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An honor guard carries a portrait and ashes of Korean-French historian Park Byeng-sen upon their arrival at Incheon International Airport on Nov. 30, 2011, in transit to the National Cemetery in Seoul. She died of rectal cancer at 83 in Paris on Nov. 22, and the Seoul government offered to inter her remains in the state cemetery to honor her decisive role in getting back looted ancient Korean royal books, called "Oegyujanggak," from France on a renewable lease in May of this year. Park found the books at the French national library in 1977 and staged a decades-long campaign for their return. The books, dating back to the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), were looted by French troops in 1866. (Yonhap)
1:27 pm on December 2nd, 2011 1
What’s up with the masks? I’ve seen ROKMC Marines wear it on other occasions. Is it a part of their service dress uniform?
4:55 pm on December 2nd, 2011 2
What’s up with the photo? Do Koreans have a formal portrait done every so often in case they die? I can’t remember the last time I have a formal portrait like that done. I’ve always been curious about that…
5:58 pm on December 2nd, 2011 3
“What’s up with the masks?”
The body gets kinda ripe between Paris and Seoul.
7:45 pm on December 2nd, 2011 4
A GI farted.
8:06 pm on December 2nd, 2011 5
Does everyone really need to know that she died of “rectal” cancer?
8:08 pm on December 2nd, 2011 6
#3,
Nah, they want to protect their identities. Nobody wants to get calls from all their friends and relatives to tell them that they saw them in the media. A newspaper mistakenly printed my friend’s picture on its front page (he works for a secret government agency). I saw the picture online thinking it couldn’t possibly be him since his identity is supposed to be protected…Three months later my buddy shows me the same picture and says he received hundreds of phone calls and text messages from friends and family about it.
10:04 pm on December 2nd, 2011 7
Is that a man or a woman in the photo???