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Post by TheRomanSlayer on Dec 17, 2021 5:49:36 GMT
Sure thing. You might have some reservations on this TL, but PM me if you need to point out some issues. I like the story. It is very imaginative. Thank you very much. Although given the current state of the TL, new ideas and suggestions are most welcome. |
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Post by kyuzoaoi on Dec 22, 2021 5:16:49 GMT
I think you should an omake about Kabankalan after Odette.
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Post by TheRomanSlayer on Dec 22, 2021 5:33:21 GMT
I think you should an omake about Kabankalan after Odette. What's Odette? Never mind: it's the current typhoon. I will have to address that in the upcoming OMAKE. Right now, I'm stuck between this TL, plus planning two more TLs in the future. |
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Post by TheRomanSlayer on Dec 25, 2021 6:48:35 GMT
Chapter Ninety-Six: The Second Korean War Part Two
"The Korean Continuation War was one of the few conflicts where the resolution to the long standing hostilities that were left over from the Cold War had been completed. Both the two Korean governments based in Pyongyang and Seoul respectively did not see eye to eye with most of the issues, and in fact, South Korean President Lee Hoi-chang had been an active collaborator who worked with US President Jack Kemp on speeding up the process of Korean reunification. Yet, the only thorny issue left that stood in the way of a complete reunification of the Korean peninsula under the capitalist ideology was the existence of the Provisional Government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, based in Vladivostok, the East Slavic Federation. The PGDPRK, although mainly a left-leaning rival government to the one based in Pyongyang, was hostile to both the official governments that existed on the Korean Peninsula, and in fact, President Kemp had accused the PGDPRK of being in league with the Russian, not ESF, Government. Kemp's claims of the PGDPRK being a collection of Russian agents did not result in the disillusionment of most of the PGDPRK's members, quite the opposite, in fact. While the PGDPRK's main policy was also to reunite the Korean peninsula, they also wanted to turn themselves into East Asia's equivalent of Switzerland and Austria, a tall order, considering that their claimed territories share a border with China and the ESF. However, the Kemp administration was not interested in a politically neutral Korea that has reunited: rather, they were interested in using Korea as a cudgel that could destroy both China and the ESF. The aggressive actions of the ESF, China, and the US have destroyed what was left of their goodwill with the international community. It was these kinds of behavior that propelled a minor ECA politician by the name of Martin Schulz to call for the closer political integration of the ECA, a call that aroused protests within the ECA, as federalization was not something that the ECA member states wanted. Lynne Featherstone, who also called for the federalization of Europe, was met with anti-ECA protests by British nationalists linked to various British far-right movements during a lecture in Oxford. Within the ECA council, there were various shouting matches that occurred, with the topic of American and ESF military aggression, as well as Chinese military adventurism, as the main talking points. The ECA never realized that events outside its borders had a massive effect on their political ambitions that the very topic of European federalization became a hot red button." From 'The Turbulent History of the ECA', released by BBC 3, June 18, 2019.
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AIR BATTLE OVER THE SKIES OF SOKCHO REPORTED AS SOUTH KOREAN AIR FORCE HOLD MASSIVE ADVANTAGE OVER NORTH KOREA'S OUTDATED AIR FORCE
Japan Times
September 14, 2002
(Sokcho, SOUTH KOREA) - The town of Sokcho woke up to an air battle today as the South Korean Air Force had engaged with their North Korean counterpart in a dogfight over South Korean airspace in what is essentially the first air battle to take place within the Korean peninsula since the First Korean War. Around 25 of South Korea's modern F-16 Fighting Falcon had outperformed the Korean People's Air Force's Shenyang J-6 fighter plants. Although the Korean People's Air Force had also deployed a few MiG-21 fighter planes, the Korean People's Air Force is suffering from a lack of proper training for much of its pilots. However, the North Korean military has made up for its weakness in its air force with the deployment of the S-125 Neva/Pechora anti-aircraft defenses, as was evident by the shooting down of three F-16 fighter jets flown by the US Air Force. In addition, the first US Air Force sortie over North Korean airspace had occurred at the same time, with the first bombing campaign that struck the North Korean town of Chorwon. Numerous civilian casualties have not yet been confirmed, but unofficial reports have emerged that over 76 civilians were killed in the initial airstrike over North Korean territory.
"We will avenge the deaths of our national martyrs who have been killed by the cowardly American imperialists. Unlike the American imperialists who nearly destroyed our socialist experiment back when our nation had survived 5 years of independence, these new kind of American imperialists will not hesitate to exterminate those who still held a belief in a socialist future," says Kim Jong-il, during a rare televised speech that was broadcasted in all of North Korea. "We will stand our ground, and not waver in the face of a renewed fascist menace that threatens to engulf the world."
