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Real Reality
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 6:51 am Post subject: US Army Apologizes for Tragic Death |
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US Army Apologizes for Tragic Death
Lt. Gen. Charles C. Campbell, commander of the 8th U.S. Army, Friday apologized for the death of a Korean woman who was struck by a U.S. military vehicle in Tongduchon, north of Seoul. The U.S. Army said it will contact the family of the victim to personally express their condolences.
By Yoon Won-sup, Korea Times (June 10, 2005)
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200506/kt2005061022061011990.htm |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 7:21 am Post subject: |
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Will this one amount to as big a deal as the last one?
I think it won't, because there is no up-coming election.
On the other hand, it might because the OOPs are low in the polls lately.
Only a little of the public reaction depends on how the US Army deals with it. Here's hoping they learned. |
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Real Reality
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 7:41 am Post subject: |
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http://voiceofpeople.org/new/news_view.html?serial=24907 |
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buddy bradley
Joined: 24 Aug 2003
Location: The Beyond
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| Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 7:42 am Post subject: Re: US Army Apologizes for Tragic Death |
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| Real Reality wrote: |
US Army Apologizes for Tragic Death
Lt. Gen. Charles C. Campbell, commander of the 8th U.S. Army, Friday apologized for the death of a Korean woman who was struck by a U.S. military vehicle in Tongduchon, north of Seoul. The U.S. Army said it will contact the family of the victim to personally express their condolences.
By Yoon Won-sup, Korea Times (June 10, 2005)
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200506/kt2005061022061011990.htm |
Oh God, not again... |
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Leslie Cheswyck
Joined: 31 May 2003
Location: University of Western Chile
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| Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 10:23 am Post subject: |
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| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
| Only a little of the public reaction depends on how the US Army deals with it. Here's hoping they learned. |
Excuse me? The US Army did everything short of pulling out apologizing last time.
Let's hope the Koreans behave themselves better this time around.
Traffic accident. Let it go. |
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jurassic5
Joined: 02 Apr 2003
Location: PA
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| Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 10:41 am Post subject: |
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| Bush opened his remarks by expressing "my country's deepest condolences" on the accidental death of a 51-year-old Korean woman who was killed when she was struck by a U.S. military truck near Seoul. |
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so it looks like the US public relations skills have stepped up a bit since 2002. 
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laconic2
Joined: 23 May 2005
Location: Wonderful World of ESL
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| Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 3:23 pm Post subject: source?????????????????? |
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| jurassic5 wrote: |
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| Bush opened his remarks by expressing "my country's deepest condolences" on the accidental death of a 51-year-old Korean woman who was killed when she was struck by a U.S. military truck near Seoul. |
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so it looks like the US public relations skills have stepped up a bit since 2002. |
There's no such quote in the source. |
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Real Reality
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 3:30 pm Post subject: |
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Bush offers condolences over death of S. Korea woman
U.S. President George W. Bush offered condolences Friday hours after a U.S. military truck struck and killed a South Korean woman on a road north of Seoul.
"I first want to express my country's deepest condolences for the accident that took place where a U.S. military vehicle killed a Korean woman, and we send our deepest sympathies to the woman's families," Bush told reporters after a meeting with South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun. "And Mr. President, I just want you to know our hearts are sad as a result of this incident," he said, looking at Roh sitting next to him at the briefing with the press.
Bush's swift response to the road accident apparently reflected concerns that a fresh wave of anti-American sentiment may flare up in South Korea over the tragedy as it did over a similar accident three years ago. In June of 2002, two South Korean schoolgirls were struck and killed by a U.S. armored vehicle, but two American soldiers who operated the tracked vehicle were acquitted by a U.S. court-martial. The verdict touched off an unprecedented wave of anti-American sentiment among the South Korean public, with many demanding a revision of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), the legal code governing the 32,500 U.S. troops here.
In Friday's accident, the 51-year-old yogurt delivery worker was struck by a 2.5-ton military truck as she was pulling her cart on a street in Dongducheon, just north of Seoul. The victim, identified only as Kim, died on the spot. The vehicle's driver was an army private, identified only by his first name, Brian.
Hours after the incident, Lt. Gen. Charles C. Campbell, chief of the 8th U.S. Army in South Korea, apologized and expressed "deep" condolences to the victim's family and friends. "The men and women of the 8th U.S. Army offer their utmost sympathy to the family and friends touched by this unfortunate accident," Campbell said in a statement.
Mark Minton, the charge d' affaires of the U.S. Embassy, also extended his sincere apologies and sympathy to the families and friends of the Korean woman. "The entire staff of the U.S. Embassy in Seoul offer their condolences to the family and friends of the Korean citizen whose life was claimed by this terrible accident," the embassy said in a press release.
Yonhap News (June 11, 2005)
http://english.yna.co.kr/Engnews/20050611/610000000020050611025710E7.html |
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Beej
Joined: 05 Mar 2005
Location: Eungam Loop
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| Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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The first time around with the two girls, the US commander apologized immediately, he visited the family, the soldiers apologized, Bush apologized, and the families were payed money that was many times the amount they would have received if the kids had been hit by a Korean driver. Of course much of this wasnt reported in the Korean media.
So I dont understand the posters who say the US sems to have got it right "this time" |
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Real Reality
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 3:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Beej wrote: |
The first time around with the two girls, the US commander apologized immediately, he visited the family, the soldiers apologized, Bush apologized, and the families were payed money that was many times the amount they would have received if the kids had been hit by a Korean driver. Of course much of this wasnt reported in the Korean media.
So I dont understand the posters who say the US sems to have got it right "this time" |
Accident in 2002 (June 13, 2002)
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The U.S. has accepted complete responsibility, including civil accountability, for this accident. The Commander of U.S. Forces Korea has stated publicly that ultimately he and his command were responsible. In addition, as further evidence of U.S. willingness to demonstrate accountability, responsibility, and remorse over the tragedy, the U.S. took the following steps:
The Eighth U.S. Army Commander, Lt. Gen. Daniel R. Zanini, immediately apologized to the families through an 8th U.S. Army Press Release the day the accident occurred (June 13). He reiterated his public apology several times before his retirement on November 5.
The following U.S. government and military officials have made public apologies to the Korean people:
- George W. Bush, President of the United States of America;
- Ambassador Thomas Hubbard, U.S. Ambassador to Korea;
- Secretary of State Colin Powell;
- Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfield;
- Gen. Leon J. LaPorte, Commander of USFK;
- Maj. Gen. Russell Honore, former Second Infantry Division Commander;
- Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage;
- Under Secretary of State John Bolton;
- Under Secretary of Defense Douglas Feith;
- Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly; and
- Sergeant Fernando Nino and Sergeant Mark Walker, the two soldiers who operated the vehicle.
The Second Infantry Division Commander, the Second Infantry Division Chief of Staff, and the driver of the vehicle visited the families to apologize personally.
USFK worked to ensure just compensation was paid to the families. Initial solatia (expression of sympathy) payments of one million won for each family were made on September 11. Both families accepted approximately 195 million won each on September 13. Hundreds of soldiers in the 2nd Infantry Division participated in a candlelight vigil to honor the girls at Camp Howze on June 18. Soldiers donated more than $22,000 which was presented to the two families through the Red Cross. Other private donations from the American community in Korea totaling more than $30,000 were received to construct a memorial to the two girls.
In short, Americans - military, civilian, official - have accepted responsibility and apologized repeatedly for this tragic accident.
U.S. Embassy, Seoul, Information Resource Center
http://seoul.usembassy.gov/wwwh0501.html |
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