Korea Just Legalized CBD

It's a start. Could take another decade or two.

What If There Was Some Thing Like A God, And Everyone But You Knew?

Just kidding. Maybe only a few people knew because of people's misconceived impressions from religious Gods.

A God that can give you nothing direct in the way of material things, but lots of metaphysical things.

Metaphysical things? Yes., things that are, in most part, not physical. Like the knowledge that most things are not two dimensional, but are multidimensional and in most cases constantly changing. Be given motivation to do good things. Be mostly happy with most things the way they usually are.

Marijuana Industry To Create More Jobs Than Manufacturing By 2020

Hey, Korea, and many other countries!  Wake up!

Due to job losses in the manufacturing sector, Korea is suffering from unemployment which is much larger than the official 3-4% unemployment rate. It seems like about 30% of young people and old people are out of work.

The most likely solution is the legalization of marijuana. Watch the US's and Canada's economies grow in the coming months and years.

Forbes: Marijuana Industry Projected To Create More Jobs Than Manufacturing By 2020

What Kind Of God Do You Know?

If I tell people I believe in a God, most look at me with surprise. Almost all assume that I believe in a religious God. Many assume that I believe God controls the universe and such.

I believe in a metaphysical world that might be influenced by some entity or force. That entity or force is what I call God. The world of knowledge, good, will.



Stephen Hawkings said that he does not believe in God. He states there is no proof. I ask, "Can you prove that God does not exist?".

There is no physical proof that God exists, or that God does not exist. Also, people's conception of God varies greatly.

Just because there is no physical proof, does it mean that it does not exist? Can you physically prove that knowledge, good, or will exist?  Yet, they do. 

More Evidence Of The Non-Existence Of Dark Energy?

Some theorists have concluded that String Theory does not allow for Dark Energy.

As stated before, if the universe has matter and the surrounding nothingness does not, then there is a difference in pressure which should cause the universe to expand. Matter at the "edges" of the universe would dissipate faster than the matter in the "center". This might make it seem that the rate of expansion is increasing, since we use distance as a measure of age (time passed), thus measuring the edges of our known universe to find out what happened in the distant past.

Also, if everything decays into radiation which travel at the speed of light, then does this radiation "know" distance, since according to known theory, it does not "experience" time?

Quanta Magazine: Dark Energy May Be Incompatible With String Theory

Korean Conservative Party Is Against Fighting Fake News

Maybe it is because the conservative Free Korea Party is the one spreading all the fake news. The conservative party which supported disgraced former Korean Presidents Myung-Bak Lee and Keun-hye Park is saying that fight fake news is against democracy. What travesty!

New York Times: South Korea Declares War on ‘Fake News,’ Worrying Government Critics

Indiana Farmers Need Marijuana To Prosper

According to an article in Forbes.

Forbes: Indiana Farmers Need Industrial Hemp Or Legal Marijuana To Prosper

Pretty Certain Legal Marijuana Is Fueling US Economic And Job Growth

I wonder what kind of people control US media. Many mainstream media in the US contribute the growth to tax cuts and other policies. None mention the role of legalized marijuana in economic and job growth.

Suppose there are 200 pot retail outlets for each of the eight states that have legal marijuana. And 50 pot pharmacies in the 30 or so states with legal medicinal marijuana. Let's say each employ about 4 people. So that's a total of 12,400 jobs. Then there are pot farms, testing facilities, pot related patents, and companies selling vaporizers, bongs, fertilizer, lights and such. That could add up to another 10,000 jobs.

Then there's pot companies listed on the stock market which contributes to economic growth. Also some of the underground market has shrunk, enabling the sales of pot to be taxed.

In addition, there's the music market which would be much smaller without pot.

Wonder why US media is quiet on this? Maybe they want to corner the market first.

If Korea legalized, then that would create thousands of jobs and eliminate the outflow of money used to purchase drugs abroad.  It would be almost like creating a new economic sector worth tens of billions of dollars. Corporations, stocks, taxes, jobs... Less dependence on alcohol and cigarettes. A more mellow Korea?