The other squadrons of the South Korean Air Force were sent to support the South Korean Navy's offensive against the North Korean position in the coastal city of Kosong, while the US Carrier Strike Group 5's entire fleet is sailing towards South Korea, to accompany their South Korean Navy counterparts as they continue the offensive against North Korea. In addition, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom have also sent their ships to the Korean Peninsula as additional support given to both the US and South Korea. Meanwhile, there were various pro-war demonstrations in various parts of the Western world, as well as in Japan, Taiwan, and the Philippines, as well as anti-war counter-demonstrations that have risen to denounce what they saw as another American meddling in Asia. Yet, in one incident in the United States, various peace activists have come under attack by the local Korean community in Los Angeles, as said community have risen in support of President Jack Kemp's conflict against the North Korean regime.
"Some of us fled from Korea after the Korean War ended," says Korean-American pro-Republican activist Peter Choi, during a pro-war rally in Los Angeles. "We have a golden opportunity to eliminate the one thing that stood in the way of Korean reunification, and that is the communist regime in the North."
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OpEd: The Return of the Cold War, or the Return to the Fascist Era?
by: Robert Stanley
The Globe and Mail
March 17, 2004
We have witnessed in the last couple of years the resurgence of the mutual distrust that has not been seen since the Cold War. Unfortunately, the rhetoric coming from Washington, Seoul, and even Manila is an indication of the growing polarization within the West, as the ideological struggle has threatened to re-ignite once again. China's military adventurism in Central Asia has a lot more to do with its economic needs, while Russian aggression in Central Asia has more to do with the recent terrorist acts that were committed against them. Like President Kemp, I do not recognize the merger between the three ex-Soviet republics, mostly because I favor the integration of Ukraine and Belarus into the Euro-Atlantic alliance. In addition, the American aggression in the reunified Korean peninsula could not be justified any longer, once reports of war crimes have been confirmed, including the artillery bombardment against the Chinese border city of Dandong. That in itself is a crime that could be considered as an act of war, if the Philippines and China did not resolve their diplomatic status. As far as both nations were concerned, they're still technically at war with each other, so it was mainly Filipino artillery that damaged Dandong. We have also seen the return of various kinds of massacres and retaliatory mass killings that were not seen since WWII, on the Eastern Front. This time around though, we have seen both sides kill each other's prisoners of war. The massacres of surrendering Filipino and South Korean soldiers by Chinese and North Korean troops during the North Korean offensive had led to the brutality of Kumchon. where Filipino troops had not only used chemical weapons that were considered illegal on Chinese soldiers, but they had also butchered Chinese prisoners of war in a manner that would not be considered a civilized way of conducting a war. Yet, to the two nations that were locked in a conflict since the Spratlys conflict, there is no end to the fight until one of them is exterminated. Unfortunately, the people of North Korea have suffered the most in this kind of brutality, as any popular uprising that would be triggered by starving North Korean civilians were met with such brutality and savagery that would dwarf even the prisoner killings. It is also worth noting that the deployment of penal battalions consisting of hardcore criminals did not help dampen the ideological struggle between China and the United States. In fact, it only deepened the antagonism to the point where even the far-right is talking about the need to knock China down a peg or two for the preservation of Western civilization. The kind of Hitlerian rhetoric has become disturbing, and the anti-communist rhetoric similar to what Joseph McCarthy has used during the Cold War has made a come back. Only this time, the new McCarthy-like figure wanted to enact the Final Solution to the Communist Question, and we've seen what that Final Solution is like.
