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By: Dave in Songtan

Dave in Songtan — Sun, 04 May 2008 10:43:11 +0000

Well let me further clarify: civilians are government employees, contractors are not. Contractors are true ex-pats who are subject to the laws of the land in all cases or duty status. There’s a damn lot of us here, and I’d be willing to bet that over half of us are retired Army or Air Force.

It may seem like splitting hairs to someone who has never served, but there is a critical difference.

Kind Regards,
Dave

By: usinkorea

usinkorea — Sun, 04 May 2008 03:15:39 +0000

Thanks for the clarification. By contractor I meant a US civilian working for USFK. I don’t know the ins-and-outs of the civilian support services…

By: Dave in Songtan

Dave in Songtan — Sat, 03 May 2008 22:04:11 +0000

USIK, It was a civil servant, i.e., a GS employee, not a contractor in the formaldehyde case. If it was a contractor, he would still be in jail. The SOFA is unable to keep us contractors out of jail for a civil liability incurred on ‘official’ biz.

By: usinkorea

usinkorea — Sat, 03 May 2008 11:46:41 +0000

Tom’s evidently an idiot who can’t read.

The case I described happened.

By: Kalani

Kalani — Sat, 03 May 2008 06:02:56 +0000

WHAT??? THIS IS NOT OVER … NOBODY BLINKED OR DID ANYTHING. THE CASE IS STILL ON — AND NOW IS IN THE HANDS OF THE PROSECUTORS! PERIOD…NO CONCLUSIONS CAN BE DRAWN ON ANYTHING AS YET.

THE FOREIGN MINISTRY DOES NOT WANT THIS TO GO TO TRIAL, BUT THE JUSTICE MINISTRY AT THE BEHEST OF THE PRIME MINISTER MUST PURSUE THIS. THIS IS ONLY DEFENDANT #1 WITH 5 CO-DEFENDANTS STILL AT LARGE.

By: shattered

shattered — Sat, 03 May 2008 02:57:22 +0000

Korea blinked… again. As I said. Korea would back down to their old master. And I was right. Good for China!

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 03 May 2008 02:11:41 +0000

And this UsinKorea is one giant victim complex. What you describe might happen only if this was a murder case. This was an assault case, nobody died. Give me a break.

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 03 May 2008 02:09:06 +0000

Kalani are you happy now?