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  1. 50 minutes ago, reiichi said:

    I amazes me how scared of the company the parents seem to be. All of them are agreeing to sue to get their kids back, but they're so unsure the law is with them that most didn't even try to pick their kids up at the dorm. It sadly says a lot about the state of South Korean society, if a company can get away with child abuse.

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    I hope SK government seriously looks into how one after another incident like this is surely tarnishing their beloved Hallyu/Kpop's shiny halo. If for nothing else than prestige/money there should be actual efforts made to stop these vultures feeding on the lives and dreams of young kids.

    Wish fandoms could come together to trend something on this issue so that the SK government would take notice.

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  2. True. I am still baffled why GolCha, Victon, Verivery, The Boyz didn't blow up. Like all of them have visuals, good songs, fun personalities...+ Pentagon and Astro should all go to Kingdom if it happens.

    Maybe not Victon though, coz they have at least ProduceX101 fame? They may become the new Nuest?

  3. 1 hour ago, reiichi said:

    It's not a single person that can decide to change an existing law though ?

    First it has to go through the legislative process and be approved by parliament. So representatives of the citizens have to approve it, and they'll only approve if they personally approve it, and/or it gives them political advantage. So as long as there's a big enough percentage of the voter base that doesn't agree to the change, they probably won't risk it, unless it's something they feel very strongly about.

    For example in France when they removed the death penalty from possible sentences (in 1981), a majority of the population was still in favor of it ; but the then newly elected president felt strongly about the issue, and the next elections were far away enough that the issue wouldn't influence them, so the law passed. Same sex marriage induced a lot of protests but since they came from the opposing party the government didn't listen to them (but they still had to endure weeks of useless debates at the Assembly because the opponents did everything to slow them down and make as much noise about it as possible, when there were much more important subjects to tackle).

    If Moon Jae In says that "society isn't ready" it' simply because he feels that if he starts this debate now, his party could lose the elections next year, meaning that conservatives would be back in power and he wouldn't be able to do anything about the issue anyway. So he's doing purely political talk to ensure his party stays in power ; mentioning women's rights in the same statement isn't innocent at all, it's there to remind his supporters that he's still a progressive and people with progressive views should still vote for him and his party even if they don't tackle every issue.

    Isn't MJI's party the progressive one? So, if he has proper majority (which he should after PGH's disaster rule) why should we have to wait? Why shouldn't his party representatives put out a bill about that, and push it through? Opposition filibustering can delay but not deny. Feels like a lost chance. But, if he has no majority or is compromising in a coalition with conservatives I guess he can't do that. [Especially because our present government is majority so it didn't fall prey to Abrahamic voter-block pressure, while the earlier populist-leftist coalition government didn't help because small religious voting blocks were at stake.]

    Anyway, what with his pushing for the 'tainted' Justice Minister (one with education rigging accusations) I feel like a big chunk of young people may be in two minds, so he is using this as a bait - "I'll work for gender equality and maybe you'll get same-sex marriage law, but only if you'll support me again!" TBH I hope younger generation still votes him in because the alternative is .... But, I'll really look forward to the day SK gets same-sex marriage and anti-discrimination laws, and *fingers crossed* it is in the next five years.

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    To keep this comment appropriate for the thread:

    Do you guys think that some of the idols who aren't all 'No Homo' but don't do/like queerbaiting-fanservice may be gay? Like, they don't want to draw attention to themselves? (Eg. someone like SVT Wonwoo?)

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