Interesting read for ROK Drop favorite Robert Neff about the liberation of Seoul at the end of World War II:
On Sept. 8, 1945, American soldiers began arriving in Incheon. Everett Shipley informed his parents in a letter home that his unit arrived in the port at about 3 p.m. and were greeted by the Japanese who provided them with trucks and other logistical support to off-load their equipment.
The following morning, American soldiers were transported by train to Seoul, where, upon arrival, they marched in silence to their positions at Bando Hotel and the Japanese headquarters in Yongsan. Donald Clark, in his book “Living Dangerously in Korea,” notes that while the soldiers marched in silence, American “planes roared overhead ‘providing striking demonstrations of power that could hardly have failed to impress both Japanese and Koreans.'”
Later that afternoon, at around 4 p.m., General Hodge and Admiral Kincaid arrived at the Government-General Building and, after a short speech ― “listened glumly to by the Japanese” ― Hodge accepted Japan’s surrender.
‘Bus walls’ in central GwanghwamunPolice buses are parked along sidewalks in Seoul’s central Gwanghwamun on Aug. 14, 2021, forming “bus walls” to block mass rallies as part of preventive measures against the spread of COVID-19 ahead of the Liberation Day holiday. (Yonhap)
It looks like another member of the ROK military is about to go down for sexual harassment:
This image depicts a sexual harassment case in the military.
A Navy court on Saturday issued an arrest warrant for a senior chief petty officer suspected of having sexually harassed a female subordinate who was found dead in an apparent suicide earlier this week.
The issuance of the arrest warrant for the officer, whose identity was withheld, came after a pre-trial detention hearing held at the Navy’s general military court in Pyeongtaek, 70 kilometers south of Seoul. The suspect was immediately imprisoned at a detention facility of the Navy 2nd Fleet.
The victim, known only as a female chief petty officer, was found dead at her residence in Pyeongtaek on Thursday after reporting days earlier that she had suffered sexual harassment from the suspect in May.
Here is a surprising topic North Korea has decided to weigh in on:
This illustrated image shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (L) and U.S. President Joe Biden.
North Korea on Friday denounced the expiration of a pandemic-related U.S. government ban on residential evictions, saying Washington should address its own human rights issues before “poking its nose” into other countries’ affairs.
A U.S. government ban on evictions for residents that have failed to pay rent during the COVID-pandemic expired at the end of last month in most parts of the country, putting millions of vulnerable residents at risk of losing their homes.
“Before talking impudently about the ‘human rights issues’ of other countries, the U.S. should address the human rights problems of its own society, which are daily getting worse, owing to its anti-popular policies,” the North’s foreign ministry said on its website.
You can read more at the link, but with all the helped wanted signs across the country my sympathy meter for people facing eviction has definitely lowered significantly since the beginning of the pandemic.
2 years ago celebrating our wedding anniversary with a trip to #Nampo During one beach day naval military drills started. The whole beach rumbled as the guns burst from ships not far from the beach creating the most enormous bangs. People gasped and cheered. #NorthKorea#DPRKpic.twitter.com/L9wSxJ0H3K
Samsung’s foldable smartphone This photo taken Aug. 12, 2021, shows Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy Z Fold3 (R) and Galaxy Z Flip3 5G smartphones with upgraded displays, durability and functionality after they were unveiled at the virtual Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2021 event the previous day. They are scheduled to be launched globally on Aug. 27. (Yonhap)
This ROK soldier just came short of earning a mandatory military service exemption:
Private 1st Class Woo Sang-hyeok, 25, of the Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps, placed fourth in the men’s high jump category after clearing a 2.34-meter bar at the Tokyo Olympics. (Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corp)
A South Korean high jumper hoping to win a medal at the Tokyo Olympics and qualify for an exemption from his country’s mandatory military service may earn some extra vacation days instead.
Pfc. Woo Sang-hyeok, 25, of the Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps, placed fourth in the men’s high jump category after clearing a 2.35-meter bar. That performance broke South Korea’s previous record of 2.34 meters, or 7.7 feet, set in 1997.
Higher jumpers from Qatar, Italy and Belarus edged out Woo with their 2.37-meter jumps in the final round. The Olympic record for the event is 2.39 meters and was achieved by American Charles Austin in 1996, according to the International Olympic Committee’s website.
Why do people have to act like jerks, if you don’t like the mask policy at H-Mart than don’t shop there:
A man who caused a ruckus after refusing to wear a mask at an H Mart in California was forced to leave the store as its manager and customers stood together to kick him out.
What happened: The incident occurred at the Korean American supermarket’s location in West Huntington Drive, Arcadia around 6:15 p.m. on Aug. 6. Emilie Tan (@emilieeetan), who was shopping with her boyfriend, managed to film parts of the chaos. Tan told NextShark that they first found the man arguing with the manager at the back of the store. At the time, the man was “already visibly aggravated,” yelling in the manager’s face and refusing to leave “because he didn’t want to wear a mask.”