When Pyongyang fell in November of 2003, the battle was extremely brutal in that the urban warfare surpassed even that of the Battle of Stalingrad and the Fall of Berlin to the Red Army. By this time, the North Korean mutineers who pledged their allegiance to the Vladivostok-based Provisional Government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea had launched an invasion of their homeland, and liberating it from the control of the Kim regime. There were more revolts and mutinies within the loyalist North Korean military after November of 2003, as more of those soldiers realized that they're fighting what is essentially a lost cause, and wanted to surrender. However, the political commissars inserted within the North Korean military had imposed strict order on the soldiers, which only fed into the growing anger at the Kim regime's ineptitude as they had to deal with the former mutineers who wanted to take their country back from the increasingly unpopular dictator, and the invading South Korean army that was backed by the United States and many of its allies. What was surprising was that there were far more foreign nations that pitched in the Korean continuation conflict than back in 1950, as the former communist nations like Azerbaijan, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, and Slovakia had sent troops to help the US fight the North Korean communist regime. Likewise, there were more nations that helped the North Korean government like Central Asia and Armenia, but once the Central Asian volunteers encountered the Turkish and Azeri soldiers fighting on the South Korean side, they started to have second thoughts on whether or not they should continue to fight. Only China, a nation that was North Korea's biggest backer, continued to provide aid, albeit covertly, but Armenia had also sent a few volunteers as well, since they were needed to provide enough experience to retrain much of its military after a defeat at the hands of Azerbaijan in the 1995 conflict in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh area. Yet, we should not forget that during this same time period in which the world was focused on the conflict in Korea, the United States helped spearhead the invasion of Burma, for the purpose of toppling the pro-Chinese puppet regime there and re-installing the old junta that the pro-Chinese coalition had deposed a while back. At the same time, the Tadiar regime in the Philippines had finally seized enough courage to launch an attack on the Chinese-occupied Scarborough Shoal, and captured it after a 45 minute skirmish that resulted in the massacre of the PLA garrison there. The world almost descended into a Third World War over this incident, and coupled with the artillery barrage on Dandong, many people started to prepare for the inevitable life after a nuclear exchange. Even as President Kemp started to lose control of the situation, it was Vice President Lamar Alexander who managed to put a stop to the provocations. The damage was done, though, as China would be forced to continue improving relations with the East Slavic Federation and would call for a new diplomatic peace summit. This time, the peace summit would be held at a neutral place: the Netherlands. In what was to become the 2004 Amsterdam Peace Summit, the Chinese would recognize the change in the Burmese government, as well as their recognition of Korea's reunification, and finally, reparations would be negotiated for the damages sustained in Dandong. However, like their Filipino counterparts before them, the Chinese would not accept any peace deal that involves the Philippines unless they sign the peace treaty that recognizes all of the Spratly Islands as Chinese territory. As the Chinese and Filipinos locked themselves in a perpetual diplomatic hostility towards one another, it is impossible to negotiate a peace treaty for them. What was accomplished however, was the Chinese and ESF recognition of Korea's reunification and the change in the Burmese government, to which the Bo Xilai government would come under intense scrutiny for such a thing. Bo Xilai was nearly ousted by his own government, until Wang Dongxing put a stop to any potential PLA coup aimed at toppling the Bo government, but all the parties involved got what they wanted: a reunited Korea that was neutral.
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TRIAL OF ROLANDO DE LA ROSA CONTINUES AS SURVIVORS OF KUMCHON MASSACRE TESTIFY AGAINST HIM, SEVERAL MORE INDICTMENTS TO BE ANNOUNCED BY INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
Sydney Herald
April 15, 2018
(The Hague, NETHERLANDS) - The trial of Rolando de la Rosa continues as several more survivors came forward with their testimonies of various war crimes committed by de la Rosa's infamous Bato Brigade. As part of the ongoing International Criminal Tribunal for the Republic of the Philippines, several key senior Philippine military officers and political figures have been arrested and indicted for various charges, such as war crimes, crimes against peace, and crimes against humanity. In addition to the trial of deposed former dictator Artemio Tadiar, former Prime Minister of the Philippines Elly Pamatong is also charged with crimes against humanity, when during the civilian-led administration that he led, Pamatong presided and oversaw the slave labor used to rebuild the Philippine economy, as well as being charged as an accessory in the notorious illegal human experimentations that involved kidnapped foreign citizens with mental and physical disabilities, many of whom were from Australia, Canada, and the United States. As for Rolando de la Rosa, he is facing charges of war crimes, human trafficking, and mass murder, when his troops played a role in the massacre of Chinese and North Korean prisoners of wars. The Kumchon Massacre occurred a few days after Kumchon fell to the joint South Korean-American force that dislodged the North Korean Army out of the town.
"The charges levied against Mr. de la Rosa is serious. I don't think he can apply for parole once the punishment has been handed down to him," says ICC judge Louise Arbour, who presided over the trial of de la Rosa. "Much of what the witnesses had said during this trial made me sick, and I threw up in my break after I heard about how the North Korean civilian captives were forced to work for the Bato Brigade, by digging ditches that would later be used to fill the corpses of the North Korean and Chinese POWs in it, as well as kidnapping female civilians for human trafficking purposes. Many of the perpetrators who committed these crimes are hardened criminals that joined the military in exchange for an early parole."
Surprisingly, former US President Jesse Jackson had offered his services in the International Criminal Court, as a way of demonstrating his criticism of the late US President Jack Kemp's usage of hardened criminals in the Korean continuation conflict. He came out in his strong opposition and condemnation of the Kemp administration's decision to enlist hardened criminals who are serving maximum sentences in prison, with little or no chance at parole.
