Filipinos in HK hit Korean retaliation

[Alpha_One]

one a more serious note, i don't see how Pinoys become inferior to Koreans with this article.

Double standards, of course.

[Jun aka Pekto]

one a more serious note, i don't see how Pinoys become inferior to Koreans with this article.

Same here unless it's a reference to S Korea's economic miracle and the Philippines' apparent lack of one....

[jpdm]

Koreans ‘invade’ the Philippines
By Margie Quimpo-Espino
Inquirer
Last updated 06:35pm (Mla time) 06/17/2007
MANILA, Philippines -- KOREANS are the number one tourists in the Philippines today.
Government figures show from 378,602 Korean tourists in 2003, the number went up to 572,133 in 2006, a 51-percent rise.
Together with the increase in tourists has been an influx of Korean residents. The Bureau of Immigration could not furnish the Inquirer with figures on how many Koreans were granted alien certificates of registration in the country.
But one only has to look around to see the rising Korean population in the country. Over the past few years, establishments like English schools for Koreans, Korean restaurants, Korean groceries, Korean dress shops and even Korean churches have sprouted all over the Philippines.
Many schools in the country already have a Korean student population.
The INQUIRER asked its correspondents all over the country to gauge the impact of these foreigners in the local economies.
The stories, in the next few pages are interesting. But not all news that accompany the coming of Koreans are good. A broker cites that many house owners in Manila are wary about renting their abodes to Koreans.
“What happens is a Korean leases the house then sublets this to four or five other families. Sometimes the Koreans destroy the property,” he says.
He adds that a plush subdivision in the south has already disallowed leasing out homes to Koreans.
A country club in the north has limited the number of Koreans who can go in at any given time.
In Baguio, some developers complain that Korean builders get licenses approved too quickly; in Cebu tour operators say Korean tourists are coming in droves but only Korean business are benefiting.
The reasons why there is an increasing number of Koreans in the country are varied. These include wanting to learn to speak English and doing it in the Philippines is cheaper; studying college here (as tertiary education is cheaper); a lower cost of living (in some cases only the mother and children are here, the father stays in Korea to work).
Whatever the reason, correspondents sought to give both the positive and negative impact of the rising presence of Koreans in different parts of the country.

[Flagg]

Basta, di bagay kay Jamie Robinson na boses nya si Sandara...

Sana si Zuhl nalang ang binigay na character kay Sandara...

[usokpower]

The Korean juggernaut---vehicles (Kia and Hyundai), electronics (Samsung), phones (Samsung and LG), ships and shipbuilding (Hanjin) and there telenovelas---indicators of a dynamic, progressive and powerful Industrialized Korea--is starting to throw her weight around specially in our poor and wretched country. Can be resist them? Are we Pinoys again becoming the doormat of Asia?

Filipinos in HK hit Korean retaliation By Michael Caber
A FILIPINO migrant group based in Hong Kong denounced the South Korean Embassy for threatening to retaliate against undocumented Filipinos in Korea should the government fail to resolve the harassment and extortion complaints of some Korean businessmen.
Dolores Balladares, chairman of the United Filipinos in Hong Kong, said the embassy’s threat was “irrational and unjust” because Filipino workers in Korea, numbering about 15,000, should not be punished for the wrongdoing of corrupt and irresponsible Philippine government officials.
“We call on the South Korean government to use diplomatic ways to resolve the issue with their counterpart in Manila,” she said as the group called on the government to investigate, prosecute and punish those who are allegedly harassing and extorting money from Korean and other foreign businessmen.
The group made the call after Korean Consul General Hong Sung Mog threatened to take action against Filipino workers should the Philippine government fail to resolve the businessmen’s complaints, but the embassy resumed the issuance of working visa to Filipinos on Thursday following a meeting with immigration officials on Wednesday.
Hong also said he communicated the results of his meeting to the South Korean community here. “They are known to every important Korean businessman here and the panic is gone. The situation is going back to normal,” Hong said.
Hong refused to disclose what was agreed upon during the meeting with the immigration chief and other officials.
The South Korean Embassy issues around 200 visas every day. There are about 70,000 Filipinos working and living in Korea, 6,000 of whom are permanent residents. About 50,000 Filipinos are properly documented but some 14,000 work there illegally.
This how Korea conduct her "diplomatic relationship" with the Philippines. This how they see the Philippines and how they can easily blackmail us..
This is a sign/projection of an aggressive brand of modern Korean nationalism!!!

Because we hate nationalism! We hate Filipino nationalists!

Nasaan ang link ng article na ito?????

Baka imbento nanaman ito ng kung sino sino. Anyone can come up with stories.

[theveed]

That's "nationalism" in the Phil for the masses, lambast other countries for "looking down" on its citizens.. geez.

Blame others first, it's the easier way to persuade.

