Comments on: ROK Army Soldier Sexually Assaults US Soldier

By: A Profile of USFK Camps in Seoul

A Profile of USFK Camps in Seoul — Mon, 12 May 2008 22:30:41 +0000

[...] NCOs that train both the NCOs and KATUSAs at the academy are of high quality but unfortunately a sexual assault against a KATUSA trainee mired the school’s image a few years ago. Since then the academy has had a clean record and [...]

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By: The final cut: April 2007

The final cut: April 2007 — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 04:32:17 +0000

[...] cab related incident. Now let’s compare this to when Koreans have raped on multiple occasions, sexually assaulted, stabbed, assaulted, or kidnapped and paraded on tv, American soldiers. Koreans are usually not [...]

By: When GIs are the Victims - USFK Forums

When GIs are the Victims - USFK Forums — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 06:38:25 +0000

[...] links to the posts from his site that touch on this issue and the specific cases he has covered. The one case that has grabbed some expat attention in the K-blogsphere is the suspended sentence given to a ROK [...]

By: ROK Army Sexual Assault Update at ROK Drop

ROK Army Sexual Assault Update at ROK Drop — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 07:34:47 +0000

[...] ROK Army soldier who sexually assaulted a US female soldier has been sentenced by a ROK Army [...]

By: GI Korea

GI Korea — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:32:42 +0000

I think the bigger thing was that the victim’s families demanded that the US military handle the case and not the Korean authorities because of the light punishment given to sexual predators in Korea. This fact combined with the perpetrator receiving 40 years in jail quickly put out any righteous anger from the anti-US groups.

By: usinkorea

usinkorea — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 13:18:22 +0000

I didn’t know the sgt in the rape case of the KATUSA was Korean….

That could explain some things.

I thought the Korean media and general population reaction to that event was somewhat muted. I had given an educated guess the reason was the sex crimes are still fairly taboo in Korean society (and the courts) and not something the society really talks about much with itself – especiall, I figured, since it was male-on-male rape. — but it was still somewhat suprising to me the anti-US groups did not get more play from the press and population on that case.

If the rapist was an ethnic Korean, however, it makes much more sense…..

By: GI Korea

GI Korea — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 11:09:20 +0000

He hazed the wrong kid. The kid came from a very powerful and well connected family and this came on the heels of the release of ROK Army soldier abuse pictures. The ROK Army wanted to make an example of this KATUSA that no hazing of any kind could be done to the new KATUSAs.

By: CPT KIM

CPT KIM — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 08:00:59 +0000

GI,

How is singing a patriotic ROK song is considered hazing? Then calling cadence can also be hazing. It is very common in Korean culture for newby to sing a song for introduction. If making you singing is hazing, then just giving lawful orders might also be a hazing. Making you do more push ups in PT test might also constitute hazing. Anything can be hazing if singing is considered hazing.