South Korean Man Sets Himself on Fire in Front of Japanese Embassy
I would not be surprised if this man had a history of mental problems:
A 78-year-old South Korean man died hours after setting himself ablaze near the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Friday, police said, at a time of worsening tensions between Seoul and Tokyo.
The man, surnamed Kim, ignited a fire inside his car parked in front of the building where the Embassy is located. The man died later Friday while being treated at a Seoul hospital, police said.
Police said Kim had phoned an acquaintance earlier to say he planned to self-immolate to express his antipathy toward Japan.
Kim’s family told investigators that his father-in-law had been conscripted as a forced laborer when the Korean Peninsula was under Japan’s colonial rule from 1910-45, according to a police statement.
Associated Press
Of course the news media did not bother to fact check if he was in fact a force laborer. Simple math puts this highly in doubt. The article says he is 78 years old, which means that in 1945 when most of the forced labor happened he would have been 4 years old.
This man must have had serious mental issues.
Old guys sometimes misremember. My ex’s father forgot he was 4F (some kind of lung infection as a teen) and told wonderful tales to the VFW in his town. Even got elected to their city council.
The whole suicide-to-make-the-other-guy-squirm thing is kinda overrated, as I doubt the Japanese would care if ALL aging Koreans offed themselves (as long as they did it outside of Japan).
That may sound callus; but how compassionate was the guy who left a flaming car with a burning harubogi inside?
GI, the article says father-in-law, it’s possible that man was conscripted but I do understand your point, this is all political theater to keep the South Koreans distracted from an economy that is failing and a communist coup mastermind desperately trying to keep the masses in check long enough to allow the overlords from the North to walk in and take over. Reminds me of US Congress talking of reparations to the descendants of African slaves, an attempt to curry the African-American voters.
You’re right, Doc.
He “borrowed” a car and set the thing on fire? Good friend, huh?
John, typical left wing commie a-hole.