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By GI Korea on November 10th, 2009 at 4:35 am

ROK Army Soldier Robs Pocheon Cab Driver

This just goes to show that taxi cab related incidents are not just limited to US soldiers:

A soldier who went absent without leave was caught by military police in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province, Monday, after robbing a taxi driver.

The Army identified the soldier only as Kim, a 20-year-old with the rank of private, and he was caught while going into his relative’s house Monday morning.

Kim ran away Saturday evening and changed into clothes he took from a civilian. Kim then took a taxi to Dongducheon and stole 50,000 won from the taxi driver.   [Korea Times via the Marmot's Hole]

To his credit he is a compassionate criminal:

While Kim committed illegal acts, he showed some compassion.

“Kim gave 1,000 won to a civilian for the clothes and gave his cash card with password to the taxi driver,” an Army spokesman said.

Kim was called up in June and stationed at a unit in Yeoncheon, Gyeonggi Province, in August. He was under close watch since he ran away from home a few times during high school.

The military police are interrogating him, checking what motivated him to go AWOL.

All I am wondering is what did he use to hold up these people?  How do you get someone to strip off their clothes for a thousand won?

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  • Teadrinker
    6:49 am on November 10th, 2009 1

    Gee, I wonder if he’d get the Robin Hood treatment if he was a member of the USFK.

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  • Retired GI
    7:26 am on November 10th, 2009 2

    I know a couple of yojas that I would gladly give a thousand won for their clothes.
    Don’t think it would work for me. They would want more than that. :lol:

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