They should start doing this in the U.S. :)



South Korea has best-dressed homeless
Wednesday, February 23, 2005 Posted: 7:59 AM EST (1259 GMT)


SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) -- Some South Korean homeless are dressing in style after the government gave away thousands of fake designer garments confiscated by customs agents.

The Korea Customs Service distributed more than 3,500 fake pieces in the southern city of Pusan this month with the permission of the fashion houses whose designs had been pirated.

A customs official declined to name the designers whose ripped-off creations are now being worn by the homeless but said both they and the state prosecutors had approved giving away the jackets, blouses, shirts and pants.

"We hope this will be of some help to the poor who need practical assistance in such hard times," the official said.

Customs agents removed the labels from the clothes before giving them to a welfare agency for distribution <end>




Heres the link: http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/02/23/homeless.clothes.reut/index.html

Gee,

A two for one special. An article on homeless in Korea AND advertisements. All in one no less!

Anyway, I did read a similar article in the Post today, I think it's a good idea to give away clothes that were pirated copies of disigner clothes to the homeless. It's better than throwing them away.

Oops :o

Sorry about the advertisements. I copied and pasted the article and forgot to delete them. I went back and corrected it!

And I thought England would be the winner! :) Sorry bad sense of humour...he he.


I love the article! Cnn has fun news! Just like www.thesun.co.uk.!


with kind regards,

Rachel

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