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jurassic5
Joined: 02 Apr 2003
Location: PA
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 Posted: Sat May 15, 2004 7:51 am Post subject: Fighting in Shinchon? |
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does anybody have any information on the fight that involved some American soldiers? I caught some of it on MBC news...all i saw is that it was in Shinchon...they were drunk...a knife appeared and the MP's showed up. just curious as to what when down. This supposedly happened late friday nite/early sat. morning.
found some more info....
http://search.ytn.co.kr/search_view.php?m_cd=0103&jkey=200405150734007838 |
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HardyandTiny
Joined: 03 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Sat May 15, 2004 8:12 am Post subject: |
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I can't find anything yet J5.
The one sporting a mohawk is against policy, either he did it just for the night (or he's a dependent, not a soldier) .....or someone in the COC f'ed up.
Seems like a real dumb arse with his "middle finger" gesture.
Did anyone get hurt? |
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Pyongshin Sangja
Joined: 20 Apr 2003
Location: I love baby!
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| Posted: Sat May 15, 2004 8:23 am Post subject: |
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| That's quite a pig sticker to be sportin. Glad I didn't run into those guys last night in Honky-day. |
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jurassic5
Joined: 02 Apr 2003
Location: PA
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| Posted: Sat May 15, 2004 8:46 am Post subject: |
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| HardyandTiny wrote: |
Did anyone get hurt? |
i don't think anyone got seriously injured....i think someone mite have been stabbed...but i don't think it was serious.
(my korean sucks...so not for sure.) |
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inkoreaforgood
Joined: 15 Dec 2003
Location: Inchon
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| Posted: Sat May 15, 2004 2:02 pm Post subject: |
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| The wife told me about it. Surprised no one picked up on it before. A group of American soldiers were out on the town in Shinchon. Around 2 am (I thought they had a curfew??), drunk as can be, they stopped a taxi and proceeded to stand on the taxi and take pictures!!?? Of course, the taxi driver was pissed, and ended up in a big arguement with them. Another Korean joined the taxi driver, and one soldier pulled out a large knife ans stabbed the new Korean in the throat. The group takes off after this, but 10 Koreans (guess there were quite a few witnesses to the whole scene) jump the one guy who did all the stabbing, and hold him until the police arrive. Not sure how they all ended up at the police station really. I think they are back on base now. Don't know what is going to happen now, but seems like a pretty clear case of attemped murder to me. The knife was pretty big, like a hunting knife, and I couldn't imagine any sane reason for a soldier out for a night on the town with a large group of buddies needing that knife. No word on the Korean who was stabbed, if he is okay or not. That's all I know. |
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Universalis
Joined: 17 Nov 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat May 15, 2004 2:52 pm Post subject: |
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I know the Korean witness eyewitness they interviewed for the video report you can watch at the link above. He sells flowers in front of the DUnkin Donuts pretty much every day.
I remember him introducing his daughter to me back in '98 or so when I was waiting to meet a friend in front of DD.
Brian |
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kangnamdragon
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Sat May 15, 2004 2:56 pm Post subject: |
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| inkoreaforgood wrote: |
| Around 2 am (I thought they had a curfew??), . |
The curfew is at 1, but I see soldiers out all the time after 1. The MPs are not doing a good job. All they would have to do is walk around the areas. They should give us a hotline to call if we see soldiers after 1. I'm serious about that. After 1, most of them are just drunk and get rude to women. Makes some of us look bad. |
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crazylemongirl
Joined: 23 Mar 2003
Location: almost there...
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| Posted: Sat May 15, 2004 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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| kangnamdragon wrote: |
| After 1, most of them are just drunk and get rude to women. Makes some of us look bad. |
I hate to burst your bubble but after 1 it isn't just soliders that are drunk.... teachers and koreans are also known to be drunk and be rude to women. |
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TheUrbanMyth
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired
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| Posted: Sat May 15, 2004 3:54 pm Post subject: |
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| inkoreaforgood wrote: |
| The wife told me about it. Surprised no one picked up on it before. A group of American soldiers were out on the town in Shinchon. Around 2 am (I thought they had a curfew??), drunk as can be, they stopped a taxi and proceeded to stand on the taxi and take pictures!!?? Of course, the taxi driver was pissed, and ended up in a big arguement with them. Another Korean joined the taxi driver, and one soldier pulled out a large knife ans stabbed the new Korean in the throat. The group takes off after this, but 10 Koreans (guess there were quite a few witnesses to the whole scene) jump the one guy who did all the stabbing, and hold him until the police arrive. Not sure how they all ended up at the police station really. I think they are back on base now. Don't know what is going to happen now, but seems like a pretty clear case of attemped murder to me. The knife was pretty big, like a hunting knife, and I couldn't imagine any sane reason for a soldier out for a night on the town with a large group of buddies needing that knife. No word on the Korean who was stabbed, if he is okay or not. That's all I know. |
If this information is correct, I wonder how long it will take until we have another burst of anti-western feeling similar to what happened with those two girls and the tank. |
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kangnamdragon
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Sat May 15, 2004 4:26 pm Post subject: |
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| crazylemongirl wrote: |
| kangnamdragon wrote: |
| After 1, most of them are just drunk and get rude to women. Makes some of us look bad. |
I hate to burst your bubble but after 1 it isn't just soliders that are drunk.... teachers and koreans are also known to be drunk and be rude to women. |
Yes, I realize that, but the drunk soldiers outnumber us and the drunk Korean men don't make the foreign men look bad. |
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Juggertha
Joined: 27 May 2003
Location: Anyang, Korea
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| Posted: Sat May 15, 2004 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Its sad cuz they are probably just "dumb kids from back home" (meaning thiscould easily have happened in N America) BUT over here its gonna hit the fan. Deservidly so... they are part of the reason i dont live "back home" any more. |
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Derrek
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat May 15, 2004 5:35 pm Post subject: |
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Did you see the video? That "stab" was about the size of a pimple.
Not even a band-aid was on it.
The marines involved looked like white trash gang-bangers from the inner-city. They acted like it, too. |
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crazylemongirl
Joined: 23 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Sat May 15, 2004 6:10 pm Post subject: |
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| kangnamdragon wrote: |
Yes, I realize that, but the drunk soldiers outnumber us and the drunk Korean men don't make the foreign men look bad. |
Really? I thought it was the foreign men that made the foreign men look bad. Most of the polite foreign men I have met in Korea have been soliders, I can't remember the last time that I had a door held for me by a teacher. On the other hand some of the most rude foreign men have been teachers.... |
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TheUrbanMyth
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired
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| Posted: Sat May 15, 2004 6:23 pm Post subject: |
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| crazylemongirl wrote: |
| kangnamdragon wrote: |
Yes, I realize that, but the drunk soldiers outnumber us and the drunk Korean men don't make the foreign men look bad. |
Really? I thought it was the foreign men that made the foreign men look bad. Most of the polite foreign men I have met in Korea have been soliders, I can't remember the last time that I had a door held for me by a teacher. On the other hand some of the most rude foreign men have been teachers.... |
Seriously though there are good and bad foreign teachers. And I will wager that the drunken Korean men WAY outnumber the drunken foreign teachers, as do the soldiers. Not all of us are drunken skirt-chasers "here for a good time not a long time" as the song goes. |
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Pyongshin Sangja
Joined: 20 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Sat May 15, 2004 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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| The marines involved looked like white trash gang-bangers from the inner-city. They acted like it, too. |
Derrek, they all look like that. Face facts. |
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