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Search results for "South 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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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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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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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
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Sex Slaves and the U.S. Military
An Army Times investigation revealed that U.S. servicemen are the main economic engine driving the international sex trade in Korea. The number of women imported to work in bars and brothels in Korea has been soaring and most of their customers are members of the U.S. military
Tags: sex slaves; Korea; U.S military; brothels; international sex trade; sex trafficking; prostitution; South Korea; American soldiers
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Some Korean Women Go To Great Lengths To Show a Little Leg
The Wall Street Journal looks at the controversies that result from some regularly performed extreme operations in "cosmetic-surgery-crazed" South Korea. The reporter describes how women "tired of their thick calves ... find surgical solution" kill nerves or cut muscle." The main finding is that even though some doctors claim that leg operations are safe, others admit the possibility for "too much bleeding" and "suspect results."
Tags: doctors; plastic and reconstructive surgery; orthopedic surgery; Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital; Kim Ing Gon; Kim Yong Oock
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Visit to a Small Planet
"North Koreans worship their dead dictator, Kim Il Sung, and his son the reigning Kim Jong Il, despite the surreal nightmare of famine, isolation, repression, and nuclear peril the dynasty has spawned. In Pyongyang, the author wonders whether mass delusion is the only thing that keeps a people sane."
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No Gun Ri
The Associated Press discovered American troops had killed hundreds of refugees during the Korean War. This story drew national acclaim and influenced American foreign policy after Defense Secretary William Cohen ordered an internal army investigation and National Security Advisor Sam Berger "called the AP report disturbing". The AP used the Freedom of Information Act and "reviewed hundreds of boxes of official war journals, communications logs, action reports, radio messages, and other declassified military documents" to do the investigation.
Tags: South Korea; No Gun Ri; military; massacre; refugee; Air Force; Army; military intelligence
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Should the Carter administration have tried to counter South Korea's human rights violations with economic and military sanctions? Though the events occurred more than a decade and a half ago, this Journal of Commerce article believes the question is still relevant today because Washington confronts many of the same issues in its relations with China. (Feb. 27, 1996)
Tags: Shorrock China; Korea: Like paths; different eras World trade Politics Clinton Coups FOIA 3 pgs.