Scout Jamboree Fiasco in South Korea Highlights Lavish Trips and Spending By Government Officials
If this alleged misappropriation of funds is going on with the Jamboree other large public events should be audited as well. The Jamboree spending is only coming to light due to the poor weather that exposed issues with planning; what misappropriation of funds has happened in events that went off as planned?:
This file photo, taken July 24, 2023, shows a site for the 25th World Scout Jamboree, set to take place at Saemangeum, a reclaimed area in Buan, about 204 kilometers south of Seoul, from Aug. 1-12. The Buan county office provided this photo.
An overwhelming amount of public funds in South Korea spent for the 2023 World Scout Jamboree was used for operational and personnel expenses instead of for the setting up of infrastructure, such as shower and bathroom stalls, at the camp site, according to data provided by organizers Monday.
It has raised scrutiny on whether both central and local authorities involved in the jamboree management throughout the years adequately used public funds — especially in light of revelations of over some 90 reported cases of lavish overseas business trips taken by civil servants in the name of research.
According to data provided by the central government, the North Jeolla provincial government and the jamboree organizing committee on Monday, the accumulated budget used to run the event and related expenditure had amounted to 117.1 billion won (US$89.5 million).
Of the total, 74 percent, or 87 billion won, had been used to cover personnel expenses for the organizing committee and operational costs, such as those related to travel and food for the Scouts, and the K-pop concert for the jamboree.
Spending for campsite infrastructure, including water and sewage facilities, parking lots and water-spraying cooling tunnels, stood at 20.5 billion won.
Expenses for toilets, showers and drinking water fountains at the campsite amounted to 13 billion won, or 11 percent of the total spending, data showed.
Here is where the spending gets infuriating:
Data also showed that officials, such as those from the gender equality and family ministry, and the North Jeolla provincial government, went on dozens of lavish overseas trips throughout eight years under the guise of research for the jamboree.
In May 2018, five officials from the province went on an eight-day trip to Switzerland and Italy under the pretext of investigating successful jamboree hosting cases.
The trip included visits to tourist attractions, such as Interlaken, Lucerne, Milan and Venice. Switzerland and Italy, however, had no experience hosting jamborees.
In December of that year, another group of officials at the provincial government visited Australia, and in 2019, officials from the gender equality ministry and the provincial government traveled to the United States to attend the 24th World Scout Jamboree held in West Virginia.
Several of the trips included cruise ship programs totally unrelated to the World Scout Jamboree.
Yonhap
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another commie Moon fiasco.
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I am guessing Korea Person will be less of a bìtch now.
He finally had his period.
Dear Comrade Chekenhedof must be bored to respond to a dot trap I set out for him.
You set a trap so I could clown you?
Interesting life strategy.
Please. Set another trap.
Anyways, back to the original subject at hand.
It seems like GI Korea and the Setnaffarians are trying very hard to turn the blame over to Moon.
Their logic is Moon mismanaged the planning for the jamboree and let Yoon take the fall.
But then assuming Moon mismanaged, Yoon had 15 months to correct that but he didn’t. Despite the fact that he had three of his ministers and confidantes on the planning commitee.
So at the end of the day, despite the best efforts of GI Korea and the Setnaffarians to glorify Yoon and tarnish Moon, one cannot avoid the fact that during the 15 months or so, the Yoon government, being incompetent and clueless, didn’t do their jobs and created a preventable international fiasco.
These junkets are par for the course in the ROK for both sides of politics.
The junketeers are usually superannuated former civil servants “rewarded” for their past (mis)deeds.
They have nothing better to do in their retirement than jet about the world on the public purse … and play golf.
He didn’t have 15 months to correct that, he had 15 months to prepare and then postpone it if wasn’t ready because of mismanagement. Instead, he gave the green light, claiming everything was all hunky dory. He was ready to take the glory if the event was successful, but not ready to take responsibility if the event was a disaster.
Yoon and his wife showed up at the opening ceremony, making those kids wait 4 hours in the blazing sun, lined up, while they do an inspection search on the kids for banned items. The vast majority of kids who had to be taken to hospital, happened when they lined up for 4 hours. He showed up for the approval ratings, like a pompous ass politician, and made the kids suffer for it.
Like I said before, when the rot as at the top, his own people aren’t going to be any better.
chinabot thinks Scout Jamborees are government events in democracies because the government controls everything where they live.
I’d laugh if it wasn’t such a pathetic self-goal…
Exactly. Do you want to tell your man, Yoon that?
He made it into his event, that’s why so many Koreans are angry.
But you’re just a redneck with cancer living in a hick town somewhere in Texas.
Oh I think setnaffa read the news reports and pretty much has an idea on what’s going on.
However, he probably does not want to say something critical of Yoon and cannot stand anyone criticizing Yoon.
On the other hand, if he is clueless regarding the issue at hand here, then well that’s an another discussion.
South Korea inflicted Roh, Park, Moon, and Yoon on themselves. I really haven’t got any skin in that game. And neither do you chinabots.
BTW, my cancer is gone; but you folks are still incels in a CCP workhouse. And Hicksville is on Long Island.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hicksville,_New_York
Y’all are so cringe. We really feel sorry for pathetic Winnie Xi not being able to supply trolls with a better than 12-year-old level of maturity… China, Inc. is in deep doodoo today, too.
How’s that economy goin’, eh? Deflation knockin’ on your door? Country Garden misses bond payments?
Oh but you see, you think that lump is gone, but it’s clearly visible on your head. lol.
These clowns actually believe this is about Yoon.
Nobody here cares about Yoon.
And nobody here cares about any of the issues these clowns bring up.
The reason for supporting Yoon and disliking Moon is because everyone voicing an opinion actually cares about Korea…
…and a right-leaning government is better for Korea and Koreans than a globalist-leaning government that would sell out Korea in a heartbeat for a taste of empty recognition on the world stage.
Yoon is every bit as imperfect as any other president and surrounded by incompetent cronies just as much as any other president…
…but he isn’t intentionally harming Korea by selling out to the corporitists and globalist.
Korean nationalism and LACK of diversity in goals and values is a strength.
but he isn’t intentionally harming Korea by selling out to the corporitists and globalist.
You sure about that?
Korean nationalism and LACK of diversity in goals and values is a strength.
Yoon’s a nationalist? He’s kissing Japan’s and America’s asses.
More proof that the Setnaffarians are actually one clueless right wing White loony and his five sockpuppets who has no understanding about Korea.
“More proof that the Setnaffarians are actually one clueless right wing White loony and his five sockpuppets who has no understanding about Korea.”
I like how you capitalized White. Very respectful of you. Because you know your place, I take back some of the bad things I said about you.
Because you know your place, I take back some of the bad things I said about you.
Again more racial condescending statements from our racist Setnaffarians.
Considering that these Setnaffarians are Deep Southern Whites, no doubt that they are racists.