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Scholars and One's Paper
KBS investigated unethical research methods by the professors in the Humanities and Social Sciences department of Seoul National University. THey found 23% of the profesors were practicing improper research methods.
Tags: plagiarism; research; education; publishing; Seoul National University
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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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Who can you trust? Auditors, analyst and earnings are supposed to help you. Too often they don't.
Barlett reports that "with financial markets in Tokyo, Seoul, and Moscow imploding, investors are flocking to the U.S., where they know certain bedrock principles still apply..." but "regulators are stepping up the public pressure on companies and accountants." Business week devotes this story to examining the depth of the problem, identifying solutions, and educating investors in self-defense.
Tags: auditors; books; investors; principles; markets; stock
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The Times revealed how the Democratic National Committee, in its zeal to finance President Clinton's re-election, solicited hundreds of thousands of dollars in improper donations from foreign-linked corporations and individuals. The newspaper uncovered a river of Asian money that flowed into Washington from Seoul, Taipei, Bangkok, Tokyo and Beijing, often through California. Most of the dubious Democratic fund-raising was generated by John Huang, a Taiwanese-American fund-raiser who formerly worked for the Clinton Administration's Commerce Department where Huang was involved in a series of conflicts of interest. (Sept. 21 - Dec. 29, 1996)