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Korean broadcaster to face criminal charges over lies that led to US Beef fiasco.

The US beef hysteria in South Korea were given a huge credibility boost in the early days by the airing of a TV show (PD notebook – kind of like 60 minutes, but without the integrity) highlighting the dangers of importing beef from the US. This was a great piece of journalism that touched the country and perfectly illustrated just how dangerous the meat could be. Except it didn’t. The show was riddled with lies and inaccuracies.

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Mooo!

I have been a little “slow” in creating new articles for this blog lately. My reasons for this are twofold. First of all, my child is just about ready to break out, and so I have been getting her new home ready for her. Expensive little shit! The bed is built, and the wife’s bags are packed, so now we just have to wait.

The second reason is, it seems that there is still only 1 issue dominating Korean news and blogs at the moment, and that is the one of Koreans protesting the resumption of US Beef imports. I had hoped to make a well informed and referenced posting about this some time last week. I had a long list of references at hand, and then was beat to the punch by a user called Howie2424 on Dave’s ESL Cafe, a forum for ex-pat teachers that I like to visit during downtime at work. The forums are not exactly the greatest to visit, and at times are a real freakshow showing off the worst kind of foreigner. That said, they can make an interesting read!

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My Hero!

Korea beat translated this article about some foreigners attending the protests  candlelight vigil’s against a president who did exactly what he promised to do US beef. In the article I found a new hero!

Check out this kid. He apparently attends one of the International schools in Seoul, and managed to get himself snapped with a mate, wearing an anti-US Beef T-shirt.  He is posing for the camera in what the Koreans assume is a reversal of their typical camera pose. We Brits know differently though. Nice to see somebody telling these idiots to fuck off!

I have a feeling that the Korean reporters never exactly got the responses they were looking for when interviewing these people”

Mack, an Englishman who has been with an international school for 11 years, said, “American beef is safe. I enjoy eating it.”

Mr. Schmidt, a Canadian teaching English in a Korean university, said, “since I’m a foreigner I have no political rights in Korea. I don’t have any particular interest in the beef issue.”

These comments are a far cry from those given by this moron uninformed American. (She is spouting bollocks – pretty much believing the crap that the Korean Media have been publishing for the past month).

If I were Korean…

…and all other things being equal, what would my concerns be?

I often talk with the wife about how Korean’s seem to be very good at working themselves up over minor issues, with the flimsiest of evidence to support their claims. At the same time, they seem to be amazingly successful at ignoring real problems in their society.

Koreans are doing an amazing job of protesting the imminent resumption of US beef imports. They also enjoy the odd paranoia induced crackdown and/or protest on English Teachers, migrant workers, and Japan. Usually, these protests are based on the rumour, hearsay, and fabricated or exaggerated evidence.

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