Picture of the Day: 25th Anniversary of the Battle of Yeonpyeong

Participants, including Naval Chief of Staff Adm. Yang Yong-mo, pose for a group photo during a ceremony at the Navy’s 2nd Fleet Command in Pyeongtaek, 60 kilometers south of Seoul, on June 14, 2024, marking the 25th anniversary of South Korea’s victory in a 1999 skirmish with North Korea off the South Korean northwestrn island of Yeonpyeong near the inter-Korean sea border. (Yonhap)


It really was a remarkable display of restraint on the part of the ROK Navy. Upon the first shots being fired by the norks, most countries would have opened fire with the intent f sinking all the nork military vessels, and possibly attempted to intern all the civilian craft.
It’s truly unfortunate that the grossly obese person sending others out to their deaths faces no consequences.