Stars and Stripes reports:
South Korean employees at Osan Air Base will receive new training on protocol for entering high-security areas, and Osan officials will expedite a plan to replace all control entry line badges, base and union officials confirmed Wednesday.
The announcement follows negotiations between Osan and the U.S. Forces Korea Employee’s Union after two South Korean employees claimed they were treated with unnecessary roughness while being detained Feb. 15 for trying to enter a high-security area on the base.
According to an official from the U.S. Forces Korea Employee’s Union, one of the men was released from hospital this week, while the other will also be released this week. The two were hospitalized after the incident after one suffered a scratch on the cheek and the other suffered, well, I don’t know what he suffered, but whatever it was, it was clearly serious.
In addition:
Shin said all the hospital bills will be covered under their work insurance because the injuries were sustained on duty. He said neither man will be charged sick leave, but instead will be considered on administrative leave during the time they missed work.
Nice to see USFK has a heart.
(HT to reader)
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Yeah, if the first guy spent more than two weeks malingering - oh, sorry, “recovering” - from a scratched cheek, the second guy must have broken a fingernail in order to justify a prolonged stay.
We must understand them, they have had a hard life.
Sounds serious. Hope both men fully
restedrecovered during their prolonged hospitalization.I’ve had surgery performed here in Korea and I was out of the hospital in half a week.
these idiots did not need hospital treatment
While studying at a fairly major Seoul hospital we had a patient in for radial nerve palsy. It appeared some young woman had fallen asleep on his arm He came in on the Saturday, by the time I saw him on the Monday he had no paralysis but complained of parathesia. He stayed one more week just to be safe. He may have been trying to avoid his wife.
Man, whenever I see the opportunity to take a few days off work, I jump at it. Who can blame ‘em? Their job probably sucks even more than mine.
Korean doctors dish out 2 weeks “recovery” in a hospital(private clinic really) for the minorest of injuries and even fake ones- ask the ajumma who tried to sue me for her very serious(totally fake) neck injury that she incurred while running into my scooter on the street.
The hugely exaggerated recovery time ups the possibility of the blood money(hwap ee guem) getting into the millions of Won and the doctors get paid too, so they are more than happy to go along.
Me, I would absolutely freakin’ dread a 2 week stay in a clinic, but some of these people view it as a little rest & relaxation.
Hell,….Jesus was tried, convicted, beaten within in inch of his life, crucified, and resurrected his own ass all within four days !
The Prince of Peace was no pussy, can’t say the same for these Korean girly-men.
Korean women on the other hand, take a brutal ass-whoopin’ from their oldman, and by 6:00am the next morning have the laundry done, and breakfast on the table.
God bless these women,…..A HARDY LOT THEY ARE !
I believe the Korean word for “hospital” in this case is Romanized as “room salon.”
#8,
A lot of Korean doctors do, but not all.