China Has Always Bullied Countries On Trade

China has bullied South Korea and other countries on trade by using unfair regulations. China has regulations requiring that Chinese entities own over 50% of foreign subsidiaries operating in China. China has EXREMELY UNFAIR regulations that they use to restrict imports of online games and other products, and gain technological knowledge in return for access to the Chinese market. This is in addition to very lax regulation of copyrights and patents.

I am glad Trump is standing up to China, because no other country would dare due to retaliation. Now, China is stating that they are saving the world from unfair US trade practices? Generous trade practices by the US has contributed to developing many under developed countries into developed ones. South Korea, Japan, and China, just to name a few.

Express: 'We're saving the world from US,' says Beijing as trade war EXPLODES

Sincerely hope that no one believes all this misinformation by China. If news were free in China, we would hear more about all the human rights abuses and aggression against minority groups, especially Muslim and other religious groups.

Newsweek: CHINA, YOU'RE AN EMBARRASSMENT ON TRADE | OPINION

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Legalizes Marijuana

Another place with legal recreational marijuana. Wish I lived there instead of Korea.

Forbes: Governor Signs Marijuana Legalization Bill, Making History In US Territory

Cannabis Company Worth $20 Billion

Is Korea missing out on a lot of business opportunities and jobs due to outdated marijuana laws?

CBS News: Tilray shows the highs, lows of investing in pot

All Around The World, Only The Rich Keep Getting Richer

Not only in Korea, but all around the world, the rich keep getting richer and the poor keep getting poorer.

The Guardian: If the Czech economy is thriving, why are we so poor?

South Africa Rules Marijuana Is Legal

South Africa's high court ruled that private consumption of marijuana is legal.

Hightimes: South African Court Rules Private, Adult-Use Cannabis is Legal

The pace of legalization seems to be accelerating.

And you can bet CBD is going to be big, if Coca-Cola is looking to invest in it.

Hightimes: Coca-Cola in Talks to Make the Next CBD-Infused Beverage

Korea Finally Raises Property Tax On Residential Property

The Korean government announced new measures to counter the rapid rise in residential property values. These measures need to be approved by the national assembly. The measures include a raising the property tax to 3% for those with residential properties worth over about one million dollars (and taxed only on the amount over one million dollars), stopping mortgage loans to those with multiple residential properties, raising the value at which properties are taxed to 100% of the actual market value. Most Korean media have "experts" on their news shows criticizing these measures and stating that they will not work. These "experts" do not have any opinions on how to counter the rapid rise in property values, but they definitely are against anything the Moon administration proposes.

The wealthy have few other places to park their money, so they buy up real estate, using loans and mortgages, if possible. This makes owning an apartment, or house nearly impossible for ordinary people. An average small apartment in Seoul costs about $500,000.

Yonhap News: Seoul unveils tougher measures to cool down property prices

Trump Wants Korea To Pay For THAAD?

The guy is definitely senile. I am certain his generals have told him the history behind THAAD, the missile defense system.

The US had asked South Korea for years to allow THAAD to be installed in Korea. Korea refused. With THAAD in Korea, the US can monitor missiles launched from China, Russia and North Korea sooner.

If North Korea, China or Russia launch missiles at Korea, there is very little time to react. In addition it would ruin good relations with China. Also many Koreans, do not want THAAD in Korea.

CBS News: Why wouldn't S. Korea want U.S. missile defenses? (June 14, 2014)

Stars and Stripes: Why do so many South Koreans hate THAAD? It’s complicated

Former President Keun-hye Park agreed to give permission to install THAAD in Korea in retaliation for North Korean missile launches. She also agreed to give land free of charge for the installations.