"I have become aware of how much Jack Kemp was determined to destroy my legacy, but to do it in such a way that would make me sick to my stomach. How far down have we descended as a nation?" says former President Jackson, during an interview with NBC. "I am more convinced that what I have done was the correct choice, as it would have forced General Tadiar to resign, and to replace him with a democratic government that would get along with its neighbors. I am shocked that a couple of islands in the South China Sea was valuable to a recently deposed fascist military junta, and while the Chinese might be a menace in that region, at least they stopped it from becoming infested with pirates. As a result of the Tadiar regime's engagement in a seaborne guerrilla war, merchant shipping has taken a hit, as they avoided the South China Sea and the Malacca Strait in favor of the Makassar Strait, the Java Sea, and Christmas Island. Ultimately, Indonesia profited from the detouring of the merchant shipping, as they had to go through Indonesian waters."
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Portions from an Interview with Turkish Officer Ayaz Ersoy
Sky News AU
July 14, 2019
Discussing the Turkish and Azerbaijani Role in the Second Korean War
Interviewer: The roles of Turkey and Azerbaijan in the Second Korean War was not something that was widely discussed, even within the Turkish and Azeri public, despite how popular the conflict was to those nations. You've repeatedly said that Turkey had an obligation to help other nations resist the spread of communism, but other officers that I've interviewed gave a different account. How was it that Turkey's role in the Second Korean War became more controversial than the involvement in the First Korean War?
Ersoy: It was considered controversial, especially in a matter that President Abdullah Gul had handled it. He never forgot our nation's contribution to Korea back in 1950, and the South Korean government had repaid us by maintaining neutrality in the Karabakh conflict. It was made easier by Armenia's decision to recognize the Pyongyang regime as the only legitimate government of all of Korea, so South Korea responded by severing ties with Armenia and to recognize Azerbaijani sovereignty over Karabakh. However, the military still had a powerful influence in Turkish politics, so we had to thread carefully in this case.
Interviewer: I see. (pauses) The Second Korean War was also marked by the first open conflict between Turkish and Armenian soldiers in almost a hundred years, but it wasn't the first time that Armenian soldiers had fought Azeri volunteers. Was there any animosity between the two combatants?
Ersoy: There is, and unfortunately, the new kind of Armenian soldier we encountered in Korea was motivated by revenge and hatred. I must admit that our troops had executed most of the Armenian volunteers that came under our captivity, but our Azeri colleagues relished in killing one of them. One of the officers, a certain Ramil Safarov, had led the Azerbaijani forces in the capture of Pyongsan, which is a couple of miles north of Kumchon, and over 40 Armenian mercenaries fell under their custody. They simply took them to a ditch, and killed them all. That is why Lt. Col. Safarov is on trial at the Hague, because of this incident. He returned to Azerbaijan after the Second Korean War ended, and was sent to the Philippines as a military attache, even though General Tadiar at that time, still imposed diplomatic isolation on the country.
Interviewer: How significant was the Azerbaijani contribution to the Korean conflict this time around? Keep in mind that the Azerbaijani army was still trained in the Soviet mold, and did not transition to a fully professional army until 2014, when President Bayram Safarov, who succeeded Nizami Bahmanov, had called for Azerbaijan to change itself from a military built on the Soviet model, to a military that met NATO standards. Unfortunately, Azerbaijan did not pay attention to the fact that Armenia was also reforming their military, albeit using the Chinese PLA as its model. How did Azerbaijan's military performed in that conflict?
Ersoy: To be honest, while I admire President Bahmanov's determination to help us with the Korean situation, the Azeri soldier was unprepared. Many of the Azeri conscripts were partially prepared for the conflict at hand, and most of them would rather go to the Camptown brothels that were closed to the US military base in the area.
Interviewer: But the Azeri soldiers eventually improved on their performance on the battlefield, right?
Ersoy: (nods) Yes, but so did the Armenian mercenaries. By this time, the very same Armenian mercenaries were also being indoctrinated with the tenets of neo-Maoism, which is turning Armenia back into a communist hellhole. It was bad enough that we were dealing with the PKK back in Turkey, but to have a communist regime rise to power in Armenia? That was something we could not tolerate. Unfortunately, the Chinese government made it clear that any attack on Armenia is an attack on China. Chinese money is flooding Armenia to the point where the Armenian government is virtually a puppet of the regime in Beijing.
