The USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier was blocked entry to the Jeju Navy base by a group of kayak protesters on Thursday.
Some 200 civic activists in kayaks paddled out to the sea off the base to protest the 2018 International Fleet Review, interrupting the entry of the U.S. aircraft carrier.
The USS Ronald Reagan, one of the Navy’s largest warships participating in the naval event, has been rescheduled to enter Friday, according to a South Korean Navy official, Munhwa Ilbo reported.
The U.S. warship attended a nautical parade, as scheduled, which is a highlight of the fleet review that featured 40 ships and 24 aircraft demonstrating their naval prowess. The fleet review runs until Sunday. [UPI]
You can read more at the link, but the Korean left has long been unhappy about the Jeju naval base largely because it was pushed through by a prior conservative administration. One of the main reasons for the base was because of the territorial claims that China was making towards Ieodo a submerged rock that is home to a Korean research station off the coast of Jeju.
If the US signs a peace treaty to end the Korean War these leftist protesters will be emboldened to do things like claiming that the US military presence is no longer needed because there is “peace”. The Moon administration will do little to nothing to stop the protesters from disrupting US military operations much like what we are currently seeing with the THAAD site in Korea that is still blockaded by protesters.
The leftist Koreans continue to show the hate and disrespect for the country who fought and died for them, a country that the tax payers I’ve spent billions in dollars, a country that opened their schools for them, South Korea can go to hell, democrats traders.
a listener
6 years ago
“democrat traders” lmao. Gotta watch out for those pesky merchants, always trying to trade their wares.
AppeasingNorthKorea
6 years ago
And the US themselves are guilty of supporting the Moon government and going along with the fake peace deal.
The leftist Koreans continue to show the hate and disrespect for the country who fought and died for them, a country that the tax payers I’ve spent billions in dollars, a country that opened their schools for them, South Korea can go to hell, democrats traders.
“democrat traders” lmao. Gotta watch out for those pesky merchants, always trying to trade their wares.
And the US themselves are guilty of supporting the Moon government and going along with the fake peace deal.