never mind American... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Korea Bob.Loblaw Posted December 9, 2016 Author Share Posted December 9, 2016 28 minutes ago, Standing_Tall#37 said: Ooooooh so it was being run like the western countries have been for the last 100 years (minus Kennedy) Literally like Rasputin. Leader of a mystical cult who could call upon the spirit of her dead father. I don't think you can say that about America. Or do you believe in the Illuminati????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Korea Bob.Loblaw Posted December 9, 2016 Author Share Posted December 9, 2016 22 minutes ago, Dral said: The level of corruption she's accused of makes me think South Koreans are INCREDIBLY spoiled... I mean, yes, it was definitely 'corruption'... but my gawd... even Canadian politicians are worse, never mind American... Did you watch the video interviewing the young people? To put it simply, nobody who has a grasp of what's going on would agree with you. At all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dral Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 26 minutes ago, Bob.Loblaw said: Literally like Rasputin. Leader of a mystical cult who could call upon the spirit of her dead father. I don't think you can say that about America. Or do you believe in the Illuminati????? Time to lay off on the peyote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standing_Tall#37 Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 6 hours ago, Bob.Loblaw said: Literally like Rasputin. Leader of a mystical cult who could call upon the spirit of her dead father. I don't think you can say that about America. Or do you believe in the Illuminati????? I believe that the rich can control the world in a place where 99.9% of people have a price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Shotgun Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 9 hours ago, Standing_Tall#37 said: Ooooooh so it was being run like the western countries have been for the last 100 years (minus Kennedy) Kennedy was the son of a bootlegger. A Howard Hughes wanna be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standing_Tall#37 Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 15 hours ago, Johnny Shotgun said: Kennedy was the son of a bootlegger. A Howard Hughes wanna be. But at least with the kennedys, people knew about his dirty side. He wasn't an oil tycoon or didn't have a long lineage of being wealthy thanks to the slave trade. The kennedys at least only ran liquor, unlike a certain president that was allegedly involved in heroin smuggling out of Vietnam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRypien37 Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 On 12/9/2016 at 7:51 AM, Dral said: The level of corruption she's accused of makes me think South Koreans are INCREDIBLY spoiled... I mean, yes, it was definitely 'corruption'... but my gawd... even Canadian politicians are worse, never mind American... Spoiled? Sounds like you've accepted and are viewing it as normal now. Not good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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