I think this is funny. The Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union has declared war on the Chosun Ilbo. The Chosun Ilbo is my favorite online Korean newspaper. I use their stories a lot. Over the past few weeks they have produced a few article "critical of the hugely powerful union’s pro-North Korean ideological tendencies and violent struggles."
This is funny because the Chosun Ilbo simply wrote a few articles and the leftist teacher's unions in South Korea are ready for protest. Which one looks level headed? The truth hurts!
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It was especially miffed by an article titled “Teachers’ Union Directed by a Handful of Ideologues” published on Aug. 2. On Monday, it declared war on this newspaper at its headquarters in Seoul and vowed to enlist “all conscientious and progressive forces in the nation.”
In response to recent criticism, the union said conservatives were “assaulting” the union to consolidate their unity and drum up support because they feel “a sense of political crisis” after seeing two progressive presidents elected in a row. It denounced criticism from this paper as “a physical white-hot terror attack,” “an obvious criminal act” and “a frenzied assault.”
The union vowed to file civil and criminal suits against the Chosun Ilbo, focusing on it alone. However, that suggests the union by focusing on the Chosun is also shooting a salvo across the bow of other news organizations.
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Here is the article that is causing all the news.
08-08-2006, 08:27 AM
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