South Korean Court Rules Hold Outs Must Leave

The remaining hold outs have been ordered by the South Korean Supreme Court that they must vacate the land that is to be used for the Camp Humphreys expansion:

South Korea — Residents who have refused — sometimes amid violence — to move from land earmarked for the Camp Humphreys expansion are there unlawfully and must leave, South Korea’s high court has ruled.

Sunday’s ruling by the Seoul High Court, however, set no deadline for the 74 residents to vacate their homes in Daechu-ri and Dodu-ri villages, which border Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek.

The fact that no timeline has been set could be used to further delay the Camp Humphreys expansion which is what the South Korean government is trying to do.

USFK officials have said the expansion is going to go on as scheduled and the South Korean Defense Ministry seems to agree:

But South Korea’s Ministry of National Defense on Monday said a deadline would be set for sometime in January or February. An MND spokesman noted that is also the period in which workers are slated to have begun the first phase of development of the land.

I hope their right, but I’m not getting my hopes up.