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Do Korean Schools Need A Free Lunch Program?
» by GI Korea March 16th, 2010 at 8:18 am » Comments (7)
I am interested to hear what you English teachers teaching in Korean public schools think of this: The main opposition Democratic Party yesterday stepped up moves to publicize its proposal ...more »Korean Police Raid DLP Headquarters
» by GI Korea February 9th, 2010 at 9:28 pm » Comments (2)
I have no love for these Korean labor unions and apparently President Lee has had enough with their antics as well: Korean law bars public worker and teacher union members from ...more »Picture of the Day: Another National Assembly Fight
» by GI Korea January 24th, 2010 at 12:46 pm » Comments (6)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="520" caption="Democratic Party representative Jeong Gi-yeong, who has some kind of vision disability, wound up being taken off in a stretcher after a physical fight in the ...more »Picture of the Day: Political Shoving Match
» by GI Korea December 21st, 2009 at 1:00 pm » Comments (2)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="About 40 lawmakers from the main opposition Democratic Party occupied the conference room of the Budget and Account Committee of the National Assembly yesterday morning to ...more »Why Korean Lawmakers Continue to Commit Violence
» by GI Korea November 10th, 2009 at 6:17 pm » Comments (5)
If you are wondering why the Korean lawmakers are able to continuously get away with violence, well here is your reason: But the vast majority of lawmakers indicted were handed fines ...more »Right Wing Racists?
» by GI Korea September 22nd, 2009 at 9:15 pm » Comments (46)
I found this political cartoon interesting because the effort to create a perception of people protesting against President Obama as racists has spread all the way to Korea: more »Are American Politics Becoming Koreanized?
» by GI Korea August 12th, 2009 at 6:21 am » Comments (35)
The more and more I watch politics in the United States, the more I am becoming convinced that politics in this country is becoming more and more like what you ...more »Where I Was When Barack Obama Became President, & Other Comments
» by GI Korea January 20th, 2009 at 10:27 pm » Comments (52)
Today was one of those days that people are supposed to remember for the rest of their lives with the inauguration of America's first minority President, Barack Obama. Well if ...more »Picture of the Day: Ending a Korean Filibuster
» by GI Korea January 3rd, 2009 at 10:46 am » Comments (1)
CLASHES broke out in South Korea when security guards tried to break up a protest by Opposition MPs that has paralysed the country's parliament for weeks. Several people were injured in ...more »Korean National Assembly at Stand Still as Sit In Continues
» by GI Korea December 28th, 2008 at 2:17 pm » Comments (4)
This is nothing more then a Korean version of a filibuster: South Korea's parliament is experiencing a extended period of paralysis that is getting increasing physical. Minority politicians have vowed ...more »Picture of the Day: Korean Lawmakers Fight It Out
» by GI Korea December 20th, 2008 at 11:59 am » Comments (7)
The mad cow goon squad has invaded the National Assembly: The parliamentary battle over a contentious free trade deal in South Korea led to a confrontation on Thursday in which opposition ...more »New USTR nominee not a “free trader”
» by Kalani December 3rd, 2008 at 9:52 pm » Comments (9)
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