Ko Yong-Tae, an ex-employee of Choi Soon-sil, forecasted to reporters that Lee Man-hee, a ruling party parliamentarian, would ask Park Hon-yong, employee of Choi Soon-sil, certain questions and that Park Hon-yong would answer in a certain way.
Yesterday, the forecast came true. The questions and answers were aimed at discrediting testimony regarding the incriminating tablet PC with all the evidence.
Lee Man-hee said that two people came to him with questions, so he asked the questions. When it was pointed out that Lee also met a close associate of Choi Soon-sil, Lee admitted that he did, but stated that he did not collude to discredit testimony surrounding the tablet PC.
There is growing evidence that Choi Soon-sil was also active in ruling party politics and has influence over many of them.
Korea Times: 'Testimony conspiracy' causing stir
Donga Ilbo: Those who lied about Choi Soon-sil’s tablet PC
Another Parliamentarian Yi Wan-yong, also of the ruling Saenuri Party, is accused of asking a witness to commit perjury and lie about the tablet PC.
Joongang Daily: Rep. Yi accused of telling witness to lie
These people must be desperate. Desperate enough to ask people to perjure. Sounds guilty to me.
Many people have wondered why former President Lee Myung-bak was never really investigated over corruption during his term in office. His administration was the one that lowered corporate taxes, and spent billions on needless water projects where all the construction companies conspired on bidding and stole billions of dollars. As I stated before, President Park pardoned these companies. The ruling party and the rich have done stuff like this ever since Park Chung-hee's time. Talk about tradition.
Why don't Koreans do anything about it? We tried, but too many of us believe what we see on TV and read in the news, which used to be controlled by you know who. Nowadays, it seems there are many factions fighting to publish their side of the news, with the Presidential office ordering the media to spread propaganda and misleading leaks.
On MBN TV News, they stated evidence showing former President Lee had people spied on and investigated by Korean intelligence to dig up dirt. He also had the tax office go after people and organizations.
Many people have previously suggested that ex-President Lee has enough damaging evidence on President Park to prevent any investigation. It is probably evidence of mass embezzlement at the Yookyung Foundation and Youngnam University, along with other dirty deeds.
Sunday, December 18, 2016
Saturday, December 17, 2016
Talk About Putting Your Foot In Your Mouth! Irony!
Due to legislation initiated by two ruling party members will be instrumental in convicting and impeaching President Park.
One allows emails and other electronically transmitted data to be used as evidence. Before, we could not use emails. It just went into effect in May of this year and pro-Park fanatic Kim Jin-tae was the one who authored the bill. Without this legislation, the tablet PC that contains the incriminating electronic files could not be used as evidence in a court of law. Kim Jin-tae wanted this legislation because the prosecution couldn't use emails as evidence in prosecuting an alleged spy, or something, if I remember correctly.
Another was authored by President Park's longtime legal advisor and ex-Presidential Chief Secretary Kim Ki-chun. He tried to impeach President Noh Moo-hyun. When the Constitutional Court ruled against impeachment, he authored a bill that makes justices write their opinions individually, rather than just the majority ruling. This is very good. Now, we know exactly how the justices voted and their reasons. Less room for funny business.
Yesterday, Kim Ki-chun was forbidden to leave the country. He also perjured himself by swearing he did not know Choi Soon-sil. When video evidence of him sitting at a hearing investigating claims of Choi Soon-sil's involvement with Park Keun-hye in 2007 (she was running for ruling party leader) proved that he knew about Choi Soon-sil, he changed his testimony. He said that he knew about Choi Soon-sil, but forgot due to old age. He also added that he only knew about her, and that he did not know her personally.
Along with Kim Ki-chun, Samsung Vice-chairman Lee Jae-young, SK Chairman Choi -Tae-won, and Lotte Chairman Shin Dong-bin were also forbidden to leave the country.
Korea Times: Samsung vice chairman banned from overseas travel
The media estimates that 10 witnesses to the Parliamentary investigation into the Choi Soon-sil scandal have perjured themselves. Perjury in front of Parliamentary investigations was rarely punished before, but now they will be imprisoned for 1-10 years. For them, it is better to lie than admit the truth, since the truth carries such a large penalty. Another year or two added to their sentences is better than to admit everything on national TV.
