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American Consul Called In Due to Rowdy Americans in Busan

GIKorea | July 12, 2020

Here is some more blowback from the group of Americans acting like idiots this past weekend in Busan:

The American consul in Busan was called in by city authorities Wednesday over the firework mayhem caused by a group of Americans, including soldiers, on the Fourth of July.

The Busan Metropolitan Government said in a statement Thursday that Woo Kyoung-ha, the city’s ambassador for international relations, summoned U.S. Consul Aaron Tiffany on the order of Acting Busan Mayor Byeon Sung-wan to express “strong regret” about the incident last Saturday and ask the U.S. Consulate that it doesn’t happen again.

“Many Americans, including U.S. soldiers stationed in Korea, caused public anxiety on July 4 by shooting firecrackers in Haeundae and roaming around the streets without wearing face masks,” Woo was quoted by the city government as telling the consul.
Joong Ang Ilbo

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Picture of the Day: Yonggung Suspension Bridge Reopens

GIKorea | June 5, 2020

**Yonggung Suspension Bridge reopening**
People line up to cross the newly reopened Yonggung Suspension Bridge in Amnan Park, in Busan, 453 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on June 4, 2020. Busan’s Seo Ward, which provided the photo, said top municipal officials attended the opening ceremony earlier in the day, some 18 years after the old bridge was dismantled. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Unnecessary Physical Contact?

GIKorea | April 25, 2020

**Busan mayor resigns**Busan Mayor Oh Keo-don expresses his intention to resign at Busan City Hall on April 23, 2020, saying he recently made “unnecessary physical contact” with a female public servant during a brief interview. (Yonhap)

Containership Crashes into Loading Crane at Busan Harbor

GIKorea | April 11, 2020

Via a reader tip comes this video of a container ship trying to dock in Busan Harbor that crashed into a loading crane:

You can read more about this incident and see other viewpoints of the the crash at this link.

Picture of the Day: Quiet Busan Beach

GIKorea | March 2, 2020

**Silence amid new coronavirus spread**
Haeundae Beach, one of the most popular tourist destinations in the southern port city of Busan, is relatively quiet on Feb. 29, 2020, as the new coronavirus spreads in the country. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Empty Chinatown in Busan

GIKorea | February 7, 2020

**Empty street in Chinatown**A street in Chinatown in the southeastern South Korean port city of Busan remains vacant on Feb. 5, 2020, amid fears of the new coronavirus that originated in China. (Yonhap)

Tweet of the Day: Person Drives Car into Protesters in Busan

GIKorea | January 22, 2020

A peaceful, anti-Moon Jae-in protest in Busan, South Korea on 2020-1-18 interrupted by a driver bent on violence, ramming people in crowd. https://t.co/HXgSOOENdA
— Tara O (@DrTaraO) January 19, 2020

Cho Kuk Questioned Over Bribery Allegations Involving Busan Vice Mayor

GIKorea | December 17, 2019

How many corruption cases is Cho Kuk involved in? I am losing count:

This composite file image shows former Busan Vice Mayor Yoo Jae-soo (R) and former Justice Minister Cho Kuk (C), with the flag of the prosecution on the left.

– Cho Kuk, former justice minister and presidential secretary, on Monday attended a questioning over bribery allegations involving the former vice mayor of Busan.
Cho appeared at the Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors Office on Monday morning to attend the questioning, the first time he was called in regarding the bribery case.
Cho was the head of the presidential office’s civil affairs division that oversaw a special inspection of the vice mayor’s bribery allegations.
Yoo Jae-soo, Busan’s former vice mayor of economic affairs, was recently indicted for allegedly receiving bribes worth 49.5 million won (US$42,224) during his term at the state financial regulator.
While he was under surveillance by Cheong Wa Dae’s special inspection team in 2017, he avoided punishment for an unknown reason and became Busan’s vice mayor in 2018.
The string of developments raised suspicions that some Cheong Wa Dae officials may have engaged in a cover-up of the bribery case.
Yonhap

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