Yet another brawl in South Korea's parliament

Posted By James Downie Wednesday, July 22, 2009 - 4:07 PM Share

The U.S. debate over healthcare may be getting sharper, but, even at its most bitter, I doubt we'd see a scene in Washington like the fight in South Korea's parliament yesterday.

Whoa. As the video mentions, the brawl took place during debate over controversial media bills that will relax restrictions on ownership of television stations, which the opposition party supports. Just as surprisingly, this is not the first time South Korean parliamentarians have resorted to fisticuffs.

And some people think Prime Minister's Questions is tough.

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Not surprising

With the way the economy is going over there, I'm surprised riots aren't breaking out. South Korea, like Japan, is an export driven economy.
It seems liek their only export still 'growing' are their MMORPG Games. Korea is huge on that stuff. Sort of how Japan is big with anime.

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