There was a 60 Minutes type of show on the SBS TV channel about murders and deaths surrounding the Yookyung Foundation which was set up by Dictator Park Chung-hee. President Park and her siblings ran this foundation during the times when all the income vanished and only debts remained. It appears two or three people were murdered in order to silence them and prevent them from testifying against associates of the Park family. Wonder how this one will turn out.
All the skeletons are coming out of the closet now.
Movies on blacklisted topics will be coming out next year. Movies about the Sewol ferry tragedy, meddling in the last Presidential elections by Korean intelligence and the Military Cyber Command, and illegal slush funds gathered during the Lee Myung-bak administration. These three movies were backed by crowd funding, I think.
The Hankyoreh: Exploring S. Korea’s darker episodes
One allows emails and other electronically transmitted data to be used as evidence. Before, we could not use emails. It just went into effect in May of this year and pro-Park fanatic Kim Jin-tae was the one who authored the bill. Without this legislation, the tablet PC that contains the incriminating electronic files could not be used as evidence in a court of law. Kim Jin-tae wanted this legislation because the prosecution couldn't use emails as evidence in prosecuting an alleged spy, or something, if I remember correctly.
Another was authored by President Park's longtime legal advisor and ex-Presidential Chief Secretary Kim Ki-chun. He tried to impeach President Noh Moo-hyun. When the Constitutional Court ruled against impeachment, he authored a bill that makes justices write their opinions individually, rather than just the majority ruling. This is very good. Now, we know exactly how the justices voted and their reasons. Less room for funny business.
Yesterday, Kim Ki-chun was forbidden to leave the country. He also perjured himself by swearing he did not know Choi Soon-sil. When video evidence of him sitting at a hearing investigating claims of Choi Soon-sil's involvement with Park Keun-hye in 2007 (she was running for ruling party leader) proved that he knew about Choi Soon-sil, he changed his testimony. He said that he knew about Choi Soon-sil, but forgot due to old age. He also added that he only knew about her, and that he did not know her personally.
Along with Kim Ki-chun, Samsung Vice-chairman Lee Jae-young, SK Chairman Choi -Tae-won, and Lotte Chairman Shin Dong-bin were also forbidden to leave the country.
Korea Times: Samsung vice chairman banned from overseas travel
The media estimates that 10 witnesses to the Parliamentary investigation into the Choi Soon-sil scandal have perjured themselves. Perjury in front of Parliamentary investigations was rarely punished before, but now they will be imprisoned for 1-10 years. For them, it is better to lie than admit the truth, since the truth carries such a large penalty. Another year or two added to their sentences is better than to admit everything on national TV.
There was a 60 Minutes type of show on the SBS TV channel about murders and deaths surrounding the Yookyung Foundation which was set up by Dictator Park Chung-hee. President Park and her siblings ran this foundation during the times when all the income vanished and only debts remained. It appears two or three people were murdered in order to silence them and prevent them from testifying against associates of the Park family. Wonder how this one will turn out.
All the skeletons are coming out of the closet now.
Movies on blacklisted topics will be coming out next year. Movies about the Sewol ferry tragedy, meddling in the last Presidential elections by Korean intelligence and the Military Cyber Command, and illegal slush funds gathered during the Lee Myung-bak administration. These three movies were backed by crowd funding, I think.
The Hankyoreh: Exploring S. Korea’s darker episodes
136 Propofol Injections For Plastic Surgery?
Parliament members investigating the Choi Soon-sil scandal visited a clinic belonging to one of the Presidential doctors suspected of improprieties. They found that over three years, Choi Soon-sil received 136 injections for plastic surgery at Kim Yongjae Plastic Surgery Clinic and paid over $80,000 in cash. She was also registered under a false name which is also illegal.
Doctors say that no one could receive that much surgery over 3 years. It was either to just get Propofol injections or several people used the same false name.