Interviewer: Did your own soldiers performed well in the Second Korean War? Judging by the casualty rates, Turkey had the fifth highest amount of casualties sustained, with South Korea having the highest, followed by the Philippines, and that is on account of the mass murders. Did you see the improvements in your own soldiers?
Ersoy: To an extent, yes. However, we were still operating under a conscription system, and the way our soldiers were being used to cater to officers' private needs had undermined their fighting prowess. That was why Turkish Defense Minister Hurşit Tolon had criticized the current system and called for the gradual abolition of mandatory conscription in favor of transforming the Turkish Armed Forces into a modernized, professional force. He came under intense criticism from within the Turkish military for undermining the zeal and spirit in the Turkish military from the public.
Interviewer: It is rather odd that a member of the Ergenekon organization would criticize the current military system that Turkey employs, given that a majority of the Turkish military leadership are members of Ergenekon. It is also shocking that the Ergenekon provided the same kind of military leadership reform for nations like Azerbaijan and the Philippines, which started to reform their military on the Turkish model, with the latter also influenced their military on the Chilean model. Why was Ergenekon criticizing the current conscription system that Turkey employed?
Ersoy: Ergenekon criticized the way we run our military because they could not find any potential recruits from within both the rank and file Turkish soldier and the Turkish officer class. By 2005, most of the new recruits into Ergenekon were Second Korean War veterans, but one in fifty five of the Ergenekon members had a university degree.
Interviewer: And what was your opinion on the penal battalions that were deployed to the Korean peninsula?
Ersoy: As a matter of fact, I hated them. Lt. Col. Safarov hated them even more, because they created too much unnecessary chaos in the battlefield. When I heard about how the penal battalions played a role in the human trafficking case, I literally threw up. I was disgusted at how low the morons in power could allow such a thing. Lt. Col. Safarov on the other hand, knew what those criminals were like. They behaved like the fedayi that rampaged through Karabakh, and it was criminals like the ones from the Bato and Berdugo Battalions that were responsible for the deaths of his family members. In fact, I was called up to testify at the Hague on the incidents outside Kumchon, and by the time I was done, I broke down and cried. You would never see a Turkish soldier break down and cry that easily, but I did. I cried because I witnessed such savagery that would forever disgrace the reputation of any soldier. Same with Safarov, and Jack Kemp should not be given full credit for convincing the Philippines to end its diplomatic isolation. Safarov also played a role in it, but he was recalled to Azerbaijan in 2010 when it became clear that he might be pulled into the Tadiar camp. Honestly, the Second Korean conflict had affected domestic politics in our nation as well, as it pushed our government to make the necessary economic reforms that allowed our economy to grow, and we were the first ones to invest in the Philippines after economic sanctions were lifted.
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Post by kyuzoaoi on Dec 25, 2021 17:01:13 GMT
And so the Second Korean War looks like Sarajevo but worse.
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Post by TheRomanSlayer on Dec 25, 2021 19:33:01 GMT
And so the Second Korean War looks like Sarajevo but worse. Might be worse, but let's not forget that there's the presence of the penal battalions. That is why so many Filipino military officers ITTL are being sent to the Hague to stand trial. |
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Post by kyuzoaoi on Dec 26, 2021 1:11:02 GMT
BTW, we would not be surprised if there Tadiar memes of Filipino soldiers singing "Remove Kimchi" or some in effect like that. The world will be scandalized by this too.
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Post by TheRomanSlayer on Dec 26, 2021 2:06:57 GMT
BTW, we would not be surprised if there Tadiar memes of Filipino soldiers singing "Remove Kimchi" or some in effect like that. The world will be scandalized by this too. There might be some memes, but it might also involve balut too. Anyways, while I would still continue with this TL, I'm already planning a few more TL projects in the new year. Plus Rogue Generals had a 1 year anniversary back on December 6. |
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Post by TheRomanSlayer on Jan 5, 2022 19:42:09 GMT
This isn't an update, but an announcement. Rogue Generals will be placed on a temporary hiatus for now, as I am trying to recover from a nasty case of flu and muscle sores.
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Post by stevep on Jan 6, 2022 12:03:20 GMT
This isn't an update, but an announcement. Rogue Generals will be placed on a temporary hiatus for now, as I am trying to recover from a nasty case of flu and muscle sores.
Sorry to hear that. Hope your feeling better soon. Take it easy and take your time.
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Post by TheRomanSlayer on Jan 6, 2022 22:47:35 GMT
This isn't an update, but an announcement. Rogue Generals will be placed on a temporary hiatus for now, as I am trying to recover from a nasty case of flu and muscle sores.