Because South Korea installed THAAD, China retaliated by stopping group tours from visiting Korea and cracking down on Korean companies in China. A Korean company, Lotte, had their stores in China inspected and all failed to pass inspection and were forced to closed. After a couple of years of closed stores, Lotte sold their businesses in China for a loss. In total, Lotte probably lost over 10 billion dollars. Korea's tourist economy has probably suffered tens of billions of dollars over the past few years. The land where THAAD was installed used to be land for a golf course and belonged to the Lotte Group. They were pressured by public opinion to sell the land to the government. If they didn't sell, people would complain about them being unpatriotic.

CBS News: Angered by U.S. anti-missile system, China takes economic revenge

The US did little, if anything,  to defend South Korea from Chinese retaliation.

As soon as North Korea denuclearizes, South Korea has promised China that it would remove the THAAD installations. This is something that the US generals do not want.

After being told all this by his generals, Trump wants Korea to pay for THAAD?

Definitely senile, IMHO. Trump called President Moon a couple of days ago and demanded that South Korea pay for THAAD.

To Trump, don't worry. In a short time, you can take THAAD back! South Korea has no reason to pay for something that the US wanted and pushed for.

No Dark Energy?

More scientists are coming to that opinion.

Always suspected that dark energy did not exist as stated in previous posts over the years.

Newsweek: DARK ENERGY: MYSTERY FORCE DRIVING EXPANSION OF UNIVERSE MIGHT NOT EXIST AFTER ALL

Conservative Media Critical Of Newly Reduced 52 Hour Work Week

Korea introduced a law to limit the work week to 52 hours. Many foreign media outlets commended the measure.

Conservative Korean media, such as the Joongang Daily (affiliated with Samsung), try to make the 52 hour work week look bad, stating that it is creating hardships for hourly workers due to decreased income. If they have to work 68 hours a week in order to feed themselves, which was the maximum allowed under the old law, then something is definitely wrong. They need to be paid a better hourly wage.

They also state that companies will have a hard time hiring more workers in order to make up for the shorter work hours. Korea's unemployment rate is at an all time high and labor laws are so unfair that international labor organizations periodically recommend that the laws be changed. They don't even need to classify a "regular worker" as an employee. Under the law, they can be contracted workers with reduced legal rights and who can be fired after one year when the contract ends.

Joongang Daily: Korea Inc. scrambles to adjust to 52-hour week

Korea Unemployment

Most Korean media has finally acknowledged that the rise in unemployment is due to overcrowding of small businesses in such areas as restaurants and retail, and decrease in industrial jobs.

They still criticize President Moon's policies of spending money on low income people and on creating jobs. They do not mention all the tens of billions of dollars wasted by the previous conservative administrations of former Presidents Myung-bak Lee and Keun-hye Park. Myung-bak Lee wasted probably over a hundred billion dollars on construction projects to build canals in which almost all the major construction companies were found guilty of collusion in jacking up bidding prices and faulty construction. They were promptly granted amnesty by President Keun-hye Park. Then there were all the tens of billions of dollars wasted by President Keun-hye Park in her "Creation of Businesses" projects which were ridden with corruption and waste.

The good news is although President Moon has seen his popularity drop from the 80s to the 50s, the conservative party did not achieve any gains in popularity. In fact, they dropped to 11% which is a record low. This is the party that most Korean media blindly support and has almost 50% of the seats in the National Assembly. Their popularity rating was usually over 40%.

It seems most Koreans do not believe conservative media propaganda. And they definitely do not believe the party that supported and fiercely defended former Presidents Myung-bak Lee and Keun-hye Park.



Wish we had NORML in Korea. I would start a chapter, but I am afraid of being arrested.

91.3% of Korean Males Drink Alcohol

As stated before, it seems drinking alcohol is a national pastime in Korea.

According to The Lancet, 91.3% of Korean males drink.

The Lancet: Alcohol Is Associated With 2.8 Million Deaths Each Year Worldwide

As many comedians pointed out, alcohol is a very dangerous drug, and so are cigarettes. These actually kill a lot of people. Consuming marijuana never killed anyone.

