What would you ask President Moon?
By David Tizzard Scotland has given the world a great many things ― the television, flushing toilets, Grand Theft Auto, and deep-fried Mars bars. While not all of these have had the greatest impact on modern Korea, there is one that has: the online government petition system. The Scottish parliament was the first to introduce the e-petition system back in 2000. The first petition placed online was a campaign from the WWF (the nature organization, not Rowdy Roddy Piper) to protect the country's coastal regions. It ran for just under three months and collected 305 valid signatures and nine valid comments. Perhaps the Scots were busy at the time.It's fair to say that those early numbers from the system's inauguration are now being dwarfed in Korea. The saying here goes that “The People's Voice is the Voice of Heaven.” Domestically, it is symbolized by a drum. This has its origins in the drum that would hang in front of the royal palace, which people would beat to file a complaint to the king during the Joseon Dynasty. From a broader cultural perspective, it is known as
