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		jacquesm 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: South Korean workers detained in Hyundai plant rai... Feel free to add the ones that you think that are, as long as they apply. - Sham judicial processes used to strongarm officials? Check.

jenadine 3 months ago [–]

From Wikipedia:

> the term banana republic describes a politically and economically unstable country with an economy dependent upon the export of natural resource.

The dependence upon natural resource may be hard to check.

jacquesm 3 months ago | [–]

Give it some time, they're emulating russia in just about every other respect as well.

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