27개의 게시물을 찾았습니다.
Myeong-dong "redevelopment zone"(in the triangle between Eulchi-ro, Samildae-ro and Myeongdong Cathedral), Sept. 2011 and only few days ago:
IBK's 'wet dreams', realized by Daewoo Construction MAFIA, supported by Jong-no District Office and Seoul's Metropolitan Gov't(responsible for the "Hi Seoul" campaign...):
On occasion of today's state funeral for "The Dear Leader", aka Kim Jong-il (the "Sun of the 21st Century", the "Illustrious Commander", the "Brillant Leader of the Korean Nation" etc.) a small tidbit from NK's gov't-run "news agency":
Two days ago North Korea's KCNA 'reported' the following: "This year progressive people of a total of more than 400 countries remembered the brilliant revolutionary career of President Kim Il Sung in humblest reverence and highly praised him..."
Yeah, what a great number!!
But there's only a bit of a problem: on OUR earth there're only 193 countries (as U.N. members)! CIA's 'World Factbook' lists 227 countries (incl. Greenland, Gibraltar, Guam, Faroe Islands, Taiwan etc.).
Well, as you can see, there's a mismatch...
But there's possibly an explanation of the mismatch: Although N. Korea (aka D.P.R.K.) is an U.N. member, it fancies itself in a parallel universe. And there are "more than 400 countries"...
And - of course - they're all following the (wise, brilliant, immortal, invincible etc.) leadership of the Juche Idea and Songun Policy!!!^^
Bottoms up!
Yesterday's (bourgeois) Korea Times had a "nice" example about how S. Korea's "democracy" works:
'Naggomsu' host put behind bars
A panelist of a popular online talk show ridiculing President Lee Myung-bak was put behind bars, Monday, following a controversial court ruling against him.
Chung Bong-ju(정봉수/Jeong Bong-joo), 51, a former opposition lawmaker and one of the four hosts of the podcast “I am a Ggomsu (petty trickster),” presented himself to the prosecution’s office in Seoul early afternoon. He had rejected the prosecution’s summons twice since sentenced with a one-year jail term on Friday by the Supreme Court.
The court upheld a lower court’s conviction on Chung of spreading false rumors during the 2007 presidential campaign that Lee was involved in a stock manipulation scam at BBK, an Internet financial firm.
After arriving at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, a teary Chung, surrounded by about 1,000 supporters, criticized the Supreme Court, saying Friday’s ruling by Judge Lee Sang-hoon was not acceptable.
“The battle to discover the truth behind Lee’s financial scam has just begun. I believe the ruling will draw more public interest in the case,” Chung said. “They are trying to put a gag in my mouth, but the truth will win in the end.”
Several opposition politicians, including Democratic Unity Party lawmakers Chung Dong-young and Park Young-sun as well as No Hoi-chan, spokesman of the Unified Progressive Party, accompanied Chung to the prosecution office to show their support for him...
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2011/12/117_101623.html
Related pieces:
☞ BBK suspicion raiser behind bar (Hankyoreh, 12.27)
☞ In S. Korea, a shrinking space for speech (WaPo, 12.22)
"Hope Tents" went up Friday in front of Ssangyong Motor's factory in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi-do, as (at least 1000) workers joined civic, social group members and students in a two-day, one-night rally and candlelight cultural festival to call for the reinstatement of workers laid off by the automaker... (Hankyoreh, 12.24)
Related articles:
☞ Hope Tents for reinstatement of laid off Ssangyong workers (Hankyoreh, 12.24)
☞ '절망의 공장' 쌍용차를 둘러싼 희망텐트...“웃으면서 끝까지 함께 투쟁” (VoP, 12.24)
☞ 함박눈도 녹인 희망텐트촌 '와락 크리스마스' 첫날 (C-media, 12.23)
Yesterday, from the morning until the night, the Jaenueng Struggle Collective together with many supporters marked the 4th year(exactly 1,461 days!!) of their sit-in strike to achieve reemployment, incl. fair pyment and the right to be unionized. The protest activities took place in front of Jaenueng Education Institute(JEI) Hyehwa-dong(Seoul, Jongno District). Here some impressions...
09:00AM, last preparations:
11:00AM, agit-prop:
01:00PM, first rally by sudent solidarity groups:
05:00PM, evening 'struggle rally':
07:30~10:00PM, culture festival(*):
* More pictures from the impressive culture festival you can see here!
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