Other People Flagging Scams On Craiglist

Other people have started to flag scams on Korean Craiglist posts. LOL

There were a couple persistent scammers and they attracted more scammers. Luckily, more scams result in more people flagging them.

Prez Yoon's Approval Rating Rises To 32%

After over a month of intense media promotion of Yoon with pictures of him holding semiconductor wafers, visiting flooded areas, ordering compensation for flood victims and prevention of floods, and other mundane actions, his approval rating has risen to 32%. 

Trying to conduct deals and meet other leaders at a funeral? Very uncouth. Guess who.

I thought Yoon had the lowest ever approval rating for a Korean president after 100 days. I was wrong. It was former conservative president and current convict Lee Myung-bak with 21% (out of prison for health reasons, applied for extension of medical stay)

Yoon is trying to spend government money to help construction of infrastructure for semiconductor plants near Seoul. The government department in charge of planning and budget refused to allocate any funds stating that Samsung and SK Hynix had already planned the project and stepping in now to provide funding assistance would be inappropriate and would only serve to help Samsung and SK Hynix's spend less money on their projects. 

Yoon is stated to have lost his temper and ordered his staff to get the funding. Very autocratic, yes? Seems like something Kim Jon-un would do.

“반도체, 중요한 분야” 尹 수차례 강조…국비 1000억원 요청 ‘No’ 한 기재부 예산실, Yes로 바뀔까  (Yoon stresses semiconductors are important. Will Planning and Budget change decision to yes)

The article tries to make it look as if the future of the semiconductor industry is dependent on government funding of $ 2bn over 5 years. Samsung and SK Hynix can afford to pay many tens of billions of dollars.

There's a whole ecosystem for semiconductors. Korea, US also, needs to promote the entire ecosystem. Specialized solvents, wafers, process and production equipment, parts, Korea learned that when Japan restricted exports for specialized solvents used in chip manufacturing. Took a couple of years to develop local production. The other smaller companies and workers involved need help, not so much Samsung and SK Hynix, in my opinion. TSMC, Intel, ARM and others do well without government assistance.

Would the US federal government give $ 2bn to help build infrastructure for an Apple or Tesla plant after the companies had already planned it? Before, maybe as an incentive to get something. 

Yoon says Korea's survival depends on chip industry (no concrete plans, just chips are important and I will make plans to promote the industry - 20 September 2022). Tried to push government to pay for infrastructure but still making plans?

Yoon Suk-yeol’s poor approval ratings undermine South Korea’s ambitious foreign policy agenda

POSCO, Samsung Group, ILJIN Group, Financial Groups Resume Hiring

POSCO Group, Samsung Group, ILJIN Group and 5 top Korean financial groups announced hiring of new employees this year.

Employment at Korea’s top 5 fin groups set to recover to pre-pandemic level

The top five financial groups are hiring, maybe, a total of 4,000 new employees with only a portion of being entry level.

Samsung starts group-wide recruitment for H2 under plan to hire 80,000 in 5 yrs

The large conglomerates account for majority of the GDP, but not employment. 

Prosecutors Repeatedly Investigating Past False Allegations Against Opposition Leader?

And news media keep spouting conspiracy theories and tenuous connections to alleged crimes by people not even remotely connected to Lee Jae-myung.

This has been going on for the past three years or so. 

Blatantly political character assassination by Prez Yoon and his former prosecutor colleagues. And news media says it isn't so. 

Crimes committed by corporations and conservatives go unpunished or are granted pardons. 

Only prosecute allegations against opposition. Sounds like Russia. 

Democrats say prosecutors should focus on first lady, not Lee Jae-myung

Prosecution summons Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung for questioning

Korean prosecutors take aim at Lee Jae-myung with raids over new development scandal

Actually, Lee is the one who said why are the developers getting all this profit and got them to pay for parks and other community infrastructure. Conservatives hate him. 

Many South Korean News Programs Are Like North Korea's?

They both periodically spout praises and accomplishments of their leaders, Kim Jong-un and President Yoon.

Like SBS News where commentators are criticizing political parties, but interrupt to state Yoon is going abroad and working hard to further Korea's economy and status, and that it isn't right for the ruling conservative party to be in a fight with its suspended party leader. 

Yoon is going to Queen Elizabeth's funeral and to speak at the UN. It's a sudden trip and not planned for business deals or economic policies. 

First time, I've heard Korean news stating that the president is going abroad to work hard for the economy. Doubt news in other countries report it that way either. Seems to occur in mainly autocratic countries.

Plans for first S. Korea-Japan summit in years off to rocky start

Could be investigated by prosecutors for posts like this. LOL.

Inserting news about opposition parties among bad news (deaths, accidents, bad economy, etc.) and news about Yoon and the conservative party among good and pleasant news. 

Wonder if this occurs, or will catch on (become popular) in other countries?

Am I the only one noticing this? Must be others.

Korean Version Of Trump And Barr?

President Yoon and his former lackey at the prosecutor's office, Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon?

Seems like it. 

High-ranking prosecutor close to Yoon cleared of charges in blackmail case

They found evidence, but Han stated he meant something else in the text messages. Also they couldn't unlock his phone and his fellow prosecutors investigated the case. 

Prosecutors are filing all these charges against any opposition, including the conservative party leader, under suspension for disagreeing with Yoon's underlings, not to mention opposition party leaders.

Korea Started War On Drugs Last Month

Could be linked to President Yoon's low approval rating?

An often used  Korean and American conservative tactic against liberals?

Other countries are decriminalizing drugs...

마약·전세사기 사활 건 국수본…특진 당근까지  (Police's National Office of Investigation going all out to eliminate drugs and key money fraud. Special promotion for convictions)

There are complaints of prosecutors and police filing hundreds of search warrants against opposition politicians, while ignoring, refusing to issue search warrants and whitewashing crimes by conservative politicians.

In the old days of dictator Park, police and intelligence service framed people for special promotions. Hell, they framed an innocent man as a North Korean spy around five years ago. Luckily, it was uncovered and the man was set free. Many cases like that. Prosecutors committing crimes, but since they were in charge of investigations, they never investigated their own for crimes. So, the law was changed to give investigative power to the police and have the police report to prosecutors. President Yoon undid the law through a presidential decree, which is expected to be challenged in the mostly conservative courts.

South Korea is in for some turbulent times. Yoon was busted for abuse of power while he was head prosecutor. Old habits die hard. (Charges against Yoon were dismissed due to lack of evidence - extremely delayed search warrants and lack of effort to find evidence, apparently. Prosecutors are rarely indicted or convicted of crimes since they are in charge of investigations, indictments and prosecutions with no oversight)

Yoon cleared of abuse of power in case related to framing former prime minister

Since he is president, all investigations into his crimes are suspended while in office. Investigations into his wife and mother-in-law seem to have stopped.