No "Life" After Death, But "Consciousness" Is Eternal

Had a feeling that consciousness was eternal, now physicists are trying to prove it.

Express: Life after death: Soul continues on a QUANTUM level – scientists reveal

Dark Energy

If the universe is surrounded by emptiness, then the universe would have pressure and the surroundings would have no pressure. There is no need for dark energy for the universe to expand. It would expand due to pressure difference.

Add this to the pressure exerted by radiation/photons shooting out of the universe.

94% of Americans Approve Legalizing Medicinal Marijuana

Remember when most Americans were opposed to legalizing medicinal marijuana? It seems like only a decade ago.

Newsweek: Legal Weed: How Republicans Learned to Love Marijuana

Wake up, Korea. Stop with the "reefer madness" stuff.

Corona beer maker invests $4 billion into marijuana business.

Reuters: Corona owner invests another $4 billion in cannabis producer Canopy

Heineken also enters the marijuana beer business.

The Drinks Business: HEINEKEN HAS LAUNCHED A CANNABIS ‘BEER’ WITH THC

Only In Korea? I Think So.

Korea's National Assembly  used to receive "special operational" funds to the tune of 5-6 million dollars a year,  which they did not need to account for. Citizens groups sued to have details of how these funds were used made public. The Supreme Court ruled that the details be made public, but the National Assembly has only released some of the details. In many cases, the funds were used for personal purposes, such as children's tuition and vacations.

The National Assembly promised in the past to get rid of these special operational funds, but they again tried to break their promise. However, due to strong public opinion and potential backlash, they now promise to get rid of most of the special operational funds, except for the absolute minimum needed for operation. In addition, they promised that details of use and receipts would be made public.

Yonhap: National Assembly scraps special activity funds amid criticism

Korean Media Blames Minimum Wage Increase For Drop In Employment

Drop in employment has been a global phenomenon for several years and is due to automation and other technological advances. Yet, most Korean media continue to blame labor unions and wage increases. They do not mention that the conglomerates have decreased recruitment of employees despite increased turnover and profit.

When they reduced corporate tax about a decade ago, they argued that businesses would reinvest their profits and increase employment. The conglomerates did not neither. In fact, they reduced employment and investment. They promised many times to increase employment and investment, but did not. They are promising again to invest hundreds of billions of dollars and increase employment, but I seriously doubt they will keep their promises. 

Another critical article typical of Korean media blaming increased minimum wage and critical of the Moon administration. Most Korean media do not seem to want a progressive government to win in the next National Assembly and Presidential elections. The conservative party's popularity is at an all time low, yet they have yet to mention this in the news. Most media spend all their time criticizing the Moon administration and anyone progressive or liberal. At the same time, they give a lot of air time and attention to conservative views. 

Korea is still run by the conglomerates and the wealthy, at the expense of the people. 

Korea Herald: Gov't shifting from 'income-led growth'

A more objective article explaining some of the reasons for the loss of jobs.

Korean Net: Involuntary-job changes

Study Finds Marijuana Decreases Workplace Fatalities By 33.7%

Science Direct: Medical marijuana laws and workplace fatalities in the United States

They say that this could be due to reduction in consumption of alcohol, opiates and other substances.

In Korea, someone gets stoned and it is big news, definitely a crime worth jail time. At the same time, being drunk and beating up people is so common that it does not make even it into the news. In fact, judges give reduced sentences in cases where the person was drunk, stating that their mental capacities were diminished. WTF?

The media is definitely against marijuana and very pro-alcohol. Most young people are not. Old ones are too far brainwashed. Drinking and smoking cigarettes still appear to be national pastimes.

Small Business Owners Protest Increasing Minimum Wage

A small group of small business owners protested the increase in minimum wage to a little under $8 per hour. They say restaurants and other small business cannot afford the increase and will let employees go.

