According to Extra! Korea, Korean newspapers almost NEVER issue corrections, even when they are so obviously wrong. But in this instance, they must have been so IMMENSELY wrong, that they were compelled to issue a correction.
Here is the article and this is what they said in their correction:
The Hankyoreh English Online Edition published a News Briefing entitled “Over half of native English teachers quit job after six months, Education Ministry says” on Sept. 30.
Due to both a misinterpretation of the both data and source of the report, the article erroneously stated that up to 66 percent of native English teachers in public schools, while the number of teachers quitting is in fact less than 5 percent.
The report on native English teachers at public schools was confirmed to be an analysis by Grand National Party(GNP) Lawmaker Kim Se-yeon and Park Yeong-a on the basis of central and a number of local education administrations, not a press release of Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST).
We would like to issue an apology for our mistake and our late correction, and look forward to more active responses, comments and participation of readers of the Hankyoreh’s English Online Edition.You know... they said 66% and the actual number is less than 5%. They were only off by a mere 61%. I could see how any reputable and responsible news agency possessing true journalistic integrity could make such an honest mistake and believe it was true... NOT!
These guys printed the article and did not bother to second guess their own mistakes because they actually believed it was possible that native English teachers in this country are so worthless and irresponsible that they would be quitting their jobs at a rate as high as 66%. These guys are un-freaking-believable.
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