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Search results for "Korea" ...
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Beneath the Surface of Political Expense
The Kukmin Daily finds that several lawmakers in South Korea's National Assembly used campaign contributions to fund golf outings, trips to the sauna and even haircuts.
Tags: South Korea; campaign contributions; greed; campaign finances
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"Easy Money, BTO Business: The Truth of 'Tax Shield of Macquarie'"
In an attempt to develop the country of Korea during an economic crisis, the government established the Build-Transfer-Operate (BTO) system, which allowed a toll fee to be applied to many roads. However, in order for the system to work, an additional system, the Minimum Revenue Guarantee, had to be introduced. The MRG guaranteed companies receive a "minimal income level from the government" when the toll fee fell "short of projections." This angered many people who did not use the roads due to the high toll fee.
Tags: MKIF; Macquarie Korea Infrastructure Fund; Build-Transfer-Operate; BFO; Woomyunsan Tunnel; Seoul; National Pension Service
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"The IMF & 'Trojan Horse': Secret U.S. Documents on the Korean Financial Crisis"
After years of reporting, the KBS was able to obtain secret documents regarding the "Korean financial crisis" that were "produced by the U.S. Treasury, State Department and CIA." An analysis of the documents examines how "key decisions were made" as well as the intent in regard to the "emergency situation" of the financial crisis.
Tags: Asian Monetary Fund; IMF; Korean financial crisis; Seoul; Lim Chang-yuel; Vice-Minister of Finance; Deputy Prime Minister for Economy of Korea
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Jenkins Photo Proof of Kidnapping?
The web report address the practice in North Korea of kidnapping citizens of other Asian nations and holding them against their will in North Korea. The story focuses on the case of a Thai woman.
Tags: North Korea; espionage; Thailand; Anocha Panjoy; Kidnapping; Robert Jenkins
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Special Report: 17 Years of Ocean Dumping
The KBS team obtained a South Korean government report documenting years of industrial pollution in the East Sea. They interviewed fishermen who said their catches were contaminated. Analysis of sampled crabs revealed high concentrations of heavy metals in them. The story includes on-site examination of a location where pollutants were discharged into the sea. The investigators looked at the British government's solutions to offshore dumping in British waters.
Tags: water pollution; ocean; sea; South Korea; environment; marine; crabs
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Probing into the Wealth of Public Servants
The Korean Broadcasting System investigative team researched the land holding and tax records of hundreds of high-ranking South Korean government officials and found numerous instances of tax evasion and speculative real estate purchases by officials. The investigation led to changes in South Korean law regarding declaration of properties of public servants.
Tags: South Korea; tax evasion; tax records; land records; real estate; real estate speculation; public officials
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Nuclear Terror
The CNN Presents Team went to Pakistan, Korea, Hong Kong Macau, Russia, and across the US for this report, talking to current and former intelligence officials, government sources, and scholars in this field. These experts pointed CNN to three countries they feared cold be the source of nuclear material for terrorists: Russia, Pakistan, and North Korea.
Tags: nuclear terrorism; nuclear weapons; nuclear war; dirty bomb
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Children Trapped in Poverty
An economic downturn in South Korea resulted in a number of middle-class households falling into poverty. The adults in these households became unable to properly care for their children, who were left to survive on their own. In many cases, these children were forced to bed, and some chose to commit suicide. Using data from government documents, the reporters discovered an average of 28 children were abandoned each day while the government stood by.
Tags: homelessness; begging; poverty; welfare
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Gulag Nation
This story chronicles the systematic human rights abuses at North Korean prisons, also called gulags. The author spoke with survivors and ex-prison workers who illustrate a horrific story of abuse and torture. Kim Jong Il and his regime deny that the camps exist, and up until very recently most other countries have ignored them.
Tags: torture; prisoners; North Korea; dictator
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Trafficked for the Military
A hidden-camera investigation by WJW-TV revealed that U.S. military police and courtesy patrol officers were protecting South Korean brothels, where indentured women were "forced to work as prostitutes serving American soldiers."
Tags: U.S. military; prostitutes; Americans; Soldiers; sexual crimes; sex; abuse; sex slaves; South Korean; South Korea; women; indentured; courtesy patrol officers; military police; TAPE; TRANSCRIPT; Top 20 Category