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Search results for "South Korean" ...
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Streets of Death
The investigation shows how a lax legal system and budget issues have kept the South Korean government from effectively maintaining its Traffic Safety Law.
Tags: traffic accidents; car accidents; traffic
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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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Trafficked for the Military
Using hidden camera, WJW-TV reveals that U.S. military police and courtesy patrol officers have been protecting South Korean brothels and illegal traffic of women. The trafficked women, mostly employed by massage parlors, have been forced to prostitute serving American soldiers. Virtually all women entered the US through marriages to soldiers.
Tags: human rights; prostitution; international sex slave industry; database; military bases; army; tape; transcript; Tom Renner Award Category
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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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Census 2000: A Decade of Change
In a five-day series, the News Tribune explains the trends behind 2000 U.S. Census numbers for the South Puget Sound area and Washington State. The numbers revealed that "suburban cities in the South Sound were among the fastest-growing in the state." Reporters explain the effects of growth in the area and discuss efforts to rein it in through Washington State's Growth Management Act. Along with growth has come an influx of immigrants to the state. "Since 1990, the number of Hispanics statewide more than doubled, to 441,509." Other articles address: redistricting, Korean-Americans in South Sound, and confusion over the number of American Indians in the area.
Tags: census; race; development; urban sprawl; growth; Growth Management Act; planning; immigrants; immigration; open space; migration; diversity; Hispanics; Latinos; Korean Americans; Native Americans; American Indians; multiracial; CAR
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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