ROK Navy Commissions a New Cheonan Frigate
|It will be interesting to see if this frigate ends up doing the same maritime DMZ duty as its predecessor:
South Korea on Tuesday held a ceremony launching a new frigate named after a warship torpedoed by North Korea in 2010, the Navy and state arms procurement agency said.
The ceremony for the 2,800-ton frigate, Cheonan, took place at the shipyard of Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. in Ulsan, some 410 kilometers southeast of Seoul, as the Navy still has potent memories of the North’s deadly attack.
The 1,200-ton corvette Cheonan sank near the Northern Limit Line, a de facto western inter-Korean sea border, in March 2010, after a North Korean midget submarine fired a torpedo at it, killing 46 sailors.
The unveiling of the Cheonan carried a symbolic meaning for the survivors of the attack and bereaved families who have wished to see the new warship named after the ill-fated corvette and commissioned to fulfill its unfinished mission of safeguarding the maritime border.
Yonhap
However the prior Captain of the Cheonan did not attend the ceremony for this reason:
Striking a sour note, Choi Won-il, the captain of the corvette at the time of the sinking, said he would not attend the event in protest over the state-run communications standards panel’s recent decision not to take issue with social media video clips raising conspiracy theories behind the cause of the sinking.
Choi does have a point because the Moon administration has been busy throwing conservative journalists in jail for so called “fake news”, but will not take action against fake news in regards to the sinking of the Cheonan. This is likely because they don’t want to upset the Kim regime which is behind a lot of the misinformation put out about the sinking of the Cheonan.
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What’s with those great big cloth targets draped over the ship?
They are called bunting.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunting_(textile)
TOK, you must be more of a lib than johnhenry. That was a pretty troll and you failed to laugh.
“C’mon, fat. Loosen up.” Is how President Biden might respond. Before he challenged you to a pushup contest…
Well setnaffa, I see you picked up a few things from our mutual friend, Korean/Chinaman.
Since I’m as you say “liberal”, I guess that I’m, unlike you, acceptable to the vaccines, and enjoying its benefits. Which makes me free from the misinformation and conspiracy theories that have taken over your life. 😀
I believe Korean Person gave you good advice when he/she suggested that you get vaccinated then go out and get some fresh air to clear your mind.
Glad to know that TOK and his pet trolls know more about my health than the doctors who have been treating me for the last 6.5 years…
Very comforting to…. Wait… tell me again where is TOK licensed to practice medicine?
It looks like setnaffa is bored, which is understandable considering that the frequency of the excitement provided by the comments of Korean Man/China Man seems to be decreasing.
At the same time, he’s getting his way in that most if not all the comments are from people like CH and liz who are trumpeting the same views as setnaffa.
Of course that could get boring and less colorful, which may be the reason he wants to mold me, who doesn’t see his point of view, into something like Korean Man so that he can get the kicks out of Korean Man style comments.
Maybe he should ask Korean Man to do him a favor?
“…acceptable to the vaccines, and enjoying its benefits.”
Ok. I’ll bite. What benefits?