A brash Nepali UML Minister decides to do something (i.e. impose a lottery system) to teach a big bad business firm a lesson. The Ministers' decision is hailed by most people. Angry, the big bad business files a complaint to the Supreme Court of Nepal. The Supreme Court of Nepal -- composed of judges who have no background in basic economics -- sides with the Minister and the government. BUT, BUT and BUT In today's era of interconnected markets, global forces are far from amused. They issue an ultimatum to the Minister in his face on his visit to South Korea: Forget your government's decision, and forget your Supreme Court's decision. Either you follow our way or risk losing jobs for your people. The choice is yours. Result: The Minister bites his tongue, and the cabinet backpedals its stance and tries to save its face. The Supreme Court's decision goes dishonored. Let's hope that our UML hero realises that in today's world, he can no longer use his knee-jerk Marxist rhetoric to decide labour issues in and about Nepal. As things stand, he now has to satisfy the demands of BOTH the global and domestic labor markets, and, in a toss-up, it's the former's demands that are going to win. Meantime, the big bad business is still a big bad business. oohi ashu ****** Govt. suspends lottery system in recruitment of workers for Korea KOL Report KATHMANDU, Nov 1 - The government has decided to suspend the process of lottery system for the time being in the selection of Nepali workers for South Korea. The cabinet meeting held on Monday decided to procrastinate its earlier decision to implement lottery system in the recruitment of the workers for Korea. With this, the workers who had already been selected by Lumbini Overseas have now become eligible to go to South Korea. Earlier, the Minister for Labor and Management Raghuji Pant had ordered the Lumbini Overseas to select the workers for Korea through lottery system after various complaints were lodged at the ministry pertaining to prevalent rampant corruption and irregularities in the selection of workers. The Lumbini Overseas had knocked the doors of the Apex court in defiance of the government orders, while the court had given verdict in favor of the government. The cabinet?s decision comes after the Korean employers took a firm stance on receiving the workers selected by the Lumbini overseas and not through lottery system and warned that the workers? quota given to Nepal this year would be annulled, if the selected workers were not sent by November 3. (hbt)