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Comment from a reader on The Korean Invasion.

I don't see anything wrong with the Korean investments, whether shipbuilding, hotels, restaurants, etc.

Subic Bay has a pretty diverse basket of investment. And it should not be seen as korean, japanese, taiwanese, americans, filipino, etc. It should be seen as services, manufacturing, tourism and other.

If the anyone who wants to build ships here, they can. Hanjin did. So do many other korean entrepreneurs.

You are stoking the fire, as many had done when the japanese came. Same thing when the taiwanese came.

I sense bigotry. But then again, I could be wrong.

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hi, i appreciate the writer's thoughts and also share his concerns. But I must reiterate your statement that money talks and as long as people can be bought off then S.Koreans will have the freedom to do as they please. If a business application screening process was put into place along with trading standards then there wouldn't be maltreatment of workers (or at least less of it) and no korean only establishments.

On another note, the percentage of Filipinos setting up home in other countries far outweighs the number of immigrants in this country and if there was also prejudice against the OFWs (there is some) then what would happen to this economy?

[The Subic Bulletin] In many countries where Filipinos are OFW's they are looked on as second class citizens, especially in the middle east, but they get on with the job (and keep smiling). But there again, their actions are not causing numerous deaths and public outcry which is exactly the point, this commentary is not really about who is doing this but what they are doing.