I was wondering as well if the North Koreans staying at the Walker Hill Hotel had some kind of symbolic meaning to it, but apparently is was all about security:
Walker Hill Hotel
North Korea again chose Seoul’s Walkerhill Hotel for its high-level delegation’s lodgings during the delegates’ three-day visit. The North Korean leader’s sister, Kim Yo-jong, and other delegates stayed there three weeks ago.
A question then arises: why does the North prefer the hotel out of numerous luxury five-star hotels in Seoul?
An irony lies in the hotel’s name. It was named after U.S. Army general Walton Harris Walker, who died in an unfortunate car accident during the 1950-53 Korean War. Walker was credited with crushing North Korean troops in many battles, paving the way for the ultimate victory of the combined forces of South Korea and the United Nations.
Experts cite security as the first and foremost reason.
Unlike other luxury hotels in central Seoul with many access routes, Walkerhill is surrounded by Mount Acha and linked with only a handful of narrow roads.
For that reason, Walkerhill was a favorite venue for secret inter-Korean meetings in the 1980s and ’90s. [Korea Times]
Costs Korean taxpayers a helluva lot less than Shilla Hotel as well.
Smokes
8 years ago
If I were the trip planner I’d of suggested that hotel they built at the top of HH in Itaewon. 😎
Smokes
8 years ago
By the way, here’s an excerpt from another opinion piece this lady did:
“Last month, as I checked in for a flight to Seoul from San Francisco, I was informed that I couldn’t enter South Korea. The government of former South Korean President Park Geun-hye, a hawk on North Korea, had placed me on a list of banned travelers, apparently as retribution for my activism, including the D.M.Z. crossing. But within a few days, it was reversed by the Moon administration, following enormous public outcry, and I traveled to Seoul.”
Costs Korean taxpayers a helluva lot less than Shilla Hotel as well.
If I were the trip planner I’d of suggested that hotel they built at the top of HH in Itaewon. 😎
By the way, here’s an excerpt from another opinion piece this lady did:
“Last month, as I checked in for a flight to Seoul from San Francisco, I was informed that I couldn’t enter South Korea. The government of former South Korean President Park Geun-hye, a hawk on North Korea, had placed me on a list of banned travelers, apparently as retribution for my activism, including the D.M.Z. crossing. But within a few days, it was reversed by the Moon administration, following enormous public outcry, and I traveled to Seoul.”
She related to Lisa Ling?
Sorry forgot the source link:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/02/opinion/the-north-korea-travel-ban-will-do-more-harm-than-good.html
I must be drunk… the two comments above were supposed to be on the “Tweet of the Day: Is this A Racist Tweet?” thread. 😆
Damn Smokes must be hitting that Andong Soju.
Smokes loves to hit the ‘dong.
…or so the trannies say.
bah
Baaaaah?
http://www.animalsaustralia.org/issues/secret-lives-of-sheep.php
Mistakes admitted acceptable. For myself I a beginning to wonder if I have pre-alziemers. Apologize if I sometimes get incoherent (dumb).