President Yoon Visits Korean War Memorial in the Philippines
The Philippines sent an entire battalion that saw heavy combat during the Korean War:
President Yoon Suk Yeol began his state visit to the Philippines on Sunday by honoring fallen soldiers who fought in the 1950-53 Korean War and meeting with Korean nationals in the nation.
Yoon visited the Korean War Memorial Pylon at the Heroes’ Cemetery in Manila with first lady Kim Keon Hee on the first day of his two-day trip focused on strengthening economic and security ties.
“South Korea and the Philippines have maintained close, friendly relations, and the Philippines was the first country in Asia and the fifth in the world to establish diplomatic ties with us back in 1949,” Yoon said in a meeting with Korean nationals in Manila.
The Philippines dispatched around 7,400 troops to the Korean War to help defend South Korea, with 112 soldiers killed and 299 wounded.
You can read more at the link. You can also read more about the Philippines’ PEFTOK battalion that served during the Korean War at the below link:
South Korea and the Philippines are natural allies. Both have been trapped between imperialistic threats from China and Japan, though Japan has changed considerably since WW2.
And both countries value individual liberty.
It is very good to see these two nations honor each other.
“though Japan has changed considerably since WW2.”
I would argue Japan has not changed. They have outwardly adapted.
And they are going to adapt again as they remilitarize with the intention of securing resources such as energy, materials, and manpower.
They are going to look more like WW2 Japan again.
The Germans seemed to have changed.
They still have all the bad parts of being German, but they have lost all the good parts, from unifying nationalism celebrating success to quality engineering.
As if the Ghost of Hitler was watching, this just arrived.
Unacceptable.