Conglomerates, the conglomerate owners' family, relations, and franchises all have restaurants, retail outlets, and other businesses that compete with "small business owners". This is the main reason for the plight of "small businesses", not wage increases. Also the number of employees employed by the conglomerate, wealthy and franchise related companies probably greatly outnumber the number of employees of actual "small business owners". Reducing minimum wage will benefit the conglomerate and franchise affiliated companies much more than actual "small business owners". Why increase wealth disparity?

I also know many small business owners that are very wealthy, multimillionaires. In some districts, main shopping areas, and rich neighborhoods, almost all of the small business owners are millionaires. There is an old lady in my neighborhood who runs a small very run down beauty salon on her own with no employees. Outwardly, she seems to be poor, but actually she owns the most real estate in my neighborhood. She owns several buildings.

The media portrays most small business owners as poor mom and pop stores, just barely eking out a living. That is definitely not the case. For many, business is not great, but they have already accumulated so much wealth that it doesn't matter that much.

No mention of this in Korean media. They only concentrate on giving negative associations to progressive or liberal policies trying to prevent conglomerates and the wealthy from rapidly increasing their power and wealth, at the expense of small businesses and normal Korean citizens.

Musical enjoyment seems to be God given. There is justice in the world!

Korean conglomerates promise investment and jobs

Korean conglomerates announced that they "plan" to invest $400 billion and create jobs.

I heard these promises many times before for over a decade, but they were mostly not kept. Most Korean media report on the promises, but not when the promises are broken. Why?

Let's see what happens.

Chosun Ilbo: Samsung Promises Massive Investment and Job Creation

Former President Myungbak Lee made a campaign promise to donate all his money to charity. He set up a foundation where his close associates were and are employed. Many went to jail. This foundation does not have to publish where and if they used any money for charity. The foundation has not offered any proof, so far, that any money was spent on charity. Yet, there is no mention in the media about this. If it were a progressive or liberal president that made the promise and set up a foundation instead, then all hell would break loose.

The best way to increase jobs is to legalize pot and keep the conglomerates out. Korea should break away from relying on business conglomerates which only care about profit.

Korean Economy Is Doing Great For The Rich

A lot of Koreans complain the economy is in shambles because they believe what they hear and read in the media. Actually, the wealthy are doing great. The divide between the rich and poor is growing, and the rich control an ever increasing share of the wealth in Korea.

Regular Koreans do not earn $29,000 per year, which was the per capita income for Korea in 2017. Yet, a large number of them support the conservative party which is pro-big business and pro-rich.

This is because regular Koreans are not doing so well, so it seems the economy is bad for them. the conservatives, businesses and most media pick up on this and state that progressive policies are ruining the Korean economy. Most regular Koreans used believed this, but fewer and fewer are believing.

Due to the corruption of former presidents Keun-hye Park and Myung-bak Lee (spying on and blacklisting citizens, framing innocent people as North Korean spies, making deals with Korean courts for rulings against labor unions, etc.), support for the conservative party has decreased, in spite of the fact that most Korean media has mounted a vehement campaign against progressive and liberal ideals, calling it socialism and pro-communist. Pulling out all the dirty tricks and name calling. It used to work in the past, but not so much nowadays. They make it a really big deal, if President Moon's popularity falls a little and state it is because of his bad handling of affairs. As if that was BIG NEWS! What travesty!

I hope that common Koreans continue to not listen to the rich and most Korean media. Most media try to taint anything and anyone that is progressive or liberal with negativity.

I hope regular Koreans come to realize that they are suffering due to conservative policies and the wealthy hoarding all the money while treating common Koreans as second class citizens and acting like dictators.

Regular Koreans should boycott greedy enterprises and VOTE for people who will stand up for them. But alas, it seems most don't care.

Korea's GDP Per Capita Was $29,891 In 2017

Korea has the 11th largest economy in the world.

Why is most of the Korean media complaining that raising the minimum wage to a little under $8 an hours going to wreck small businesses and the economy?

Why are they not complaining about unfair labor laws and the growing divide between the rich and poor?

