Quotations of the day

"It is disappointing that the Grand National Party, which oppressed the democracy movement with clubs and teargas during the dictatorship period, has promoted an illegal street march that lacks justification."(The ruling Millennium Democratic Party spokesman Park Byeong-Seug on the street march held by the GNP to protest the cover up of the election irregularities investigation)

"In view of the fact that the average term of a minister of education is 6 months, how can a hundred-year long-term plan be formulated?" (Korea Federation of Teachers` Association (KFTA) public relations officer Cho Heung-Soon, demanding more prudent appointments of education ministers)

"Piles of pending education issues are laying dormant in a desk drawer, with no one giving them any thought." (Official at the Ministry of Education, concerned after Education Minister Song Ja, who was looking forward to being promoted to deputy prime minister, resigned after only 24 days in office due to a series of scandals)