Picture of the Day: Unnecessary Physical Contact?
| April 25, 2020
Tag: Busan
Containership Crashes into Loading Crane at Busan Harbor
| April 11, 2020
Via a reader tip comes this video of a container ship trying to dock in Busan Harbor that crashed into a loading crane:
You can read more about this incident and see other viewpoints of the the crash at this link.
Picture of the Day: Quiet Busan Beach
| March 2, 2020
Haeundae Beach, one of the most popular tourist destinations in the southern port city of Busan, is relatively quiet on Feb. 29, 2020, as the new coronavirus spreads in the country. (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: Empty Chinatown in Busan
| February 7, 2020
Tweet of the Day: Person Drives Car into Protesters in Busan
| January 22, 2020
Cho Kuk Questioned Over Bribery Allegations Involving Busan Vice Mayor
| December 17, 2019
How many corruption cases is Cho Kuk involved in? I am losing count:
– Cho Kuk, former justice minister and presidential secretary, on Monday attended a questioning over bribery allegations involving the former vice mayor of Busan.
Cho appeared at the Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors Office on Monday morning to attend the questioning, the first time he was called in regarding the bribery case.
Cho was the head of the presidential office’s civil affairs division that oversaw a special inspection of the vice mayor’s bribery allegations.
Yoo Jae-soo, Busan’s former vice mayor of economic affairs, was recently indicted for allegedly receiving bribes worth 49.5 million won (US$42,224) during his term at the state financial regulator.
While he was under surveillance by Cheong Wa Dae’s special inspection team in 2017, he avoided punishment for an unknown reason and became Busan’s vice mayor in 2018.
The string of developments raised suspicions that some Cheong Wa Dae officials may have engaged in a cover-up of the bribery case.
Yonhap
You can read more at the link.
Picture of the Day: Sultan of Brunei Visits Busan
| November 25, 2019
Picture of the Day: Dark Clouds Over Busan
| September 22, 2019
Picture of the Day: Busan Sea Festival
| August 5, 2019
ROK Government Hosts Korean War Veterans at Visit to U.N. Cemetery in Busan
| July 30, 2019
This is a really good program that the South Korean government puts on every year:
South Korea’s Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs hosted Munson and more than 100 other veterans and family members from 16 nations to express the South’s appreciation for the sacrifices made during the three-year war.
During the six-day revisit program that began Tuesday, the vets participated in numerous cultural events and tours, including a trip to the truce village of Panmunjom and other sites in the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone.
They also laid white flowers on the headstones of fallen servicemembers at the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in the southern city of Busan.
They were welcomed with a standing ovation and honored during the annual United Nations Forces participation day ceremony in Seoul, which was broadcast on national TV.
Stars & Stripes
You can read more at the link.
