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2003-05-20 Korea

All Koreans called upon to vent their bitter grudge against GIs

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Posted by tu3031 2003-05-20 11:00 am|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Jeju Island is a volcanic island located at the south sea of the Korean Peninsula. It lies south of Mokpo city by 141.6 km, southwest of Busan by 286.5 km, and south of Seoul by 286.5 km. The South Sea and the East China Sea surround the island, encompassing the Jeju Sea Area at the north and south respectively. Should you look at the map on Jeju Island upside down, you can see that it serves as an important advanced base for Korea. In other words, since Jeju Island is located at the heart of Korea, Japan, China, it has, from the past, played a quintessential role in geopolitics around these regions.

Jeju Island lies in 126Â° 08' 43" ~ 126Â° 58' 20" of east longitude, 33Â° 11' 27" ~ 33Â° 33' 50" (excluding islets) north latitude. Located at the south of the island is Marado, the southern-most area of the Korean Peninsula, with Chagui Island at the west, Biyang Light at the east, and Siruyeo of Chuja Island at the north. According to statistics for the year 2000, the area of the Jeju Islands totals 1,845.92㎢, taking up a mere 1.85% of Korea, and also includes a 253 km-long coastal line, 8 inhabited islands, and 55 uninhabited ones.

They apparently have female pearl divers.

Posted by Chuck 2003-05-20 13:51:06|| [blog.simmins.org] 2003-05-20 13:51:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Ah the sweet sounds of leftist journalism. Any doubt on how messed up these people are? Ever wonder why this stuff goes over big in Arab countries but is ignored in Asia? Here is a clue: LITERACY.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2003-05-20 13:54:00|| 2003-05-20 13:54:00|| Front Page Top

#3 Found it:

1948 Cheju-do Civil War

But the main object of the conference was to bring world attention to one of the darkest yet least- known chapters of postwar Asian history--the horrific genocide of 30,000 innocent civilians on Cheju-do between 1948 and 1949. In the space of one year, fully ten percent of the island's total population of 300,000 was massacred -- literal Roman decimation. Privately the governor of Cheju told American intelligence at the time that 60,000 were killed.

This mass murder, in the guise of an anti-Communist civil war, was undertaken by the South Korean army, the Cheju-do police, and the U.S. military, which directed the counterinsurgency operation, providing military advisers, naval and air support, and U.S. ground troops.

Communist uprising at about the time of the first elections in South Korea.

Posted by Chuck 2003-05-20 13:58:29|| [blog.simmins.org] 2003-05-20 13:58:29|| Front Page Top

#4 4.5 - clearly slipping here. No 'sea of fire', no 'madcap adventure'. Tut tut, we expect more in the peanut gallery...

Posted by Tony 2003-05-20 19:37:24|| 2003-05-20 19:37:24|| Front Page Top

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