[oldblue]

parang dumadami nga mga Koreans sa gym. not that I despise them pero kung minsan yun damit nila pang-gym kahapon yun din damit nila ngaun. mga females pa to ha. kahit mapuputi kutis nila parang nandiri ako sa kanila hehehe

[oldblue]

Koreans ‘invade’ the Philippines
By Margie Quimpo-Espino
Inquirer
Last updated 06:35pm (Mla time) 06/17/2007
MANILA, Philippines -- KOREANS are the number one tourists in the Philippines today.
Government figures show from 378,602 Korean tourists in 2003, the number went up to 572,133 in 2006, a 51-percent rise.
Together with the increase in tourists has been an influx of Korean residents. The Bureau of Immigration could not furnish the Inquirer with figures on how many Koreans were granted alien certificates of registration in the country.
But one only has to look around to see the rising Korean population in the country. Over the past few years, establishments like English schools for Koreans, Korean restaurants, Korean groceries, Korean dress shops and even Korean churches have sprouted all over the Philippines.
Many schools in the country already have a Korean student population.
The INQUIRER asked its correspondents all over the country to gauge the impact of these foreigners in the local economies.
The stories, in the next few pages are interesting. But not all news that accompany the coming of Koreans are good. A broker cites that many house owners in Manila are wary about renting their abodes to Koreans.
“What happens is a Korean leases the house then sublets this to four or five other families. Sometimes the Koreans destroy the property,” he says.
He adds that a plush subdivision in the south has already disallowed leasing out homes to Koreans.
A country club in the north has limited the number of Koreans who can go in at any given time.
In Baguio, some developers complain that Korean builders get licenses approved too quickly; in Cebu tour operators say Korean tourists are coming in droves but only Korean business are benefiting.
The reasons why there is an increasing number of Koreans in the country are varied. These include wanting to learn to speak English and doing it in the Philippines is cheaper; studying college here (as tertiary education is cheaper); a lower cost of living (in some cases only the mother and children are here, the father stays in Korea to work).
Whatever the reason, correspondents sought to give both the positive and negative impact of the rising presence of Koreans in different parts of the country.

In Diliman, napakadami ng Koreans dun. some 3-4 years ago, somebody told me na kaya sila nandito ay pinag-aaralan nila tayo, our way of life, our culture. and the best way to assimilate is to yun na nga,enroll in our schools

now I dont know the real purpose of the Sokors. pero from what I can see, they're succeeding. di magtatagal 2nd class citizen pa mga mahihirap natin kababayan compared sa mga Koreans. eh wala talaga eh mga masang pinoy iskul bukol trato sa edukasyon na'tin, pag di kaya eskwela bilyar, lakwatsa, ligawan saka reklamo ala miltante.

. samantala mga Koreans, they would go as far as our country to invest in our educational infrastructure. dito mo makikita na ok ang education sa Philippines, kasi right now, mga Koreans yumayaman na. naunahan pa tayo and to think dito sila nag-aral sa'tin

[jpdm]

BI: 240,000 Koreans in RP, but only one-sixth documented
By Edu Punay
Monday, July 23, 2007 The Bureau of Immigration (BI) said yesterday there are some 240,000 South Korean nationals currently staying in the Philippines – but only a sixth of them have been properly documented.
BI intelligence chief Attorney Faizal Hussin revealed to The STAR that based on the monitoring of their agents, over 200,000 Koreans do not have the necessary travel and immigration papers. Half of them have pending applications with the bureau while the rest are completely unregistered.
“In our records, only 40,000 Koreans have visas and permits and around 90,000 have pending applications. Now the others are illegal aliens. They are the usual tourists who extend their stay here without even bothering to register with the bureau,” explained Hussin.
BI records showed some 11,000 Koreans are presently holding working visas and special work permits while 29,000 have been issued with special study permits and student visas.
The BI official stressed this number of undocumented Korean nationals could even be much lower than the actual figure, considering the continuous influx of Koreans in the country. The bureau has earlier estimated some 600,000 of them arrive here every year.
“I think it’s becoming more obvious now that many Koreans are staying here. You can see them almost everywhere. The public knows about this. And we in the bureau are just doing our job of hunting down the illegal aliens,” he explained.
Hussin said their intelligence information showed most of these illegal Koreans are involved in retail businesses in the country’s economic centers like Baguio, Manila, Makati, Angeles, Davao, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu and even Boracay.
The immigration official also revealed most Koreans in the country prefer to stay here “primarily because of our lower cost of living and education as compared to their country.”
Immigration Commissioner Marcelino Libanan earlier ordered a crackdown on undocumented Koreans who are engaged in illegal retail trade in urban areas across the country.
The BI chief said he would meet with local government officials and seek the regulation of release of permits to businesses in the country owned by foreign nationals.
He lamented how the growing number of foreign nationals who are working in several businesses without the necessary work permit from the bureau has become a “serious and big problem.”
Libanan explained that foreign nationals who put up businesses here usually bring with them other aliens as workers without securing necessary work permits from government.
The BI chief was also particularly worried of the effects of proliferation of illegal businesses owned by foreigners on local traders, citing “unfair competition.”
Under the country’s retail trade liberalization law, no foreigner would be allowed to engage in retail trade unless he coughs up a minimum capital of $2.5 million.

[freeloader]

My korean friend told me kaya maraming nagaaral na korean dito is they're taking advantage of the cheap education here and yung top universities natin dito eh mas mataas pa ata yung rank sa top universities in the world kesa sa schools nila. Dunno if its true na mas mataas pa sa rank but definitely mas cheaper talaga.