SeoulPodcast #59: Waygugin Parade on Dokdo
Podcast June 17th, 2009
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Jessica Coyle and Ursula Burgess (Waygugin Parade)
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From Karl:
I don't know if you caught the IHT today, page two, about the mother
of skater yu-na. It was about korean mothers who go crazy pushing
their kids into golf school, swimming school, and now skating school.
The money shot quote "There's a pack mentality among mothers." The
article was written by one Choe Sang Hun. Sounds Korean. Anyway, the
comment was rather consistent with Joe's criticized comment that
hagwon mothers are as deep as puddles.
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June 17th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
[...] SeoulPodcast #59: Waygugin Parade on Dokdo [...]
June 18th, 2009 at 11:59 am
Name of Roh’s book, in which he talks about his former abuse of his wife, is “Honey, Please Help Me.” The website I read about it:
http://www.time.com/time/asia/covers/501030224/roh.html
Had a great time being on the show, guys.
June 18th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
A big thanks to Justin for the conspiracy skeptic podcast plug. Your improv guests are pretty funny.
June 19th, 2009 at 10:53 am
Regarding compensation, it came to light several years ago that the Korean government in the 1960/1970s (under the guy who got popped in the head by his CIA chief) signed a treaty with Japan that signed away all private and public liability for the occupation in return for several million dollars in no interest development loans. Basically, Korea’s current prosperity is a direct result of this deal. The Korean government kept it a secret, even from the sex slaves wasting their time trying to get compensation in Japanese courts. The Korean government knew full well they had no legal leg to stand on but let them go through this sad theater because they didn’t have the *balls* to tell them Hyundai, Lotte, Samsung, etc. all benefited from their suffering. They let a Japanese judge be the guy to break it to them.
I’ve long thought the chaebols who got their cut in the 1970s should be the ones to pay the compensation, seeing as they got the payout initially. But then again, there are a lot of Korean grandmas who wouldn’t be living a decent retirement in their sons’ homes in Bundang if it weren’t for this trade.
The podcast did a great job of articulating the complicated three way problem over dokdo. Korea sees them as a line in the sand. You took so much from us, now you want these miserable rocks? Justin was bang on that Koreans need to stop chopping their fingers off thinking the west is going to go “oh yeah, these are a rational people who will be good stewards of the waters around dokdo”. I’m glad he told someone in Korea. Justin is my new favorite person. Move over, Staf
And, hell, check out any garbage tree in Seoul and you’ll get an idea of what kind of environmental stewards Korea might be. Not. And Joe raised a point I never heard before but makes a lot of sense. If Japan backs down over these islands, they hand a blueprint to China and Russia on how to win claims over islands Japan feels they have a better claim on.
Well done, guys. I await an informative weekly podcast out of the likes of that german bestboy douchebag or chickenfucker.