Monthly Archives: January 2012
Another former Ssangyong Motors’ worker found dead … belatedly known 20th death
Disclaimer: The following is a totally unauthoritative personal translation of an article appeared on the <Voice of People> on Jan. 30, 2011, heralding the 20th death of former Ssangyong Motors worker. So many former workers of Ssangyong Motors are already dead, but still the news of their death is so poignant. All rights regarding this […]
At nights, thuggish contractors shook the van at will and cursed … JEI Corporation story
Disclaimer: The following is a totally unauthoritativer personal translation of an article appeared in <The Hankyoreh> on Dec. 27, 2011, reporting the 4-year-long (1,461 days in exact) tent protest by the JEI Corporation union. In fact, the time line passed 1,500 days on Jan. 30, 2012, and it still goes on. The whole rationale of […]
Will they understand my grievance if I die? … and the old man set himself on fire
Disclaimer: The following is a totally unautoritative personal translation of an article appeared in <The Hankyoreh> on Jan. 26, 2012, reporting a brutal death of an old man while resisting to merciless violence by a development-centered country. It is really shameful that such tragic incidents (to mention a few, the Daechoo-ri incident, Yongsan disaster, the Gangjung […]
Grand National Party ‘money-envelope’ controversy
Disclaimer: The following is a totally personal unauthoritative translation and summary of so-called ‘money-envelope’ controversy that rattles the whole Korean politics from the start of this year. Since it is a still evolving controversy, it would not make any sense to translate single article in conveying the whole picture of the incident. Rather, I chose […]
“My body was just a tool to earn money”
Disclaimer: The following is a totally unauthoritative personal translation of an article appeared in <The Hankyoreh21> on Jan. 16, 2012, as a fourth piece of Report on Korea sex industry special, Youth Prostitution. The report contains a true miraculous story of a runaway youth who eventually became an online counsellor for youths like her in […]
Summary of corruption scandals of President Lee Myung-bak’s family and relatives
Disclaimer: The following is a totally unauthoritative personal translation of a news digest appeared on Jan. 4, 2012, in <The MediaUs> which relayed an article appeared in <The Hankyoreh> in a more convenient format. The article summarizes frauds and suspicions centered around President Lee Myung-bak’s family and relatives , a kind of well-known but not […]
Mercilessness, fearsome reaction from an incapacitating country … Yongsan disaster story
Disclaimer: The following is a totally unauthoritative personal translation of an article appeared in <The Hankyoreh 21> on Jun. 20, 2011, relaying the opinion of Kim Dong-chun, a social science professor at Seongkonghoe University, on the Yongsan disaster that took place Jan. 20, 2009. Sentences in the first paragraph say it all: “The Yongsan disaster […]
Another suspicion popped up about President Lee’s private residence
Disclaimer: The following is a totally unauthoritative personal translation of an article appeared on the <Hankook Ilbo> on Jan. 9, 2012, concerning new suspicion of last year’s President’s private residence land purchasing. With new suspicion, the story revolving Naegok-dong land purchasing gets fishier. All rights regarding this post stay with the author of original article […]
Teens are sick. 1. Prisons called home or school … a punishment for being teens
Disclaimer: The following is a totally unauthoritative personal translation of an article appeared in a daily newspaper <The Kyunghyang Shinmun> on Dec. 14, 2011, when they started a special series ‘Teens are sick’ covering the reality of Korean teens now. The title of the series ‘Teens are sick’ speaks for itself and this article explains […]
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