Sorry to hear that. Hope your feeling better soon. Take it easy and take your time.
Thanks. I’ve also added another project as well in this case, which is something we’ve discussed in the PMs. |
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Post by TheRomanSlayer on Jan 15, 2022 0:11:11 GMT
Well, this TL is now back on active from hiatus, and as I have also launched my other TL as well, I will probably divide my attention between Rogue Generals and A World Rebuilt from the Ashes.
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Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Second Korean War Part Three
GIMPO FALLS TO NORTH KOREAN FORCES AS SOUTH KOREAN TROOPS RETREAT TO BUCHEON, KAESONG CONQUERED BY SOUTH KOREAN TROOPS AIDED BY INTERNATIONAL FORCES
Japan Times
September 23, 2002
(Gimpo, NORTH KOREAN-OCCUPIED SOUTH KOREA) - The residents of Gimpo awakened to a horrible morning as elements of the North Korean military have taken the town of Gimpo, in a bold strategic move that puts the North Korean forces within striking range of the South Korean capital. The move also comes at a time when much of the South Korean government and cabinet had relocated to the city of Daejeon, to prevent much of the government staff from falling into the hands of the North Koreans. Although the North Korean forces were numerous when Gimpo fell under their control, their supply lines were dangerously exposed, which made them vulnerable to constant air strikes being launched by both the US and South Korean Air Forces. However, the positions of the North Korean artillery pieces are still dangerous enough to inflict a significant amount of damage to the South Korean capital, which is why President Lee Hoi-chang has also called for the population of Seoul to be evacuated to other parts of South Korea, especially the city of Daejeon and Busan, where they expected the fighting to be the lightest. In addition, the South Korean government has also called up more of its reserve forces to deploy into the streets as the inevitable North Korean offensive towards Seoul is expected, and much of the South Korean forces have already built defenses around key areas of the capital.
"With Gimpo under the North Koreans, we are expecting a surge of North Korean forces to arrive at Seoul within hours, if not minutes," says President Lee, during a press conference in Busan, while addressing the sailors of the South Korean Navy. "Just like the last time the North Koreans invaded our homeland, they will expect rapid victories for their Dear Leader. I'm proud to say that it will not be easy for them to repeat that expectation."
Although much of Gimpo's population had managed to evacuate days before the expected North Korean offensive, the ones who were unable to join the evacuation order were either police officers who had to remain in the city to keep order, or various South Korean soldiers who were given orders to carry out guerrilla warfare against the North Korean occupation forces. Meanwhile, the fall of Gimpo to the North Korean forces meant that they could easily bring in the rest of their heavy weaponry and are within striking range of the South Korean capital. Unlike the First Korean War, where their main objective was to win the war quick enough before the full might of the UN forces would arrive, the new objective of the current Kim Jong-il regime is to capture the city of Incheon to prevent the repeat of the Landing at Incheon that occurred back in 1950. By going towards Incheon, the North Koreans could slowly strangle the South Korean capital to submission.
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"Even as the United States Air Force kept on bombing much of North Korea in the early days of the war, there was no evidence to suggest that the Kim regime was going to collapse. Indeed, while the North Korean forces were still able to make significant gains in addition to the fall of Gimpo back in September, the ambitious goal of launching an amphibious landing on the small seaside town of Chodo-ri was hatched by the North Korean leadership. Indeed, while the Landing at Chodo-Ri had taken the South Korean forces by surprise, they gradually gave up the town in exchange for more time to prepare for the inevitable offensive that has yet to come. It was in the city of Gangneung that the North Korean forces would receive their first major defeat of the war, but the urban conflict that took place in Gangneung from November of 2002 to January of 2003 that marked a turning point in the conflict. Much of the North Korean forces that were sent to capture Gangneung would be wiped out in the conflict, with both South Korean and international forces turning much of the city into a holdout. They knew that they wouldn't be able to defeat the North Korean forces with such a numerical disadvantage that they had, with approximately 70,000 North Korean forces bearing down on the 25,000 combined South Korean-international coalition forces defending Gangneung. The urban warfare inside Gangneung was brutal, with hand to hand combat being the common feature of the battle. In one account, according to a Turkish soldier who took part in the defense of Gangneung, he had personally killed 3 North Korean soldiers with a knife on the neck, before being wounded by a stray North Korean bullet that later killed him. In another part of Gangneung, several North Korean tank battalions had shelled the grounds of the Catholic Kwandong University, resulting in several of its students being killed, before proceeding to take over the university grounds, where they proceeded to massacre the survivors of the CKU bombardment. However, the nature of the brutality that was displayed towards the CKU students had resulted in the Chinese government giving its strongest criticism of North Korea's behavior, warning the Kim regime that such actions would be counter-productive. Tragically, the massacre at the Catholic Kwandong University, along with the infamous Cheorwon Massacure would later be used as justification for the growing massacres of North Korean soldiers who fell under South Korean captivity, and the worsening situation would ultimately culminate in the brutality displayed by the predominantly Filipino troops at Kumchon." From 'The Second Korean War: An Unfinished Business', released by CBC Documentaries, July 16, 2018.
