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 Thursday May 03 2007

Don’t tell the truth

Don’t tell the truth, you might get sued. Zen Kimchi is in the middle of a nightmare that I found out about from Kevin’s blog with all the scary details over at the Scribblings of the Metropolitician.

One of the comments written by Brandon Carr (a well known expat Lawyer in Korea):

Korea’s criminal-defamation statute is a tool of oppression and harassment and the police/prosecutors are all too happy to wield it on behalf of a Korean in the Korean’s struggle with a foreigner. The law is normally applied in a lose-lose fashion to stop petty squabbles (i.e., “You’re both guilty of defaming the other! Want to let this drop and get out of my hair, or do you want punishment?”) but in this case, where the hagwon scumbad merely made defamatory statements verbally and your friend did so in writing, only the foreigner is going to be punished.

The good news is, the crime is typically punished by a fine. The bad news is, the typical fine is W2,000,000—which is just enough to get a foreigner deported and barred from re-entry. Congratulations!

additionally - the police will not allow him to bring his own interpreter How screwed up is that?

don’t forget I’ve previously posted on Why you Should not Teach in Korea and Who ya gonna Call?

And some people wonder why I blog anonymously?



Sean. inscribed these words of wisdom on Thursday May 3, 2007 at 05:24 AM
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