SeoulPodcast #24: The Robert Wicks Project
Podcast October 11th, 2008
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PANELIST
Panelist: Robert Wicks
THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO WHAA?
No Banknote Would Be Complete Without Dokdo
How Not to Protest the Military (Korea Beat)
HAHAHAHA! Holy fuck! (B in J)
Social activist Kang We-suck was detained by police Wednesday for running naked into the 60th Armed Forces Day anniversary parade.
Study Suggests Fan Use Cuts SIDS Risk in Babies - WSJ.com
So much for fan death… or is it?
Well, I Can Sleep Better At Night Knowing Our Lawmakers Are Monitoring Paraguayan Textbooks (Marmot)
Asbestos and The Subway Again . . . (Marmot)
30 out of 33 stations on the orange line
“Sea Story” Makes Comeback on the Internet (Marmot)
The gambling scandal from 2006 of rigged machines that use a loophole payout system similar to Japan’s Pachinko is coming back.
80% Jump in School-Related Violence (Korea Beat)
This compares to 3980 such cases in 2006 - representing a 36.9% increase, while the number of victims rose by as much as 80% from 6267 in 2006. 63% (7021 students) of the victims of school-related violence were middle school pupils - constituting the bulk of the cases. 34.2% (3855 students) of them were high school students, while 3.5% (394 students) of them were elementary students. By sex, 64% (7217 students) were male, while 36% (4053 students) of them were female.
By punishment: 4283 (38%) of the offenders were given school duty, 1991 (17%) were given community service, 1478 (13.1%) wrote letters of apology, while 1129 (10%) were given special education. A further 716 (6.3%) were suspended from school, while 105 (0.9%) were expelled. By method of violence: 4134 (66%) of the cases were physical violence – as in 2006 the bulk of the cases, 915 (14.6%) were extortion/robberies, 627 (10%) were related to group exclusion and associated bullying, while 174 (2.8%) were related to threats and blackmail.
Almost Half the Korean Kids Who Go to the Ivies DROP OUT (Metropolitician)
Move over, PopSeoul! (Roboseyo)
Her name: 혜나 or “Hye-na” in Korean, is being written on the posters in a way that could cause some, uh, confusion, if she ever goes international.
Does anybody else here spot the problem?
New Phone, Correction Plus Jo Gwon; also, Expats and the DEAR LEADER HIMSELF! (Roboseyo)
(Proposed) Korean Foods in English from the Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries and Food
Most are good. Some are a bit wacky. Check out Budae Jjigae.
Sex Toy Shops Selling Fake Viagra From China (Korea Beat)
Just part of our public service to you
EXPAT COMMUNITY
Visa Rules Favor Gyopo Teachers Over Non-Koreans? (Marmot)
Regarding the complaints, the Korea Immigration Service said it was “reasonable discrimination under the Immigration Law.”
Kim Tae-soo, an immigration official said, “It’s our authority and policy to favor ethnic Koreans. We know there might be unqualified ethnic Koreans teaching English here, but you also need to understand there is no 100 percent perfect system. Other European countries also favor to their own people.”
**Maybe talk about health insurance for foreigners
Foreigner Crime Rate Steadily Increasing (Korea Beat)
Of the crimes committed by foreigners since 2003, 52,455 were committed by Chinese, the greatest number, followed by the 7,899 committed by Americans, 5,452 by Mongolians, 3,307 by Vietnamese, and 2,153 by Japanese.
Murder and assault accounted for 19,478 crimes, followed by traffic accidents (18,478), financial crimes (7,324), immigration offenses (3,374), and theft (2,901).
As recently as 2006 financial crimes came in last at 848, but in 2007 they increased to 2,622 and number 2,156 through August of this year. But this is mainly because of the large number of Chinese and Taiwanese being caught for voice phishing.
FeetManSeoul.com in the Japan Times!
US Embassy freeloading. (B in J)
Lawmaker Lee Mi-kyung of the 민주당 says the US Embassy in Seoul hasn’t paid rent on the government-owned since 1980, and thus owes some $200 million.
USFK Contractors Could Lose Jobs Over Visa Changes (ROK Drop/Stars and Stripes)
U.S. Forces Korea officials are denying status of forces agreement visa renewals to many civilian contractors who lived in South Korea under a different visa when they were hired.
TIME WASTERS OF THE WEEK
“The Hub of Sparkle” KoreaSparkle.com
Found | Delta Airs Grainy Tourist Clip
Actually, I didn’t think it was so bad
McDelivery: Fast Food Gets Faster
PLUGS
Buy Us a Beer
Thanks Therese!!
GoToMyPC
Ex-Pat Living (The Korea Herald)
SEOUL Magazine
ZenKimchi.com
KOTESOL
NEXT WEEK
Topic: Making Your Korean Experience Work for You
Panelists: Andrew and Michelle Barton
October 13th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
Bobby…you got it wrong…a snake bite is a mix of lager and hard cider….but the cider its self is great…
October 14th, 2008 at 11:50 am
With all due respect, you’re both hitting the pipe. A Snake bite is a shot of Yukon Jack with lemmix or Rose’s lime juice, perferable the lime juice.
Refer to second paragraph http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yukon_jack_liquer
I guess it really depends on where you did your first shot of it because I have also seen the recipe that Sco-mac calls out.
Joe, GREAT Podcasts!
P.S. your spell checker is broke so please don’t crack on me if there are mistakes.
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October 16th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
Roboseyo knows that he only “won” because Good Jennifer thought he might feel left out if she didn’t give him something too, right?
October 17th, 2008 at 3:04 am
Regarding the background criminal checks…
Generally speaking, if you were fingerprinted as a result of the charge, even if you did not serve any time, even if you were not prosecuted, and even if you were found not guilty after a trial, your record will be on your state’s criminal database, and most likely, will be on the national database (NCIC).
Most local criminal check is actually state-wide criminal check, and the amount of detail can vary greatly based on who the requester is. In GA, the criminal check is called GCIC and for civilian requests (even the one you run for yourself) will only report felonies and sex-based misdemeanors. This includes employment-based checks where you give authorization to your prospective employers to check your record. GCIC checks by court agencies, such as ones requested by defense attorneys in preparation for a criminal case, will reveal misdemeanor charges as well.
GCIC requests run by law enforcement agencies and prosecutors will reveal every charge you have ever had, including successfully completed First Offender case and even expunged arrest records.
It’s important to note that criminal record check will generally return hits on charges as well as convictions. Charges dismissed under First Offender and arrests successfully expunged will not show up unless a law enforcement agency is requesting the record. Note that you are not entitled to expungment even if you are found not guilty, or if the charge was never prosecuted.
Companies are known to do Open Record Request or something similar to local jails for inmate records, and through that, they are sometimes able to “harvest” records that they would normally be unable to collect through GCIC.
October 19th, 2008 at 6:07 am
dear Aaron…you research is faulty
snakebites are regions….just like dialect of English
refer to….
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snakebite_(beer_cocktail)
plus I said bobby got it wrong cause he was there when I ordered it