Live and Learn

usinkorea · #1 05-19-2006, 08:51 PM

Did you know ----- The Korean government funds many of the anti-US groups that stage violent protests in front of US bases and the US Embassy and at times breaks into them?

I didn't until yestday's Korean news told me so.........

chucksnee · #2 05-19-2006, 08:59 PM

Did you know the United States give 300 million dollars a year to North Korea?

Sorry, usinkorea.

usinkorea · #3 05-19-2006, 09:38 PM

NK is a nation with which the United States has to deal with --- with major implications tied in all different directions to what happens with NK in East Asia.

The others are civic groups inside South Korea with ------------ utterly virtually no implications tied to their not getting funds.

The US boycotts North Korea altogether ---- something I'm not necessarily against --- and it collapses ---------------- equals ----- huge problem.

SK stops funding the anti-US groups and -------- they will still function, because they get enough private donations from South Koreans and Pyongyang...

.....but................it would make complete sense!

mike · #4 05-20-2006, 07:56 PM

Very interesting!

Quote:

A government committee will not halt subsidies to civic groups who were involved in illegal rallies and sometimes-violent demonstrations against government policies.

A joint committee working to promote a culture of peaceful rallying, consisting of representatives of the civic sector and the government, had a heated debate Wednesday night, and ended the meeting by postponing any plans for change.

Korean central and local governments provided subsidies last year totaling 175 billion won ($184 million) to some 19,000 civic groups, according to the Ministry of Government Affairs.

The government committee is headed jointly by Prime Minister Han Myeong-sook and Father Ham Sei-ung, a prominent figure in the civic movement.

Father Ham said, "Many members said that it is hard to tell whether a civic group's members accidentally got involved in illegalities and violence or whether it happened under the group's decision."

And the quote of the year!

"...group's members accidentally got involved in illegalities and violence or whether it happened under the group's decision."

Yep! They accidentally did this:

And this:

And this video is full of "accidents."

chucksnee · #5 05-20-2006, 08:02 PM

Repost Mike..Look at the live and learn thread.

mike · #6 05-20-2006, 08:13 PM

Thanks Chuck, I moved it here.

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