Not that anyone ever accused Korea of having any common sense at all (the Asian economic crash was caused in large part by their overexpansion--e.g. building oil refineries for oil that didn't exist), but this really takes the cake.

Basically, the S. Korean government is seeking to set out ethical guidelines for dealing with robots.

...Ethical guidelines for dealing with robots.

Robots.

You know, those machines we build to help us with mundane tasks? Made of parts from Radio Shack? Yeah, those things.