Narrative of anti-corruption failure / Thailand reopening jeopardized / Republic of Korea casino hiring scandal

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Guest Post: Contesting the Narrative of Anticorruption Failure (Blog).  “My point here is not to denigrate academics…But still, a certain strain in academic writing about anticorruption efforts disturbs me. This strain overemphasizes and exaggerates failure…My challenge to the world’s finest scholars on corruption is this: spend as much time as you have on analyzing failure on finding out what has worked, and why it worked.”

Robert Barrington/The Global Anticorruption Blog: https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2021/10/18/guest-post-contesting-the-narrative-of-anticorruption-failure/#more-19056  

 

Corruption jeopardises reopening plan (Opinion).  “All the Covid-19 debacles have been derived from corruption and dereliction of duty of state officials who turned a blind eye to legal violations by some business operators. Unless the government learns the lessons and truly tackle such malpractice, it will not be possible to keep the coronavirus at bay.”

Chairith Yonpiam/Bangkok Post: https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/2202783/corruption-jeopardises-reopening-plan  

 

Court says Kangwon Land justified in firing 222 staff hired via labor corruption scandal.  “A South Korean Court has ruled that Kangwon Land, the country’s only casino at which locals are allowed to gamble, was justified in dismissing 222 employees...[who] employees had all been beneficiaries of a labor hire scandal which saw Kangwon Land hire more than 500 staff via political and internal connections between November 2012 and April 2013.”

Inside Asian Gaming: https://www.asgam.com/index.php/2021/10/25/court-says-kangwon-land-justified-in-firing-222-staff-hired-via-labor-corruption-scandal/  

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