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Post by sageuk on Oct 29, 2016 12:58:10 GMT -5
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Post by ajk on Oct 30, 2016 11:43:50 GMT -5
I was just reading about this today in the Chicago papers. Amazingly bad judgment on her part. Why are ten of her advisors getting kicked out over a decision she's responsible for? Seems like they're being scapegoated.
Well whatever happens, I hope it's resolved in the country's best interests.
Thanks for posting the links.
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Post by sageuk on Oct 30, 2016 18:48:51 GMT -5
They're even calling Choi Park Geunhye's very own Rasputin.
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Post by truth on Oct 31, 2016 0:30:25 GMT -5
Hilary has a New World Order conspiracy thing going on.
At least she has something that sounds cool behind her if the conspiracy is true.
Park Geunhye has a shaman behind her. Freaking shaman! lol
People are comparing her to Queen Jinseong(Shilla) right now in Korea.
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Post by ajk on Nov 1, 2016 2:34:34 GMT -5
Ronald Reagan's wife was consulting an astrologer at one point and setting her husband's schedule by astrology advice. But people just kind of rolled their eyes when it was revealed, and pretty much gave them a pass on it. Didn't understand why; I thought it was a disgrace...but anyway...
It sounds like this is getting serious. You guys think she'll lose her office over it?
What is the basis for the Jinseong comparison? Just generally calling her an incompetent leader?
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Post by truth on Nov 1, 2016 9:52:03 GMT -5
What is the basis for the Jinseong comparison? Just generally calling her an incompetent leader? Jinseong had an uncle who was basically the same position as Park's shaman except they also had sexual relations.
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Post by ajk on Nov 2, 2016 0:57:09 GMT -5
eeewwwwwww....
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Post by truth on Nov 2, 2016 2:53:42 GMT -5
They're not related by blood by the way. He was Jinseong's mom's sister's husband.
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Post by sageuk on Nov 2, 2016 7:26:35 GMT -5
That doesn't make it less creepier, especially in modern standards
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Post by truth on Nov 2, 2016 19:09:01 GMT -5
That doesn't make it less creepier, especially in modern standards It was creepy in Joseon standards too since Joseon was a Confucian society and things like that was a huge no-no in Joseon. *Correction : He was Jinseong's mom's brother, not mom's sister's husband. Koreans have a different term for each member of the family, so I got confused.
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Post by ajk on Nov 29, 2016 2:50:16 GMT -5
Wow, so it got her. Gonna step down. I don't know how good she's been as president but I'm sorry to see this happen, just because it's not a good thing for any country to go through.
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Post by truth on Nov 29, 2016 13:11:24 GMT -5
Wow, so it got her. Gonna step down. I don't know how good she's been as president but I'm sorry to see this happen, just because it's not a good thing for any country to go through. She's not gonna step down. They'd have to impeach her in order to get her to step down, but it's gonna be very difficult to impeach her with only a year left in her term.
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Post by ajk on Nov 29, 2016 20:39:05 GMT -5
So you don't think it can get done quickly enough? I guess not. There certainly seems to be enough anger to push things along. What has to be done?
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Post by truth on Nov 29, 2016 21:01:02 GMT -5
So you don't think it can get done quickly enough? I guess not. There certainly seems to be enough anger to push things along. What has to be done? The majority of the National Assembly need to agree on her impeachment, which would be difficult due to her party holding the majority of the seats. Korea's Supreme Court then has to decide whether to approve the impeachment, which itself takes 180 days. She only has a year left in her term, so what's the point? The anger is mostly coming from the left. Conservative Koreans don't support Park at this point either, but consider her to be lesser of the 2 evils. The left is usually associated with being pro-North Korean just like how many American conservatives consider liberals to be "pro-Muslim apologists." Park is a hard-liner against North Koreans and this was probably the main reason she was elected in the first place. She was considered lesser of the 2 evils in the election 4 years ago and she is still considered as the lesser of the 2 evils by conservatives.
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Post by ajk on Nov 30, 2016 0:38:09 GMT -5
That does certainly sound like it wouldn't get done in time. I wonder if anybody will try to do it anyway, if only out of spite.
Either way it's sad to see that this is going to drag out for another year.
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