Presidential Doctor Kim Yongjae was suspected of doing plastic surgery on President Park on April 16, 2014, the day the ferry sank. He gave his alibi as playing golf on that Wednesday, stating that he had Wednesday's off. When the media pressed him on this, he submitted toll gate receipts. When it was found in the records that he had used Propofol on that day, the doctor changed his story and stated that he had done surgery on the morning at 9 am on his mother-in-law, and then went golfing.
The Parliament members looked at the records and found strong evidence of a forged signature on the record of that supposed surgery.
Doctors say that no one could receive that much surgery over 3 years. It was either to just get Propofol injections or several people used the same false name.
Presidential Doctor Kim Yongjae was suspected of doing plastic surgery on President Park on April 16, 2014, the day the ferry sank. He gave his alibi as playing golf on that Wednesday, stating that he had Wednesday's off. When the media pressed him on this, he submitted toll gate receipts. When it was found in the records that he had used Propofol on that day, the doctor changed his story and stated that he had done surgery on the morning at 9 am on his mother-in-law, and then went golfing.
The Parliament members looked at the records and found strong evidence of a forged signature on the record of that supposed surgery.
The signature is different than from other days. Also the nurses say that the mother-in-law usually visited at 11 am. or 2 pm. In addition, the toll gate ticket amount is the amount charged these days. The amount was lower in 2014.
This doesn't prove anything, but it sure looks suspicious. It would seem to point to at least a Propofol injection and maybe also plastic surgery, such as a Botox shot. Especially since the President asked for medical mouthwash, the kind you use when you can't brush your teeth.
This is the doctor who might have had a consulting company harassed by the tax authorities for close to 6 months without warrant.
Choi Soon-sil is suspected of visiting other doctors for prescriptions. Also the President's clinic ordered all those Propofol, Viagra and other goodies. And these people are the leaders of the conservatives locking up marijuana users in Korea.
Korea Times: Choi may face drug abuse charge
The media analyzed Choi Soon-sil's and President Park's speech patterns and found that they spoke alike and used the same words. They used a lot of pronouns and incomplete sentences. In my opinion, people who write a lot speak more logically and clearly. Choi and Park are not writers. Their speech and vocabulary are more suited for gossip and chatting, than for expressing opinions and perspectives on complex issues.
Week 8 - Demonstrations Demanding President Park Step Down
The main rally will start at 5 pm., but most people are expected to come around 8 pm.
The police keep overestimating pro-Park demonstrators and underestimating anti-Park demonstrators. They say that there were 10,000 anti-Park demonstrators and 30,000 anti-Park demonstrators.
I saw some pro-Park demonstrators and there were only a couple of thousand. If you look at the picture below, there are pro-Park protesters walking. The demonstrators in the far background are anti-Park, and there is a line of policemen on the right to protect them (wearing yellow sashes).
In this next picture, you can see there are a lot more than 30,000 anti-Park demonstrators.
According to YTN News, the pro-Park demonstrators finished at 5:10 pm and were headed to their buses. The news commentator also added that they were transported in 170 buses from around Korea by conservative organizations.
Gwanghwamun (that is how they are spelling it these days) at 6:00 pm. It looks like crowds will be like last week and peak at around 9 pm. It's really cold, but I should attend...
They write Gwanghwamun in 3 Chinese characters, Gwang, Hwa, and Mun. I think Gwang means bright or light, Wha means to make or become and Mun is door or gate (Gate of Enlightenment). They should separate the names into the characters they use, so foreigner can begin to understand that Mun means door or gate. San means mountain. Cheon means stream and so on. Stop confusing them. :)
Koreans, Japanese, Taiwanese, and Chinese use the same Chinese characters for the same meanings. They are pronounced a little differently in each country.
Gwang-hwa-mun at 6:30 pm.
For all the details and great pictures, please read the article in The Hankyoreh News:
770,000 candles still burning
The police keep overestimating pro-Park demonstrators and underestimating anti-Park demonstrators. They say that there were 10,000 anti-Park demonstrators and 30,000 anti-Park demonstrators.
I saw some pro-Park demonstrators and there were only a couple of thousand. If you look at the picture below, there are pro-Park protesters walking. The demonstrators in the far background are anti-Park, and there is a line of policemen on the right to protect them (wearing yellow sashes).