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KEMP ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES POLICY OF VOLUNTARY MILITARY SERVICE FOR CRIMINALS ON DEATH ROW IN EXCHANGE FOR PARDONS, VARIOUS PENAL BATTALIONS TO BE CREATED
Japan Times
October 13, 2002
(Washington, DC) - US President Jack Kemp announced today that the United States military will create a special battalion that will consist of hardened criminals who are serving long term sentences in federal and state prisons. In what he has called the Blood Price Act, President Kemp has stated that any felon serving long sentences, or are on death row, will qualify to serve in the penal battalions in exchange for a presidential pardon, should they survive. Although the US military has no problems with manpower issues, the continued growth of the prison population has raised fears that logistical breakdowns may have an effect on how the prisons are run in the US, and that taxpayers often complain of using their tax money to keep alive certain prisoners who are on death row. The Blood Price Act, as President Kemp has insisted, would not only incentivize prisoners to fight for their freedom, but to even give them a chance to start their lives all over again.
"The amount of prisoners that are being kept in American federal and state prisons are increasing every day, despite the effort by our government to eliminate the root causes of the crimes they've committed," says President Kemp, during a C-SPAN session in which he addressed members of Congress. "Moreover, we are also inspired by General Tadiar's radical effort at reforming the criminals who have been locked up for several years, with almost no chance of parole. By enlisting in these penal battalions, we would ensure that we can both reform the criminals who were locked up for years, and at the same time ease up on the logistics in the prison system."
President Kemp's decision to recruit from America's prison population, had resulted in protests that broke out throughout the United States, with prison wardens leading the protests. They feared that letting prisoners serve in the penal battalions would not reform their behavior, but to give them a skill that they could use to commit further crimes.
"I wholeheartedly condemn what the President is trying to do. The fact that he's taking a page of that Filipino fascist dictator's book in terms of using prisoners for some of the dirty jobs in Korea is beyond sickening," says Arizona Department of Corrections prison warden Laura Cumberland, during an anti-Blood Price Act protest in Florence, Arizona. "Are we really that desperate to resort to prisoners when loyal, law-abiding Americans are better suited for our militaries? Or are they really eager to use the prisoners as disposable cannon fodder?"
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OpEd: Remembering the Cheorwon Massacre
The Globe and Mail
December 12, 2017
The Cheorwon Massacre was one of the most notorious incidents in the Second Korean War, when approximately 2,400 South Korean and 2,500 Filipino troops were forced to surrender to the advancing North Korean and Chinese forces that seized control of Cheorwon. This single incident would later be used as justification for the brutality and carnage that occurred in Kumchon, when almost a similar number of Chinese and North Korean POWs were massacred by Filipino and South Korean forces in retaliation. The aftermath of this massacre can still be felt today: in the town of Cheorwon, many Red Cross personnel have still dug up the remains of the murdered soldiers, often exhuming bones, dental parts, and even partially broken skulls. Likewise, the Kumchon Massacre's aftermath was just as brutal, with the same kinds of human remains being dug up as a result of the mass murders that occurred. So why is the world starting to forget the brutal tragedy already? Perhaps it's because when we constantly hear about the mass murders that happened during the Second Korean War, the Philippines is always involved in such atrocities, but we should not forget that their troops were among the dead in Cheorwon. However, that doesn't excuse their actions in Kumchon as well, and indeed, many Filipino military officers are still standing on trial at the Hague because of this, along with the other various charges of crimes against humanity that were committed during the Tadiar military junta period. What no one is also talking about, is the amount of former North Korean officers and government officials who are now being tried for crimes against humanity by another newly established tribunal called the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former North Korea. It is tragic that Kim Jong-il had died of a stroke during one of his trials back in 2009, because he wasn't there to receive the punishment he deserved, and even if he remained alive for a bit longer, he would not have been repentant.
