Korean War Veterans from Thailand to Be Honored in Korean Webtoon
The story for this webtoon sounds ridiculous, but it is cool that it is highlighting the Thai soldiers that fought in the Korean War:
Days after the 1950-53 Korean War broke out, Thailand became the first Asian nation to respond to the U.N.’s call for aid to South Korea.
Korea Times
Over the course of three years, it supplied the war-ravaged country with 40,000 tons of rice as food aid and dispatched 6,326 soldiers in army, navy and air force units to fight off waves of enemy attacks, according to the Ministry of National Defense.
After the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement on July 27, 1953, Thailand continued to maintain a combat unit in Korea until 1972.
A webtoon series that aims to revisit and celebrate this underappreciated historical legacy left by Thailand’s contribution to the Korean War will be launched later this year.
Kakao Entertainment and the Korean Cultural Center (KCC) in Thailand will unveil the series, titled “One Day, My Favorite K-Pop Idol Group Leader Disappeared!” (direct translation), on the Southeast Asian nation’s online platform in September, the company announced, Friday.
You can read more at the link.
It is very hard for Korea to express their deep gratitude for the sacrifice made by so many brave Thais to ensure freedom and democracy maintained its foothold in the south half of the peninsula during such dark times but…
…omg where could my favorite K-pop group leader possibly have gotten off to is perhaps not the best start…
…unless followed up by…
…oh lol there he is getting a handy at the Phat Dong ladyboy bar.
It would be much better for the whole Korean race were eaten by commies.
“It would be much better for the whole Korean race were eaten by commies”
They are about a third of the way there.
…unless you mean literally eaten…
…in which case if you didn’t get enough of that in the 90s, it might be coming back in fashion.