Posted on 07/10/2010 9:37:00 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
Saying “there is no reason to have a curfew,” the commander of U.S. troops in South Korea will end an almost 9-year-old curfew on the peninsula Friday, the start of Fourth of July weekend.
“I believe that we can trust our servicemembers to do the right thing,” U.S. Forces Korea commander Gen. Walter Sharp said in an interview Monday. “I personally believe in personal responsibility and making that the top thing that we do with our servicemembers, rather than trying to impose restrictions on them because of the acts of very, very few.”
Local commanders will be allowed to impose temporary curfews but must get his approval to do so, Sharp said.
A nighttime off-limits ban will continue for Hongdae entertainment district in Seoul near several universities, although Sharp said a review to possibly rescind the ban is under way. The 9 p.m.-to-5 a.m. ban on Hongdae has been in place since 2007, after a servicemember raped a 67-year-old woman there.
so much soju, so little time. ah memories...
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