
Bujeon Market in Busan is crowded with people on Sept. 18, 2020, ahead of Chuseok, one of the country’s two biggest traditional holidays. The holiday falls on Oct. 1 this year. (Yonhap)
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.
Joong Ang Ilbo
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.
You can read more at the link.
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.