Comments on: Dongducheon residents demand attention

By: David Crawford

David Crawford — Tue, 15 Jun 2004 11:20:34 +0000

Screw the business owners in Tong-du-chon, I hope they all go out of business when the US Army departs. Travel the world over and you won’t find a bigger collection of thieves, shysters, and scam-artists than in TDC.

As to the bar-owners, not only do I hope those pimps lose everything they own, I hope their daughters end up working in a Pyongtaek “juicy bar”. Just as a form of karmic justice.

By: David McNally

David McNally — Fri, 11 Jun 2004 17:44:31 +0000

It’s one brigade, not two.

By: outsider

outsider — Fri, 11 Jun 2004 09:48:32 +0000

WJK, democracy was a pretty liberal concept in 1776. It also surprises me how often I hear the word “hate” from “conservatives.”

BTW, hope you are not an English teacher. Your grammar is awful.

By: Plunge

Plunge — Thu, 10 Jun 2004 06:48:49 +0000

Ah, thanks for the correction!

By: WJK

WJK — Thu, 10 Jun 2004 00:28:45 +0000

let’s say 3 “Man Sae”s for the Uri Party and President Roh Moo Hyun !!!

I hate all liberals. Whatever country they are in. RMH, in particular lacks foresight and is quite inept as a leader. I can blame at least 3 generations of pro-Japanese, Kyong Sang Do, money hoarding politicians for RMH’s ascension to the top. Basically, a backlash from the people.

But RMH and the Uri party are delusional. They don’t have the economical might of Germany or Japan. Yet, they are talking about a permanent self defense. Against a country with nukes, and a 1 million man army. The timing is so bad. And Koreans are selfish.

By: Sugar Shin

Sugar Shin — Wed, 09 Jun 2004 23:15:13 +0000

Last week there have been rumors in German newspapers about a removal of ca. 37,000 US troops from ca. 70,000 GIs stationed in Germany to East European countries or back to the US. The local German businessmen near the military installations and garrisons (in rural & infrastructurally weak regions) are not that happy about the rumored US troops relocations plans either, but they’re not financially disregarded by their national or provinical governments, if a US troop reduction occurs in reality.

By: The Marmot

The Marmot — Wed, 09 Jun 2004 21:58:12 +0000

Plunge — that was Uijeongbu where that occured, not Dongducheon:

Marmot’s Hole: Be careful what you campaign on (5/11/2003)

Dongducheon residents — and the business community in particular — have been particularly sensitive about protests going on in their town. Would makes sense, actually, given the role 2ID plays in the city’s economy. The group above also held a protest on June 5 — what was special about it, says OhMy, was that it was held in front of Camp Casey by a group people who have generally been loath to protest in front of US military facilities. And even then, one of the guys involved in the event (the head of the Bosan-dong store owners’ association) was quick to point out that even though they were staging the event in front of Camp Casey, a) their beef was not with USFK, but the central government, and b) because of their close relationship with the U.S. military, they wanted to make this protest as short and peaceful as possible. Interesting way they did it, too, as you can see from the pictures — funeral attire, i.e. the base move cum gov’t neglect is “killing” TDC and its residents.

Oh, the red writing on the sign the guys are carrying in the pic — it’s written in their blood.

By: Plunge

Plunge — Wed, 09 Jun 2004 21:03:06 +0000

Weren’t they the ones that protested to have the base moved away from their city? Didn’t they elect a mayor on that platform?

I could easily be wrong, but I seem to remember that.

By: Toolboy

Toolboy — Wed, 09 Jun 2004 18:44:57 +0000

I also recommend that Korean nationals working on U.S. bases start working on their resumes.

By: kimchipig

kimchipig — Wed, 09 Jun 2004 07:36:12 +0000

I wonder how many of the poor residents were involved in the 2002 Race Riots?