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I apologize ahead of time, my Korean is rusty (나의 한국어 나쁘다 🙁 ) kkkk

Well, it has certainly been quite a long time since my days in South Korea, and certainly it has changed quite a bit since a slight detour that blew my eLife in all sorts of different directions. So it begs the question from the random person who I never met before in eSouth Korea: Who the heck are you? (당신은 누구요?)

Hopefully I can answer that to the best of my abilities in my newspaper: The Reading Railroad. On occasion it will be just me (non news-like articles), and sometimes it will be somewhat professional like the style I present today. When in the professional mood, the newspaper will be listed something along the lines

Contents
-Big Headline (The Gold Standard) (표제뉴스)
-Foreign Event (Just Visiting) (외국인 이벤트)
-Opinion Column (As You Pass Go) (내 의견)
-Link Section (Take a Ride on the Reading) (인터넷 링크)
-Saying of the Day (Tip of the Day) (오늘의 팁)

Without further delay....



This little tidbit here is for any announcements that may pop up from time to time, right now...there are no important announcements......so why are you reading this part? :<


Old Geezer returns to South Korea

So, time for me to answer a few things:

My name is Myung Kei (내 이름은 Myung Kei), I am one of helpers and co-founders of the "Day 798 Republic of Korea", which is the South Korea of today: Day 1086. (공동 창업자 중 Day 798 Korea)

During the Spade Administration, I founded the Bank of Seoul, the National Bank of South Korea...which still stands today. ( 설립자의 Bank of Seoul).

I was a member of the 1st National Assembly (회 원 의 국회), and acted as an adviser during the Spade Administration.

Some other random facts:

- I love Monopoly!



- I am addicted to Paradox Interactive games (Specifically Victoria II...aka Vicky II), mostly because of the mod-ability and the ease to change the game-play. On the other hand, having to reload patches into the game makes for a confusing set of circumstances.

- West Korea is indeed the Best Korea.

- I am a sucker for Grease's cat pictures (awww.....they are so cute!) 'ㅅ'

- One should never go outside without wearing either a top-hat or monocle.

Hope that gives a bit of insight about me, if you want to chat, do not hesitate to send me a PM (English preferred please, don't be shy if your grammar is wrong)! Nice to meet you! (당신을 만나서 반갑습니다!)


Troll South Korean "Humanitarian Org" not Humanitarian

Unfortunately, our international press journalist who was bringing home an excellent international story had some car problems:



So, at the very last minute the editors of the Reading Railroad decided to throw something together at the very last minute to try and pacify our readers looking for some sort of international news. So while browsing through local media stands one of our 3rd rated coffee boy's found an article listed by a recently created organization with questionable intent:

http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/the-friends-of-south-korea-answering-the-call-of-the-oppressed-masses-in-sk-1568922/1/20

The organization, is titled Friends of South Korea, but the organization that claims to be a "friend" of South Korea is, in reality, living comfortably within the good ol' United States. The organization furthermore claims that it seeks to "[promote] democracy and the right of self-rule in South Korea by expelling foreign interests".

Is the organization aware of the democratic elections that have been taking place regularly in South Korea for over 10 months now?
Is the interest of 'expelling foreign interests' tied towards to the influx of Romanians into the country?
What is North Korea's role in this? Are they just trolling again? And if they are, why are they becoming so bad at it?
Does the eJapanese government in anyway support this organization?
And most importantly, why the use of a heart cut out over the South Korean flag?

In short, this org shall probably provide plenty of laughs for South Korean citizens in the weeks to months to come. Based off of the funding of the organization, you can safely expect a few of the following things to happen:

-Increased "Donations" to this organizations from countries other than South Korea

-Adds from this organization in South Korea, most likely with all the gold the organization has collected

-More media articles in South Korea, possibly a flood of media articles and 'commentators' posting in said articles

(Already the "North Koreans are responding to an article the org recently posted".....kkkkk http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/-north-korea-reasserts-its-claims-over-south-joseon-restates-need-for-unity-1569298/1/20)

Just Remember: Stay vigilant, and have a good laugh!

What has changed in South Korea?



There are plenty of things that have changed since I arrived in January, left the game a few months later, returned to the game, then set out to help a few friends in Asia. So, one of the things I was asked by a friend when I arrived back was: What has changed since you were last here?. All I can say is that: Almost everything has changed:

The political scene now is much less divisive than it once was when I was around helping members of the old guard. Most of the major factions, the Goons, Face-punchers, Elgrand's followers, and the founders/798'ers, held deep sentiments and suspicions about one another across a variety of issues. Even I fully admit taking a part in the political grandstanding, but it seems as though the times of entrenched cultural divides are starting to slowly fade away. Now-a-days, the major political parties are at an ease with one another, and most of the higher discrepancies are becoming less and less significant. Sort of an "Era of Good Feelings," although the debates and ideas of the citizenry are still alive and well, the mudslinging of the past is...as a whole...reduced.

The economy is in a much better shape than it is use to be. Could you imagine the lowest quality bread today costing over 20 KRW and average tax rates at 50%? That was the economic situation the Republic had to tackle after the Theocrats handed the country back to eSk'ers. While the economic model worked for the 'noble crusaders of Dio', it certainly would be disastrous for the pluralistic society that is prevalent today. After much hard work in the Spade and Peter administrations, the inflation that burdened the country gradually began to decline, and production resumed as company owners reopened shop. Today, the economy is hardly recognizable, with me still being amazed that I could buy good food from "Dynasty Kitchens" (Who I recommend) for only 1.5 KRW....and praise a higher power for that! 😃

Japan use to be our most faithful ally. Ironically so, and it was no joke. For whatever reason Japan had for attacking South Korea a few short, infamous months ago, the point now is that it has lead to a schism between the two nations that use to have such a close bond between one another. Largely due to the JanSKo Union last year, the political and social classes of both countries interacted and mingled with one another created a friendship between most of the two populaces. Whether eJapanese citizens are still open for an end to the hostilities that seemed so awkward to begin with, is debatable. As a former eJapanese citizen (living during the JanSKo Union, when SK was under eJapanese protection), it is disheartening, but life moves on...and now SK has new allies.

That is my view, and I am open to yours....


Take a View at the Following Links:

-Visit the eSouthKorean forums here (Sign up and don't be shy!): http://esouthkorea.freeforums.org

-What to know what the shortest possible monopoly game looks like? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHJkTz6Ej3U

-Friend this handsome fellow



Your first impression is your most valued asset when meeting new people, next to a smile