015- 김기식 (Kim Gi-shik) 사퇴, 드루킹 update, 조현민 (Cho Hyun-min) scandal grows and NK/US engagement develops at a rapid rate.

김기식 is out as head of the Financial Supervisory Service. Blue House doubled down by having the 선관위 (National Election Commission) decide on the illegalities of m Kim's alleged violations. They ruled he broke the law and he immediately resigned and the resignation was immediately accepted by 청와대. Some lingering side effects and questions. What is wrong with the vetting system at the Blue House? Should 조국 or 임종석 be held responsible? What happens to reform of the financial/Chaebol sector? Is this a black eye/setback for 문재인's 적폐청산 and holding his administration to a higher standard? Difficult balance of wanting "your guys" in key roles to sincerely carry out policies and recognizing the writing of the wall and backing down. Progressives hope the reform drive does not slow down despite setback. Conservatives want a special prosecution./state investigation. People want 전수조사 on ALL lawmakers with expenses and overseas trips. Petition with well over 200,000 signatures to Blue house. Ruling party/progressives support comprehensive probe. Opposition is opposed. Wonder why? They need to remember the old saying "be careful what you wish for." Investigation continues on the 드루킹/online brigade controversy. Media is having a field day with framing this as a huge scandal. 청와대 and 김경수 have seemingly tweaked their stories as to the extent of contact with 드루킹 and how the process of vetting his recommendation of Osaka chief consulate took place. Lingering question of the timing of when the "macro" software was used by 드루킹 and his 경제적공진화모임 (경공모) crew. What was his M.O.? Why did he turn into such a fierce hater of the Moon government? Opposition once again calling for a 특검 into the affair and saying 김경수 needs to be prosecuted. 내로남불 all over again. Growing calls to look into Naver's murky online news commenting and upvoting system. Claimed that "macros" had no effect on their servers. That has proven to be a false assertion. Conservatives and opposition feel they have a winning hand with this controversy. Progressives and ruling forces say mountains are being made of molehills and a very deep and detailed investigation into the entire online news process will reveal that both sides will come out tainted and possibly the opposition will take the bigger hit. Once again, "be careful what you wish for." 조현민 getting swamped with more and more allegations of outrageous and vulgar behavior to her staff at Korean Air. More employees have come forward after the water rage incident and subsequent rant recording. Lots of lurid details into her 갑질 behavior and general craziness with the work environment she created. "gap-jil" is now a term introduced to the English vernacular after NY Times piece. Pretty shameful. Cho is now suspended from corporate activities pending investigation. Growing calls to remove the entire "3rd generation" of owner's spawn from the corporation by 정의당 members. Her Korean-American status also legally problematic as she was found to hold an executive post at Jin Air, a big no-no for a foreigner to have operations power at an actual airline. People still demanding the "대한" moniker and flag be stripped from the airline. Korean Air still has rights to "한국항공" so ultimately there may not be any major changes. Despite the pessimism with 금수저 folks getting their comeuppance, this issue not going anywhere anytime soon. Rare update on North Korea! CIA chief Pompeo met with 김정은! Secret meeting apparently over Easter weekend. What the heck is going on? Trump blabbers details to the press. Gives his "blessing" for negotiations to end the Korean war during the Inter-Korean summit. De-nuking will be on the table. 5 locations mulled over Trump's meeting with Dear Leader Jr. Some optimism sprinkled with a LOT of skepticism in the ensuing US-North Korean talks on whether a real deal can actually get done. Will Trump try cement his "legacy" through this summit? Will he even get there? Still a lot that can happen from now until June. Subscribe, rate and review on Apple Podcasts! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/korea-pod/id1361450798?mt=2&ls;=1