The Chosun Ilbo and “intern reporter” Choi Hee-seon have blemished their reputations in the story “어린 학생-동료 여성강사 가리지 않는 원어민강사들의 성범죄” or in English, “Unabashed Sexual Crimes Against Young Students and Fellow Female Instructors.” [HT to Korea Beat.]
So, without being able to speak to whether or not these allegations are true, the problem is that the venerated Chosun Ilbo is basing a story and engaging in further English teacher character assassination based on a single and extremely biased source — the “Anti-English Spectrum Cafe,” which itself has problems with questionable sources. And the problem in the past has been that these stories are either completely untrue, or have no secondary confirmation or validation. Supposedly, by now, there are legions of foreign English teachers who have been arrested for sexual crimes against children. However, not a single one has shown up in official crime statistics. Where are the arrest reports? Why are names never named, even in the case of hagwons? Why are there no specifics other than hearsay-level evidence? And…
Why is there NEVER an interview with the alleged offender, English teachers, or foreigners at all? Ever?
If you want the REAL numbers of all foreigners in Korea, as well as the report that shows exactly how many crimes were committed by E-2 visa holders, please download from these links.
“Discrimination includes any acts of sexual harrassment. Sexual harrassment as provided by the National Human Rights Commission of Korea Act means sexual comments or actions made by those in the public sector, employers or employees in the context of business, employment or other such relationships by taking advantage of his/her position or in connection to work and other matters that cause feelings of sexual humiliation or degradation or that result in unfair employment treatment for refusing to respond to such sexual comments, actions or other such demands.”
http://www.humanrights.go.kr/english/activities/discrimination_01.jsp
If you feel humiliated by the sexual comments made in the article, file a complaint.
Lee Eungah strikes again!
Can anyone who speaks Korean post on Anti-English spectrum, this type of article? I mean the guy might be a little less cunty if people from the English comunity would try to engage him a little. Or perhaps a better question would be, have any people tried to engage him? If he actually had to defend his actions to real people he might tone down his rhetoric a little.
[...] as emblematic of the Korean media’s *cough* issues with such relationships even in 2009 (see here, here, here, and here). But that’s another blog [...]
Why is there NEVER an interview with the alleged offender, English teachers, or foreigners at all? Ever?
Here’s the simple answer to the question.
They are afraid of talking to foreigners because they don’t speak English at all.
You probably have this already, but here it is just in case.
http://blog.chosun.com/blog.screen?blogId=78187&menuId=318282
Please please please do an interview with these people. Make sure you photograph them as well. Seems like they want to get their faces out there, if the blog is any indication.
[...] response in the Korean blogosphere (for starters see here, here, here on the former, and here and here on the latter), and with 165 comments at that first link alone I’m not going to enter into [...]
BUT….what if you personally know someone who fit the profile the AES is looking for??????
I in fact do know someone who fits the profile of working illegally, drug using and sex abuse!!!!!
Police looked into this guy and yet…….This person is still in Korea? Why?!!!!!!