Bloomberg View: Korea’s “Nutgate” carries warning for SA deployed cadres

Here’s a Korean warning sign for the ANC’s destructive policy of “cadre deployment”, the appointment of party loyalists rather than competent internal candidates to top SOE jobs. In South Korea’s Nutgate scandal, the behaviour of a brattish Korean Air Lines executive, who is also the CEO’s daughter, has caused a national uproar which could see … Read more

Korea President: Ferry crew are murderers

By Gillian Wong and Hyung-Jin Kim of the Associated Press South Korean President Park Geun-hye said Monday that the captain and some crew members of the sunken ferry committed “unforgivable, murderous behavior,” while criticism of her own government’s handling of the disaster grew. The captain initially told passengers to stay in their rooms and waited … Read more