‘‘I was confused because he was an American serviceman and, moreover, I wasn’t hurt seriously. At first, I thought that he was not a bad man. However, the current situation - in which a person who committed wrong thinks he can get away as if nothing has happened - is wrong,’’ said Kang.
Kang, after deciding that she would report the incident to the police, searched through the parking lot of a nearby apartment building through which she saw the car enter, to find the vehicle of the person who had hit her. Finally, after two hours, she found the car and noted the number. The next day, she gave her report to the Yongsan Police Station.
Kang finally met the soldier at the police station on June 21, after the police demanded three times that he present himself. There, Kang hand-delivered a letter she had written to the soldier. She had taken considerable time and effort to write the letter entirely in English and by consulting a dictionary. In the letter, Kang wrote, ‘‘I was very angry with your rude manner, assuming that you would not act [in this way if we were in America] or toward an American...If you have common sense and have high regard for honor, you should aplogize politely and compensate [me] for expenses incurred by the accident.’’
In the end, the solider apologized and paid her medical expenses - which amounted to 67,500 won.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Police go above and beyond the call of duty to help woman abused by US soldier.
I applaud this woman for doing her civic duty after being uninjured in a minor hit-and-run, and applaud the police for treating the case like any other. *cough*
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I know I shouldn't be this dismissive, but I tend to disregard about anything that comes out of the Hankyoreh vis-à-vis the US military (and some other issues).
If the woman's tale is true (and in my limited experience, it sounds plausible), then the soldier was a bit of an ass.
BUT... This is not worthy of a news article. The Hankyoreh is constantly on the lookout for things to drum up negative feelings about the US military, while downplaying, distorting, or flat out not reporting what USFK or USFK members do.
The Hankyoreh makes no bones about their view on USFK: They see them as an occupying force. This is not my speculation, this is their organization's view.
Some years ago, when I was charged with placing advertisements for a university department I was helping to expand, the Korean-language Hankyoreh refused our ad because it listed — among a number of classes — an AFKN course. "No, we do not recognize AFKN," I was told.
I'm not sure the situation now, but back then they were the only major newspaper not to have AFKN programming listings. (AFKN, for those who have been here for only five years or less, is the former name of AFN-Korea).
So the Hankyoreh having a story like this is about as surprising as a restroom smelling like farts.
hahaha, apparantly she doesn't know much about American Culture... *cough* (no offense... kkk)
Wow, this is a little much. Have I gotten any apologies from the numerous Korean drivers who have side swiped me? No. Ok, so the guy should have stopped to make sure she was alright (common courtesy), but I doubt she would have gone through all of this if it had been a Korean driver.
Gee~ sure wish the cops would go above & beyond in finding out what happened to Mike White...maybe if there had been an American military guy there who could be the scrapegoat suspect....But then I should probably be more understanding. After all, Korean police protocals only give instructions for when folks confess to crimes, not what to do when no one confesses. And they ARE trying...why, April 3, nearly 11 months after Mike's death, a policewoman went on teh sauna tour, and after seeing me taking photos of a line of sight vector for the 'hidden' pool, she copied my photo positions, proof they are trying bless their biddy hearts.
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