I supposedly live in a half million dollar apartment (condominium). It is very small and run down. I pay about $400 a year in property tax. The extremely wealthy with multi-million dollar homes and buildings pay about the same rate as I do.

As I stated before, I would gladly pay much more in property taxes, if the rich pay their fair share. Supposedly, raising property taxes will cause property values to plummet and ruin the economy according to most Korean media.

Property taxes are between 0.15% to 0.50%, but are levied on the official property value which is about half of the real value. So, in effect it is about 0.08% to 0.30%.

Corporate tax is 10% on income under about $180,000, and 20-22% for amounts over $180,000.

Businesses get preferential electricity rates with regular consumers getting shafted with up to triple rates for peak periods. Consumer rates are much higher than business rates. 

I could go on and on. 

Korea Herald: Moon administration pushes real estate tax hike, dithers financial income tax

Joongang Daily: Tax changes for next year narrow the income gap

Editorials complaining about wage increases, reduced working hours and other reforms. Very similar to the tone on TV media, very pro-wealthy.

Joongang Daily: Runaway government

Korea Herald:  Substantial, not conceptual, growth

Sending Drug Users To Jail Only Makes Things Worse

Drug users are not criminals. Many rich conservatives abuse prescription drugs, but they don't go to jail. I knew some corporate CEOs that did this. None ever got arrested for abusing prescriptions. Unlike some of my pot using friends.

Time: Want to Win the War on Drugs? Portugal Might Have the Answer

In Korea, conservatives regard pot users as liberals and will do anything to stop pot use, including jailing people. Seems like the US. Using drug laws to suppress freedom.

US Companies Doing Great, Wages Are Not

Sounds familiar. Companies doing well with wages stagnating seems to be the new norm.

Companies seem to be rewarding shareholders and management with ever increasing payoffs, and hellbent on keeping wages down. 

Newsweek: TRUMP’S TAX PLAN IS FAILING TO GIVE AMERICAN WORKERS THE WAGE GROWTH HE PROMISED

Korea already tried tax cuts for the wealthy and businesses several times in the past. It only exasperated the divide between the rich and poor. 

I'm spiritual, not religious

I believe in some sort of God, but not religions.

Korea Monthly Trade Surplus Average Is $50 Billion

For the past seven months, Korea's monthly trade surplus has been about $50 billion.
GDP has grown about 3% this year. Seoul is one of the most expensive cities to live in.

Yet, according to most Korean media, the economy is in shambles due to the increase in minimum wage to about $7 an hour.

The economy for small mom and pop restaurants and stores is bad, with many closing. However, this was the trend before increasing the minimum wage. The problem lies with high rents, high credit card transaction fees and very unfavorable franchise contracts (many would be illegal in the US). Also money does not flow downward into the local economy from the major corporations that export. They are not hiring, not investing and not paying their fair share of taxes. They are not even paying full price for electricity. Just hording money and buying real estate.

Property taxes are appraised according to the official value of the property which is a about 60% or less of the actual value and the rate is probably under 1%. So, in effect, rich property owners pay less than 0.6 percent. Rent is not even properly taxed. There is a tax brake if you report rental income. That's why the rich all have property, and why they hate property tax increases.

Something is not right in Korea.

At least, some are now seeing justice. During the past conservative administrations, Korean courts ruled against labor unions and laborers. Under the present progressive administration, a few are finally seeing justice.

Hankyoreh: Samsung leukemia and KTX cases finally nearing a close after more than 10 years

And to combat high credit card transaction fees, many mobile transaction services have appeared.

Hankyoreh: Seoul Pay to allow direct wire transfers for everyday transactions

There is legislation pending to extend the protection period for renters, so that landlords cannot raise rents exorbitantly, to ten years. There were cases where landlords would raise rents by 1000% or more, after the present protection period of 5 years was over.

I know many landlords who run businesses directly in their buildings, because there are no renters. Since they own the building, it is profitable for them to run businesses. For renters, the rent is so high, they cannot make any profit.

No Time?

