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Sucrose posted:JFC North Korea is in even worse shape than I thought it was. Has anyone read this article? I knew it was bad, but I guess I didn’t realize just how bad: Yeah, it seems like this has the worst it's been since the famines of the 90s.
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Charlz Guybon posted:Lol, the Jajangmyeon served at that restaurant serving as a front for CCP secret police is the most pathetic I've ever seen. I remember first seeing this and thinking that it was an absolute crime, and that at least when it was the mob you got the occasional amazing pizza or italian joint, but the best china can do is ... this
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Been a lot of spree stabbings lately in Korea. If gun control wasn't incredibly tight the bodies would be stacked up sky high
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The World Scout Jamboree was set to happen in Jeolla and has been a complete debacle. The organizers + Jeolla government made completely inadequate preparations, and that's been compounded by a 100 degree heatwave; thousands of scouts have fallen ill and a whole bunch hospitalized, and after a bunch of countries started pulling out their scouts early the entire event got canceled ahead of a typhoon that just touched down. Now there's like 45,000 scouts scrambling to get out of the country early causing entirely predictable (but not accommodated) chaos. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/08/09/south-korea-scout-jamboree-heatwave-preparations/ It's hard to do it justice, it just keeps getting worse and worse. It got set up on a patch of reclaimed mudflats and the local Jeolla government was eager to push the event as a marketing thing for their new development, to the point it seems like in spite of this event being planned for like half a decade, most of the planning went into that, with the event spaces only getting started on in 2022, and not remotely finished in time; with the summer humidity and heatwave, it turned right back into a swamp. It's all been kind of baffling and infuriating; it's like the worst parts of Korean management culture on display at a world event. There's a lot of hand wringing going on now about how this is gonna tarnish Korea's national image and the government is having to put on emergency support measures. Koramei fucked around with this message at 23:24 on Aug 9, 2023 |
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https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2023/08/281_356611.htmlquote:According to data provided by the North Jeolla Provincial Government, about 74 percent of the total 117.1 billion won, which amounts to about 87 billion won, was spent on the operation of the organizing committee. This includes spending for travel arrangements and a K-pop concert which is set to be held during the closing ceremony. quote:Speculation is also emerging that government officials wasted the budget on business trips with no apparent relevance to the Jamboree. Ah, well then.
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https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20240411006300315?section=national/politics Not quite as desive as hoped, but still quite the whipping. 175 seats for Democrats, 12 for rebuilding Korea. Basically 192 anti-Yoon seats. Tantalizingly close to the 200 needed to be Veto proof.
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Given his general shittiness was there any one thing in particular that saw this defeat or was it just his overall demeanor? And going forward will he really be able to do much? I admit I'm pretty bad with the day to day business of how the Korean parliament functions.
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Tesseraction posted:Given his general shittiness was there any one thing in particular that saw this defeat or was it just his overall demeanor? The democrats have had a large majority since the beginning of his term. He's just been vetoing their bills and that is going to continue. He'll have spent his whole term as a lame duck. Charlz Guybon fucked around with this message at 12:43 on Apr 11, 2024 |
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Apr 11, 2024 12:19
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Given he was proclaimed the King of the Incels before becoming president I'm glad he's been unable to do much. I heard that his only good quality was thawing relations with Japan, but at the expense of downplaying Japan's 20th century atrocities, which rather outweighs the economic good in my opinion.
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Apr 11, 2024 12:35
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Oh yeah, there were big doctors strikes and resignations as well, I'm sure that hurt him. https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20240412050604 Hilariously, his plan to increase med-school enrollment is probably the only good proposal of his entire administration
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Apr 12, 2024 12:00
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Charlz Guybon posted:Hilariously, his plan to increase med-school enrollment is probably the only good proposal of his entire administration I really hope he’s a stubborn bastard and pushes this through.
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So, last night at just after 11:30pm an emergency alert went off on the phone of everyone in the building. The English heading said "Air Raid Preliminary Warning" followed by a block of Korean text and the alert did not pop up in the usual "Emergency messages" thread but in a special never used one labeled "Wartime Alert" in English. Obviously, many bricks were shat by every foreigner in the country as we rushed to translate the message. "Identification of unknown objects presumed to be North Korean propaganda leaflets against South Korea. Refrain from outdoor activities and report military units when identifying." 
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May 29, 2024 10:51
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Oh huh that's what that was. Wasn't there another like that back in May/June? At like 5 am too for kicks. Scared the absolute poo poo out of me. e: May/June a year ago
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May 29, 2024 10:58
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Koramei posted:Oh huh that's what that was. Wasn't there another like that back in May/June? At like 5 am too for kicks. Scared the absolute poo poo out of me. That was a false alarm about ballistic missile attack on Seoul urging everyone to seek shelter.
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May 29, 2024 11:00
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Charlz Guybon posted:
Funny you should mention bricks of poo poo...
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May 29, 2024 11:11
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Kavros posted:Funny you should mention bricks of poo poo... Huh? What does this mean? A quick look at google doesn't show any untoward origin of that saying. Or are you calling foreigners living in Korea poo poo?
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May 29, 2024 11:16
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Any reason why the North would start a leaflet campaign if this is the first time you've encountered it? Can't imagine it's bragging about something we wouldn't have learned about from other avenues.
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May 29, 2024 11:19
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Tesseraction posted:Any reason why the North would start a leaflet campaign if this is the first time you've encountered it? Can't imagine it's bragging about something we wouldn't have learned about from other avenues. This isn't the first time they've done it. They've done it bunch of times since I've been here. Never got an emergency alert from the government warning of an air raid over it before though. Edit: Do you think I'm criticizing the north for this? It's pointless, but hardly something to worry about. It's the South Korean government which I'm blaming for scaring everyone over nothing. Charlz Guybon fucked around with this message at 11:32 on May 29, 2024 |
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May 29, 2024 11:27
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Oh according to CNN they're actually sending literal trash? https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/29/asia/north-korea-trash-balloons-intl-hnk/index.html
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May 29, 2024 11:30
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Charlz Guybon posted:Or are you calling foreigners living in Korea poo poo?
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May 29, 2024 22:00
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Activists in the south keep sending balloons of propaganda leaflets and usb sticks with pop music. So the north is retaliating by sending literal trash rather than just figurative. Apparently the leaflets leave a massive mess to clean up and they're sick of it.
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Got another alert, seems like they're sending more.
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