Comments on: The Sunshine Policy is Officially Dead

By: Colin Powell Criticizes Sunshine Policy

Colin Powell Criticizes Sunshine Policy — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:30:56 +0000

[...] Powell is a little late in his criticisms of the Sunshine Policy because it was pretty much declared dead by Koreans themselves back in January and the landslide election wins for President Lee Myung-bak and his conservative [...]

By: The final cut

The final cut — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:05:44 +0000

[...] Sunshine Policy is now recognized as an utter failure, but back then the Korean people thought very differently and this led the anti-US movement in [...]

By: South Korean Anthem Banned for World Cup Qualifier at ROK Drop

South Korean Anthem Banned for World Cup Qualifier at ROK Drop — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:11:29 +0000

[...] trying to ban the South Korean anthem. If this doesn’t show what an absolute and utter failure the Sunshine Policy is then I don’t know what will. The South Korean government has given billions of dollars [...]

By: Former NK Commando Speaks Out Against Sunshine Policy at ROK Drop

Former NK Commando Speaks Out Against Sunshine Policy at ROK Drop — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:56:01 +0000

[...] it looks like the days of the Sunshine Policy are dead with the election win of Lee Myung-bak.Â Hopefully Mr. Kim lives long enough to get his chance to [...]

By: ChickenHead

ChickenHead — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 01:41:05 +0000

“I have always wondered why a fair amount of Koreans didnâ€™t send their children to the UK or Australia”

Because they don’t want their kids to talk funny.

Try to get a job at ETRI or KAIST when you insist on taking the owl-you-mini-hum to the lah-bore-ah-tory.

By: Sonagi

Sonagi — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 23:55:30 +0000

There are a couple more reasons.

Brand-name recognition: Mention Queens University or Monash University to even a highly educated Korean, and it is likely you will get a blank look.

Hakbeul, or academic cliques: Korean university students often seek admission to university programs which have prominent Korean faculty, who provide mentoring and post-graduate connections.

By: GI Korea

GI Korea — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:24:29 +0000

As far as a I know it is easier to get visas to the UK and Australia but remember the US has the largest expat Korean population which means many of the people wanting to come over already have family that live in the US or will just feel more comfortable living near one of the large Korean communities in the US.

By: usinkorea

usinkorea — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:17:34 +0000

I have always wondered why a fair amount of Koreans didn’t send their children to the UK or Australia - given the percentage of anti-US thought in the society and the number that have a sympathetic ear to what a Roh has to say…..

Is it much harder for a Korean to get a student visa in the UK?

By: Knickerbocker

Knickerbocker — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:50:34 +0000

I wholeheartedly agree with GI about the suspect nature of South Korean polls. I think there has been a lot of manufactured news over the past 10 yearsâ€”propaganda, if you will. Much of this is going to suddenly dry up now that that jackass and his cronies are out of office. Listen carefully and you can practically hear the paper shredders working overtime in the Blue House…

By: Sonagi

Sonagi — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 23:01:17 +0000

Presidential aides, meanwhile, attacked “those who have studied in the U.S. and who are fluent in English.”

Jealousy is such an ugly emotion. Besides Chung Dumb-young, I wonder how many other aides have sent their children or are intending to send their children to be educated in the US.