Quotations of the day

Mr. Churchill of England also changed his party. (Rep. Kim Jong-Pil, head of the United Liberal Democrats (ULD) on Friday, commenting on public criticism of the three Millennium Democratic Party (MDP) members who crossed the floor to join the ULD.)

Korean politics are good for nothing; restructuring should begin with the political sphere.(A donga.com netizen on Friday, lamenting the unprincipled behavior of local politicians.)

He joined the group for himself, not on behalf of his fellow Samsung players. (Samsung baseball team head Shin Pil-Ryul on Friday, reporting on Lee Seung-Yuop's decision to join the Korean Pro Baseball Players Association. The group, a quasi labor union of baseball players, is the focus of an ongoing conflict with team owners. Shin made the statement at the first meeting of the owners of eight professional baseball teams in the new year.)

Fewer than 10 rallies a day are held out of an average of 50 gatherings for which advance notice has been filed with the police. (An official of the Metropolitan Police Agency on Friday, heaving a sigh of relief at the reduced number of mass protest rallies and similar meetings as a result of the current cold spell.)