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[gertrudecloset]

Notable South Korean Exports

Integrated Circuits – $113.1 billion

Cars – $38.7 billion

Vehicle Parts – $19.0 billion

Office Machine Parts – $18.8 billion

Passenger and Cargo Ships – $15.8 billion

Interesting Facts About South Korea

Only 3.2% of South Koreans are classed as overweight and Japan is the only other country with the same percentage.

All of the microchips used in Apple iPhones are made by South Korean company, Samsung.

South Korea is the largest market for plastic surgery per capita in the world.

The country enjoys the fastest wireless broadband speeds anywhere.

The average download speed of 33.5 megabits per second is almost three times greater than the second-placed nation, Hong Kong.

[MorningLover]

The Canadian Coast Guard said more than 100 shipping containers fell off the MV Zim Kingston. 

It was originally reported that 40 containers fell overboard after the cargo ship hit rough waters off B.C.’s coast. After crews accessed container bays on the ship, the coast guard now believes at least 109 containers went overboard.

The coast guard said there are two adrift containers with hazardous goods, a number that remains unchanged from previous estimates. Contents of the other overboard containers include toys, clothing, automotive parts, industrial parts and furniture.

The coast guard said some of the containers may have sunk and an environmental unit will assess potential impacts.

The coast guard also said four containers and some debris are on the beach at Cape Scott on the northern tip of Vancouver Island.

None of those containers were carrying hazardous materials, it said. At least one of the containers, carrying refrigerators, appeared to have broken open, the coast guard said.

“The location is remote and rugged, and planning for recovery operations is underway,” the coast guard wrote on Twitter.

Officials say they are still not sure what sparked the fire in several containers aboard the MV Zim Kingston, which is now anchored at the Constance Bank Anchorage south of Victoria, B.C.

Crews were able to safely conduct a more thorough survey of the ship’s bays on Tuesday now that the fire is under control.

[ROMARY]

From what I've been hearing, difficult to find workers, including blue collar, now-a-days.

Maybe not everywhere (every state), but other places/areas.  

'Anyway', wishing us all well.

[Sooner]

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@Vivian wrote:

This infuriates me. If it weren't for the greed that led to all this cheaper outsourcing, this stuff would be made here. Perhaps I shouldn't use the word cheaper. How much will it cost to clean up the mess created by these ships? When did quantity usurp quality? How much CCC as my neighbor calls it (Cheap Chi.....Cr@p) do we need or even accept? If you watch Antiques Road Show, just take a look at the many objects brought in. They were made in all our towns and cities, but that's history. We've made a big mistake, in my not-so-humble opinion.

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@Vivian Yep.  We as consumers are at fault for spending money on cheap cr we didn't need rather than paying a lot for things we do need that are made in America.  Remember when some folks sold an island for a few beads?  Oops.  We did it again. 

It is on our heads that we paid people overseas bttom wages rather than paying people a living wage to make what we NEED in this country.

Let's all stop and take a hard look at what we've spent money on in the last 30 years.  And there you have it.  

When I was growing up many folks worked in a factory in the USA, made a decent living, and were a good productive citizen and life was better than this mess now.  We throw money at things rather than fixing the problem.  C'est la vie!