In this next picture, you can see there are a lot more than 30,000 anti-Park demonstrators.
According to YTN News, the pro-Park demonstrators finished at 5:10 pm and were headed to their buses. The news commentator also added that they were transported in 170 buses from around Korea by conservative organizations.
Gwanghwamun (that is how they are spelling it these days) at 6:00 pm. It looks like crowds will be like last week and peak at around 9 pm. It's really cold, but I should attend...
They write Gwanghwamun in 3 Chinese characters, Gwang, Hwa, and Mun. I think Gwang means bright or light, Wha means to make or become and Mun is door or gate (Gate of Enlightenment). They should separate the names into the characters they use, so foreigner can begin to understand that Mun means door or gate. San means mountain. Cheon means stream and so on. Stop confusing them. :)
Koreans, Japanese, Taiwanese, and Chinese use the same Chinese characters for the same meanings. They are pronounced a little differently in each country.
Gwang-hwa-mun at 6:30 pm.
For all the details and great pictures, please read the article in The Hankyoreh News:
770,000 candles still burning
Friday, December 16, 2016
What Do Park Keun-hye, Park Chung-hee and J. Edgar Hoover Have In Common?
Could it be they were alleged to spy on everyone to obtain dirt on them?
Always wondered how a lot of people who opposed the Park administration ended up in jail, were discredited, were fired, underwent tax investigations, and encountered other unfortunate incidents. I suspected illegal wiretaps and worse.
During the independent parliamentary investigation into President Park's scandals, at least two people testified that they strongly believed that their phones were tapped.
In addition, the courts have made decisions that were very suspicious. How could they disband an opposition political party? How could they lock up people on hearsay evidence? Yet, for the ruling party members, they get off on technicalities. Opposition members are tried promptly. Ruling party members are tried over several years in order for the publicity to die off, and then found not guilty.
Now, there are allegations that almost all high level judges and prosecutors were spied on. I strongly believe these allegations and have waited for years for someone to prove them.
A newspaper editor was fired in order to prevent him from publishing more articles on Chung Yoon-hae (ex-husband of Choi Soon-sil), who was accused of abuse of power and other things. The whistle blowers in this scandal were charged with crimes, and the accusations of power abuse were ruled to be false. Now, it appears that all the accusations were true and the prosecutors failed miserably at their jobs, even assisted in the cover up, willingly or unwillingly.
Details are in these Korea Times articles: 'EIGHT SECRET FILES' could spell the end
Counsel may look into alleged spying on judges
The Parliamentary investigations have gone on for days. Yesterday, two Presidential aides were scheduled to appear, but didn't show up. Supposedly, they both submitted leave applications that morning and wrote exactly the same reasons. They are always next to the President, so they know what President Park was doing on April 16, 2014 while the ferry was sinking, and her relationship with Choi Soon-sil.
We already know that she was awake at 10:30 am, got mouthwash from the clinic, had lunch, did her hair and makeup, and went to the emergency crisis center at 5 pm. What does she have to hide? Why is she blocking people from testifying and blocking investigators from seeing the visitors log and CCTV footage stating national security reasons? If they reveal what happened, the nation will become insecure? They are protecting the nation by hiding the truth?
Must be guilty of something. Or else, why hide and cover up?
Another note. A company that wrote a negative evaluation of a company owned by a Presidential doctor underwent a tax investigation. That same day, the owner's father's company and grandfather's company were also raided by the tax office. The tax investigation went on for 6 months or so and nothing illegal was found.
President Park's administration seems to have operated through terror tactics and use of police and prosecutors for enforcement. I was too scared to write anything before, but now, everyone is writing.
The big business conglomerates say they had give money, because they feared the Park administration. That is true. But it is also true that the big conglomerates are also bullies and have done illegal things before, such as price fixing in bids for government projects, for which President Park issued pardons. The implicated corporations were barred from bidding on government projects. One chairman was found guilty of taking a gang of thugs and beating up a waiter who hit the chairman's son. I think he was also pardoned. Then there is the Samsung vice-chairman, famous in Korea for evading inheritance taxes and other illegalities. These conglomerates receive millions in benefits (tax relief, grants, aid, regulations, etc.) and corrupt government officials receive millions in return. A Samsung lawyer revealed years ago that Samsung gave gifts to almost prosecutors and judges, and that only a few refused the gifts. Samsung was found not guilty.
