I don't understand USA army's mentions.
USA army had always ignored of korean people's rights.
In here, I don't want to express my strong feeling but I already have a bad something.
If they apologized politely to korean people for their rudeness, excepted the arrogance of the big country, it might not getting bigger.
They are shut up now...I feel heavy in the chest.
For a long time, individually, I have wanted to communicate with them because when I was young I yearned for their life, fasion and anything. But now it is broken...I wanna cry without any interference...
Today is ``Youth Day¡¯¡¯ in Uijongbu, where at least hundreds of middle and high school students are expected to gather in front of the train station for a memorial concert, demanding U.S. President George W. Bush¡¯s apology for the killing of two schoolgirls by an American armored vehicle during a training exercise last month.
The event is hosted by a coalition of local youth groups such as ``Youth Community Hope,¡¯¡¯ formed to call for justice regarding the matter. Their demands include trying those responsible in a Korean court.
After the rally, the students will walk to the entrance of the U.S. army base in the city, and plan to throw paper airplanes carrying their wishes over the fences.
Emotions are expected to be high. Some 5,000 participated in recent demonstrations, including both grown-ups and youths, in the city of 360,000.
The unprecedented youth move to take serious anti-U.S. action is testimony to the burgeoning anti-U.S. sentiments in North Kyonggi Province following the 14-year-olds¡¯ deaths last month.
The groups also intend to conduct online protests on the homepages of the White House, USFK, and the U.S. Embassy at 11 a.m., 4 and 9 p.m.
On June 13, middle school students Shim Mi-sun and Shin Hyo-soon were run over by a vehicle from the U.S. Army Camp Red Cloud in Uijongbu. Reckless driving was attributed to the accident.
The Commander of the U.S. Forces in Korea said the USFK takes responsibility for the matter, and a memorial service was held by the USFK afterwards, with promises of a through investigation.
However, families and friends demanded that the USFK forgo its rights to try the soldiers in a U.S. court and let the investigation be done by Koreans. The Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between U.S. and Korea allows military personnel who committed crimes in Korea to be tried in a U.S. court, and exceptions have rarely taken place.
``When a U.S. soldier sexually harassed a girl, the American President himself gave an apology, but with two Korean girls dead, the USFK¡¯s apology wasn¡¯t even official, and did not contain the word `apologize¡¯ either,¡¯¡¯ said Kim Do-young, 25, an activist.
Furor spread as questionable circumstances were reported by witnesses. Many believe that none of the basic safety precautions were taken, stemming from the USFK¡¯s disregard for civilians in the area.
At a demonstration on June 26, angry protesters tried to break into the base to deliver a letter of protest. Two journalists arrested for following the protesters said they were physically abused by U.S. and Korean authorities.
Civic groups¡¯ anti-U.S. campaigns, even calling for a USFK pullout from Korea, have been hugely successful, with heavy local participation in an area which has seen numerous crimes by U.S. soldiers in the past.
Please tell me your thinking. Please...
Are they an obstacle to world peace and globalization?
