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South Korea Experiencing Soaring Recruitment of R.O.K. Marines After N. Korean Shelling Attack
Chosun Ilbo News (in Korean) ^
| 2 December 2010
| Kim Hyong Won, Journalist
Posted on 12/02/2010 2:03:06 AM PST by AmericanInTokyo
The link is to this evening's top Korean-language Chosun Ilbo story in Seoul, South (Good) Korea. It states that after the Communist North under Kim Jong il had attacked the South at Yeongpyungdo (island) with rockets and howitzers last Tuesday, the patriotic ferver and anger has increased greatly in the South, and the most immediate manifestation is the soaring young recruits signing up to join the South Korean (R.O.K.) Marines, since it was two Marines who had been killed in the North shelling.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: attack; korea; marines; nkorea; northkorea; rokmarines; southkorea; yeongpyongdo
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No English translation to the article yet, but I am sure it is in the pipeline. Original title: 연평도 도발 이후 해병대 지원자 더 몰려
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
12/02/2010 2:03:29 AM PST
by
AmericanInTokyo
(Do the "W" memoirs have an advance "sorry" about possible war with N. Korea, due to idiotic policy?)
To: AmericanInTokyo
Tungil! [Reunification]
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posted on
12/02/2010 2:12:47 AM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(Re: Gov. Sarah Palin: Even the lion has to defend himself against flies. ~German Proverb)
To: AmericanInTokyo; TigerLikesRooster
Some people still appreciate freedom enough to fight for it.
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posted on
12/02/2010 2:44:48 AM PST
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(Socialists are to economics what circle squarers are to math; undaunted by reason or derision.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
What's Semper Fidelis in Korean?
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posted on
12/02/2010 2:46:16 AM PST
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(Socialists are to economics what circle squarers are to math; undaunted by reason or derision.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Looks like the R.O.K. knows for sure who their friends are.
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posted on
12/02/2010 2:58:57 AM PST
by
Islander7
(If you want to anger conservatives, lie to them. If you want to anger liberals, tell them the truth.)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
My grasp of Hangul is very limited. I can buy a drink, a meal and get other (ahem) needs taken care of. I know the word for reunification because that's what my ROK Army co-workers said when they saluted an officer or an officer salutes a superior. Someone here probably knows, though. According to Babelfish, Always Faithful is written so: 항상 충실한
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posted on
12/02/2010 3:04:22 AM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(Re: Gov. Sarah Palin: Even the lion has to defend himself against flies. ~German Proverb)
To: AmericanInTokyo
From the halls of 38th parallel
To the shores of the yellow sea...
To: AmericanInTokyo
I’m reminded of the eagerness of many young Southern men to join the fray against the North early on in our (the US) Civil War, an eagerness that was soon tempered by the horrors of war.
Please excuse this digression: I don’t mean to denigrate confederate soldiers by recitation of the above facts which, of course, apply to those Northern men who were similarly inclined. I honor the sacrifice of both sides in that unfortunate conflict of brothers against brothers.
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posted on
12/02/2010 4:51:07 AM PST
by
luvbach1
(Stop Barry now. He can't help himself.)
To: AmericanInTokyo
For those with NETFLIX instant streaming, last night I saw an excellent documentary having an inside view of what it is like in North Korea. The oppressive dictatorship of Kim Jong-il makes Hitler look like just a tough schoolmarm.
National Geographic - Inside North Korea
“Join National Geographic’s Lisa Ling as she captures a rare look inside North Korea - something few Americans have ever been able to do. Posing as an undercover medical coordinator and closely guarded throughout her trip, Lisa moves inside the most isolated nation in the world, encountering a society completely dominated by government and dictatorship. Glimpse life inside North Korea as you’ve never seen before with personal accounts and powerful footage. Witness first-hand efforts by humanitarians and the challenges they face from the rogue regime.”
To: NavyCanDo
Yep, they are bad, up there in NK. What is horrifying is what the smuggled-in Western cameras could NOT film! Defectors have told harrowing tales, and those dictators, the Kim Family, are still in power and grooming Junior!!!
Doug MacArthur would have an absolute cow.
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posted on
12/02/2010 5:59:46 AM PST
by
AmericanInTokyo
(Do the "W" memoirs have an advance "sorry" about possible war with N. Korea, due to idiotic policy?)
To: AmericanInTokyo
Are a lot of them re-upping after their mandatory 2 year stint too?
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posted on
12/02/2010 6:06:32 AM PST
by
GeronL
(http://libertyfic.proboards.com <--- My Fiction/ Science Fiction Board)
To: GeronL
Good question, I will have to read the article in detail for that.
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posted on
12/02/2010 6:08:22 AM PST
by
AmericanInTokyo
(Do the "W" memoirs have an advance "sorry" about possible war with N. Korea, due to idiotic policy?)
To: AmericanInTokyo
Lisa Ling made a comment about the absolute adoration the people have for Kim Jong. “You look at the people bowing down, lifting hands and praising photographs of him, and wonder who is doing this with all sincerity, and who is doing it out of absolute fear.”
To: NavyCanDo
"...who is doing this with all sincerity, and who is doing it out of absolute fear. Yep...kind of like all the mourning of the passing of Kim Il Sung. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zYsUqAYg6c
It's pretty obvious that nobody wanted to be seen crying or wailing less than the person next to them.
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posted on
12/02/2010 6:53:04 AM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: AmericanInTokyo; All
(Thread and) Forces of freedom BUMP!
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posted on
12/02/2010 8:22:55 AM PST
by
PGalt
To: AmericanInTokyo
Amazing timing as the generation of Korvets are leaving the scene. Great guys, even Rangel. (Although I think Rangel should be expelled from the House.)
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posted on
12/02/2010 8:27:16 AM PST
by
bvw
To: AmericanInTokyo
Trust me on this, the ROK Marines are about the 2nd to the last people on Earth you want pissed off at you.
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posted on
12/02/2010 9:07:42 AM PST
by
Lurker
(The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
To: AmericanInTokyo
In a sense, the shelling is a good turn of events because now the S.K. youth won’t be protesting the U.S. so much anymore.
They realize who their true enemy is and the U.S. is a benign, stabilizing force — rather than an object of protest.
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posted on
12/02/2010 10:29:38 AM PST
by
AlanGreenSpam
(Obama: The First 'American IDOL' President - sponsored by Chicago NeoCom Thugs)
To: AmericanInTokyo
God bless and protect each and every one of them.
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posted on
12/02/2010 12:52:30 PM PST
by
LibertyRocks
(Anti-Obama, Pro-Palin Gear: http://www.cafepress.com/SarahPalin2012)
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