mass brawls. 2004 was a year in which we saw major change in the composition of the national assembly. it became younger. there was the introduction of a new labor party. and they brought with them the street protest tradition, to a certain extent, so they brought the street into the national assembly. whether the subject is education reform or impeachment, free trade deals or government relocation, you can be sure that fists will be raised and punches will be thrown. a lot of pushing and shoving, a lot of competition to really gain control over the physical instruments of power, for instance, the speaker s podium or the gavel. hammers and fire extinguishers. there were draft bills being thrown. there were cameras in the national assembly. paper actually makes a good theatrical effect. and theater is really all it is. unlike in taiwan where political
from taiwan to find more political punch-outs. if you want to be a politician in korea, a black belt in tae kwon do may not be a bad thing to have. fights are so common in south korea s parliament that they ve become a spectator sport. this looks like a coup. i don t know if i d want them in charge. there has been a ritual aspect to confrontation in korean society. one of the challenges with korea as a relatively new democracy is that this is not really a political culture in which debate and compromise are prized. since 2004 the south korean parliament has dissolved numerous times into uncontrolled mass brawls. 2004 was a year in which we saw major change in the composition of the national assembly. it became younger. there was the introduction of a new labor party. and they brought with them the street protest tradition, to a certain extent they brought the
from taiwan to find more political punch-outs. if you want to be a politician in korea, a black belt in tae kwon do may not be a bad thing to have. fights are so common in south korea s parliament that they ve become a spectator sport. this looks like a coup. i don t know if i d want them in charge. there has been a ritual aspect to confrontation in korean society. one of the challenges with korea as a relatively new democracy is that this is not really a political culture in which debate and compromise are prized. since 2004 the south korean parliament has dissolved numerous times into uncontrolled mass brawls. 2004 was a year in which we saw major change in the composition of the national assembly. it became younger. there was the introduction of a new labor party. and they brought with them the street protest tradition, to a certain extent they brought the street into the national
and you don t have to look far from taiwan to find more political punch-outs. if you want to be a politician in korea, a black belt in tae kwon do may not be a bad thing to have. fights are so common in south korea s parliament that they ve become a spectator sport. this looks like a coup. i don t know if i d want them in charge. there has been a ritual aspect to confrontation in korean society. one of the challenges with korea as a relatively new democracy is that this is not really a political culture in which debate and compromise are prized. since 2004 the south korean parliament has dissolved numerous times into uncontrolled mass brawls. 2004 was a year in which we saw major change in the composition of the national assembly. it became younger. there was the introduction of a new labor party. and they brought with them the street protest tradition, to a certain extent they brought the
and you don t have to look far from taiwan to find more political punch-outs. if you want to be a politician in korea, a black belt in tae kwon do may not be a bad thing to have. fights are so common in south korea s parliament that they ve become a spectator sport. this looks like a coup. i don t know if i d want them in charge. there has been a ritual aspect to confrontation in korean society. one of the challenges with korea as a relatively new democracy is that this is not really a political culture in which debate and compromise are prized. since 2004 the south korean parliament has dissolved numerous times into uncontrolled mass brawls. 2004 was a year in which we saw major change in the composition of the national assembly. it became younger. there was the introduction of a new labor party. and they brought with them the street protest tradition, to a