Another note. A company that wrote a negative evaluation of a company owned by a Presidential doctor underwent a tax investigation. That same day, the owner's father's company and grandfather's company were also raided by the tax office. The tax investigation went on for 6 months or so and nothing illegal was found.
President Park's administration seems to have operated through terror tactics and use of police and prosecutors for enforcement. I was too scared to write anything before, but now, everyone is writing.
The big business conglomerates say they had give money, because they feared the Park administration. That is true. But it is also true that the big conglomerates are also bullies and have done illegal things before, such as price fixing in bids for government projects, for which President Park issued pardons. The implicated corporations were barred from bidding on government projects. One chairman was found guilty of taking a gang of thugs and beating up a waiter who hit the chairman's son. I think he was also pardoned. Then there is the Samsung vice-chairman, famous in Korea for evading inheritance taxes and other illegalities. These conglomerates receive millions in benefits (tax relief, grants, aid, regulations, etc.) and corrupt government officials receive millions in return. A Samsung lawyer revealed years ago that Samsung gave gifts to almost prosecutors and judges, and that only a few refused the gifts. Samsung was found not guilty.
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Emotion + Knowledge = Intuition?
Experience + Logic = Knowledge?
Knowledge + Emotion = Intuition?
Information + Change = Time?
This might take a while...
Knowledge + Emotion = Intuition?
Information + Change = Time?
This might take a while...
Saturday, December 10, 2016
Korea Demonstrations - 7th Week
Crowds were thinner than last week and I could actually make it to the main stage. Still, there were over 800,000 people in the freezing cold demanding that President Park step down immediately. Many feel that it will take several months for the courts to make a final ruling on the impeachment. They want her out now.
Yoon Min-seok's song "This is no f***ing nation" performed in front of over 800,000 at around 9 pm on December 10, 2016 in freezing weather.
Roughly translated -
Steo down. Step down.
This is no country. It's a robbers' den for Keun-hye, Soon-sil, and Myung-bak.
It's heaven for criminals and hell for common citizens.
We can't take any more.
Steo down. Step down.
Make Park Keun-hye step down, right now.
Imprison her. Imprison her.
Lock Park Keun-hye up.
On April 14, 2014, what were you doing for 7 hours, Park Keun hye?
For the children who died so tragically, we will get revenge.
(and so on..)
Practicing chants at 8:30 pm just before the main show.
Another video of Yoon Min-seok's song "This is no f***ing nation" performed at a previous protest on November 13, 2016.
Although news media report the protests as festive, the mood is actually very serious and there is an undercurrent of serious discontent, even though there is some music and other entertainment.
In the intervals, people go on stage and talk about injustices committed under President Park. From jailing union leaders to killing a farmer by blasting him with full force using a water cannon. No warning., Just blasted him. He ended up in the hospital for a year and died. The doctor wrote heart attack on the death certificate. Many suspect that this was to absolve the police of responsibility in the death. The hospital is also suspected of receiving favors from the Park administration and other funny business.
Yoon Min-seok's song "This is no f***ing nation" performed in front of over 800,000 at around 9 pm on December 10, 2016 in freezing weather.
Roughly translated -
Steo down. Step down.
This is no country. It's a robbers' den for Keun-hye, Soon-sil, and Myung-bak.
It's heaven for criminals and hell for common citizens.
We can't take any more.
Steo down. Step down.
Make Park Keun-hye step down, right now.
Imprison her. Imprison her.
Lock Park Keun-hye up.
On April 14, 2014, what were you doing for 7 hours, Park Keun hye?
For the children who died so tragically, we will get revenge.
(and so on..)
Practicing chants at 8:30 pm just before the main show.
Another video of Yoon Min-seok's song "This is no f***ing nation" performed at a previous protest on November 13, 2016.