Theorists say there are areas of the universe with no time. Centers of black holes. Time before the supposed "Big Bang". Time stands still at the speed of light.

There could be a lot more things that transcend, or are independent of time.

Maybe we should get used to not having time. Pun intended. Just to exercise your thoughts.

Cosmic Expansion Rates?

According to how you try to measure the expansion of the universe, there are two different rates of expansion.

As you know, I doubt the Big Bang. I wonder about cosmic expansion.

Maybe cosmic expansion can be explained, in part, by all those photons, gamma rays and other stuff trying to shoot their way out of the universe. They have no mass, but do exert pressure. Like black holes, they have an element of timelessness about them. Time theoretically stops or becomes non-existent at the center of black holes. Anything traveling at the speed of light does something similar, I think. They say before the big bang, there was no time.

Is intention a form of energy? I suppose so.

No Korean Warren Buffetts?

Not yet.

I told rich Korean acquaintances that I sometimes donate small amounts to charity in the hope that they would also. Most called me crazy. They tell me it's their fault that they are poor. I ask if it doesn't bother them that people are starving and in need. Most reply, "Not at all".

CNN: Warren Buffett just gave $3.4 billion to charity

Fox: Chicago could soon test universal basic income program

But Korea does have a couple of good leaders in government. Seoul Mayor Won-soon Park and President Moon.

Seoul has a program where they pay young unemployed several hundred dollars for a few months while they seek work. The Korean government just announced a program to pay about 500 dollars a month for six months for people with low income jobs.

Korean has a serious unemployment problem. In France and other countries, the young unemployed held huge demonstrations. I guess young Korean unemployed are more depressed than angry. The unemployment rate among young people must be 20-30%, maybe even more.

The amount of money that the Korean government, like many other governments, spends much more on business in the form of tax cuts, grants for research and development, and other subsidies than spending on the poor. Even business that are strong like Samsung, Korean Airlines and LG receive assistance from the government in many ways. Traditional Korean media almost never informs the public about this. They usually only concentrate on criticizing pro-labor, pro-low class policies as socialist that make it hard for businesses to survive.

The Korean government is trying to make it possible to import CBD oil for medicinal purposes, in response to demands from desperate mothers.

Nothing In Korean Media For Raising Minimum Wage or Reduced Working Hours

Even though the majority of the Korean population is for increasing minimum wage and reducing the work week, I have yet to hear or read any favorable comments in the media.

And most people consider Korea to be a democracy. It is a democracy in that Korea elected President Moon, but with regards to media, it seems more like a dictatorship.

The media is getting really vehement and trying to make increasing minimum wage and reducing the work week an issue. Saying that it is ruining the economy. I respectfully am of the opinion the economy is in shambles (the big corporations are doing well, as everyone knows) because of the policies of former Presidents Kun-hye Park and Myung-bak Lee. The conservatives ran the country for almost a decade, before President Moon. President Moon has been in office one year and they blame everything on him and the liberals.

The conservative calls progressives and liberals communists. Being a commie is illegal in Korea! You can get put in jail for being a commie sympathizer. So calling someone a commie should not be taken lightly. It is criminal!

It seems they are against anything liberal. They seem to be really afraid of pot smoking liberals. Talk about reefer madness.

21 Million Korean Contract Workers

Decades ago, companies agitated for relaxation of labor laws. They managed to change the laws so that they could hire contract workers. Under the old laws, these contract workers would be regarded as regular employees. Contract workers can be fired after their one year contract is over. People who teach part time at universities are treated even much worse.

There are now over 21 million contact workers. The entire Korean population is 50 million.

Need I say more?

Nikkei: Moon promises to eliminate all contract jobs in public sector

Ward Autro: Contract Workers Occupy GM Korea CEO’s Office

Workers are being shafted. Yet the media is stating the labor unions are too strong and wrecking Korean companies. Here is an editorial from Joongang News (affiliated with Samsung) and reprinted by Yonhap News. What propaganda!

Yonhap: Our power-crazy unions