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White-collar crime?

Yes, the white collar worker is traditionally known as someone who works inside an office, who wears a white shirt that is sharp and clean.

On the other hand, the blue-collar worker is an employee that works outside, who wears rough clothes and does a lot of manual work, that is, physical labor.

Hence white-collar crime, an American coinage standing for crimes committed by office holders instead of the usual violent types such as the street burglar or the bank robber.

What crimes are white-collar crimes exactly?

Bribe taking, for instance. If you award a housing project to a businessman only on the merit of him giving you a million dollars in reward, it’s a white-collar crime.

Or embezzlement. If you are in charge of funding the building a new hospital but decides to pocket some of that money for yourself, then it’s another example of white-collar crime.

Or, let’s see, most of corrupt officials the Chinese government at various levels has nabbed in the recent anti-corruption drive are mostly white-collar criminals.

All right. Here are real media examples:

1. It is a common public perception: Korea is soft on white-collar crime, particularly when it involves high-level politicians, government officials or chaebol.

Speaking at the breach of trust case against Hanwha Group chairman Kim Seung-youn, an unnamed prosecutor implored the nation’s justice establishment to take a greater stand against corporate crime.