Colombian president visits S. Korea’s war memorial Colombian President Ivan Duque (L) pays tribute to Colombian soldiers who died in the 1950-53 Korean War in front of a cenotaph during his visit to the War Memorial of Korea in Seoul’s Yongsan Ward on Aug. 26, 2021. (Yonhap)
On the anniversary of the founding of the Colombian Army, UNC is proud to witness the presentation of a Defense Meritorious Service Medal to Colonel Luis Cordero of Colombia. He served with distinction while leading a team of UNC logisticians for over a year.#PatriaHonorLealtadpic.twitter.com/pIsXF5yinw
— United Nations Command 유엔군사령부/유엔사 (@UN_Command) August 7, 2020
🇨🇴 On May 8, 1951, a Colombian frigate arrived in Korea. The Almirante Padilla had 4 weeks training w/U.S. Pacific Fleet then was assigned to the Patrol & Escort Group in the Yellow Sea. The Almirante conducted patrols, escorted convoys, & defended islands off Korean shores. pic.twitter.com/QSp7ie3IP3
— United Nations Command 유엔군사령부/유엔사 (@UN_Command) May 7, 2020
I guess the word hasn’t gotten out yet in Columbia that making slant eyes is considered racist:
In this image captured during an MBC telecast of the men’s football friendly match between South Korea and Colombia on Nov. 10, 2017, Colombian player Edwin Cardona makes an apparent racist gesture at South Korean players at Suwon World Cup Stadium in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, on Nov. 10, 2017. (Yonhap)
Colombian football player Edwin Cardona made an apparent racist gesture at his South Korean opponents during his team’s 2-1 friendly loss here on Friday.
In a testy match at Suwon World Cup Stadium in Suwon, 46 kilometers south of Seoul, Cardona, who came off the bench in the second half, made the mocking gesture toward South Korean captain Ki Sung-yueng, who was standing next to two teammates.
It came after the end of some pushing and shoving that ensued following James Rodriguez’s foul on Kim Jin-su around the 63rd minute mark.
After Kim went down to the ground in pain, James, as he’s commonly known, tried to bring the South Korean to his feet so that the match would resume. Colombia were trailing 2-0 at the time.
South Koreans took umbrage at James’ action, and players from both sides gathered around Kim and James.
As the players were separated, Cardona, who’d come off the bench in the second half, made that controversial gesture, which was caught on South Korean television.
His head coach, Jose Pekerman said afterward that he never saw the gesture. But Ki, who clearly did see Cardona’s action, called it “absolutely unacceptable.”
“I thought the Colombians played a physical, rough game today, but it can happen in football,” Ki said. “But racist behavior is absolutely unacceptable. Colombia have world-class players, and I was extremely disappointed to see such action.” [Yonhap]
My favorite part of the below story is how one of the officers was accused of not completing their Anti-Terrorism Level-1 training. Wearing a PT belt might be more effective at stopping the below stupidity than the AT Level-1 training:
Then Lt. Col. Roger T. McDuffie in a photo released by the U.S. Marines.
Three married U.S. Marine officers have found themselves under investigation for a night in February that went off the rails in Bogotá, involving allegations they went drinking with some local women, were slipped illicit drugs, robbed of U.S. property and landed in a local hospital emergency room.
The men may have fallen prey to what is known as “burundanga poisoning,” according to a report on the investigation conducted by the Marine Corps Forces, South, a Southern Command subsidiary, and obtained by the Miami Herald.
The report recommended that Marine Col. Roger T. McDuffie, a Harrier pilot who serves as the chief of operations at the unit known as MARFORSOUTH; Maj. Andrew L. Mueller, described as a theater security cooperation planner; and Maj. Mauricio Saenz, exercise planner, face “appropriate administrative or judicial proceedings.” [Miami Herald]
You can read the rest at the link, but these three ended up bringing the prostitutes back to their rooms at the hotel, while walking by other Marines at 4:30 in the morning mustering to get on a shuttle bus to the airport. After getting to their rooms they were then robbed of their government phones and laptops among other personal possessions by the prostitutes. To make this story even more incredible is that one of the officers actually used his government travel card to take out a cash advance to pay two of the prostitutes.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye (front) arrives at El Dorado airport in Bogota, Colombia, on April 16, 2015, on her first leg of her South America tour that will also take her to Peru, Chile and Brazil. (Yonhap)
