Daily Lesssons from Life 10 March 2011 - Second sex scandal rocks 'Ministry of Love Affairs'

"Second sex scandal rocks 'Ministry of Love Affairs' - The Korea Herald/Asia News Network Thu, Mar 10, 2011

A diplomatic sex scandal has erupted out of the Korean Embassy in Mongolia, coming just days after a similar scandal involving a Chinese woman shook the nation, according to news reports in Seoul.

A high ranking diplomat at the Korean Embassy in Ulan Bator was reported to have had an inappropriate relationship with a local woman, the government official was quoted as saying on Wednesday.

When the official returned to Seoul from his duty in Mongolia, she, who was pregnant at the time, demanded a large sum of money, threatening to reveal their secret relationship otherwise, the report said. A criminal ring was reported to have been involved in the subsequent spat.

The official resigned in February, 2010, when the government started to investigate the case."

Actually this is not a news headline I normally comment on but what the heck. Let my hair down!

Lessons for me are:

1. diplomats are human too. Even if they were highly trained 'spies'! Which most are not of course;

2. if there is no threat to the nation's security, such affairs of the hearts are really private matter. If they are adults and consenting and no crime was committed, they should be left alone;

3. that diplomat had paid a price for his indiscretion with his resignation. Hopefully he has other ways to make a living. otherwise it is indeed a costly experience.

Minsitry of Love Affairs? Hardly. Just happened!!