Many Koreans today in the diaspora commemorate this tragedy, and in certain areas where there's a large concentration of overseas Koreans, Chinese, and Filipinos, the commemoration of the Cheorwon and Kumchon Massacres are often marred by violent incidents that made the 1996 LA Race Riots look like a playground squabble. Coupled with the neverending conflict between two ethnic groups which had long historic ties, there is something sinister about creating a bloody permanent split within the wider Asian community. As a result of the Cheorwon and Kumchon Massacres, more Koreans are becoming religious, often joining Buddhist and Christian denominations as a result. In fact, the Unification Church under the late Sun Myung Moon had personally presided over the reburial ceremonies of the same South Korean soldiers who were massacred by the North Koreans in Cheorwon every year, but controversially decided to bless the perpetrators who committed the Kumchon Massacre, calling the mass murderers 'heroes' and 'crusaders' who were on the sacred quest of liberating Korea from the clutches of communism. The Unification Church however, would condemn the increasingly hateful rhetoric coming from Huh Kyoung-young's National Revolutionary Syndicalist Party of Korea, seeing his extreme abelist stance as nothing short of dangerous demagoguery. It was because of his defense of the physical and mental invalids that became the basis for his murder at the hands of the NRSPK, by means of strangulation. Officially, the government version of Reverend Sun's death was that he was killed by loan sharks who wanted him to repay a loan that he took a long time ago. Unofficially however, Reverend Sun had never even went to a loan shark to take a loan, but was killed as a means of showing its brutality in front of the world. What the world has learned from these massacres was that East and Southeast Asia are fast becoming the most unstable place in the world, replacing the Balkans, Caucasus and Central Asia as the geopolitical trigger points.
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Post by TheRomanSlayer on Jan 30, 2022 18:39:22 GMT
OMAKE Eighteen: The Growth of Martial Arts
"Martin Kove's past as an actor and a martial artist had made him suitable for various films in which his martial arts expertise came into handy, with the Karate Kid series as one of his main accomplishments. There was a sense of irony present in Kove's role in the Karate Kid series, as his character John Kreese, was mentioned to have been killed during the Filipino Civil War, leading to Terry Silver emerging as the main antagonist in the Karate Kid III. The irony, as Kove pointed out, was that Kreese had died fighting on the side of Artemio Tadiar, while Kove himself in real life, had championed the cause of former Philippine President Corazon Aquino. In his years as a martial artist, Kove would not only study Okinawa-te Karate, but he would also study Korean Taekwondo and the recently popularized Filipino martial art called the eskrima. His foray into the Israeli martial art, krav maga, had also been influenced by his trip to Israel in 1998, at a time when the Israelis were also pushing for the popularization of krav maga, on par with eskrima. Thanks to his studies of those martial arts, more people in the next generation eventually started to study those martial arts. Yet, Kove was not seen as the father of what would emerge as the mixed martial arts genre, for that honor eventually fell to Kove's apprentice by the name of Manny Pacquiao. Pacquiao, as Kove's student, had not only learned eskrima and krav maga, but had also been influential in Pacquiao's role as the father of modern mixed martial arts. As for Kove himself, while he was approached for the role of James Bond, ultimately he turned it down, primarily because he felt that his American accent wouldn't fit the British Bond. He was however, casted in the James Bond movie, 'Death From Below', as the main villain Martin Riddel, who was hunting for Bond during his mission in Romania. Yet, Kove's role in Pacquiao's rise to fame as the icon of mixed martial arts had been controversial. For instance, most MMA enthusiasts are getting into the actual thing, and various street fights have involved the usage of MMA moves. Mixed martial arts had also acquired a notorious reputation as the US military, and later the militaries of the East Slavic Federation and other NATO member states have adopted mixed martial arts as their preferred close quarters combat." From 'Martin Kove and the Martial Arts Revolution', released by PBS Documentaries, April 29, 2017.
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WILLIAM ZABKA CONFIRMED IN ROLE AS ADMIRAL THRAWN IN NEW STAR WARS SEQUELS FOCUSING ON YUUZHAN VONG INVASION
Entertainment Tonight
March 16, 2015
(Los Angeles) - Fans of the Star Wars series can rest easy, as famed Karate Kid actor William Zabka has just landed a role in the new Star Wars sequels as Admiral Thrawn. The announcement comes as a surprise as the producer of the new sequels, Oliver Hirschbiegel, has decided to expand on the scope of the casting. Zabka, who has appeared in several TV shows and other films, had been surprised by the announcement from Hirschbiegel, and has noted that while he may not have watched all of the Star Wars movies, he's eager to study them in preparation for his role as the admiral that served the Galactic Empire. Ironically, Admiral Thrawn would be the protagonist of the sequels that focuses on the invasion of the galaxy by the Yuuzhan Vong, considering that Zabka's prominent role in the Karate Kid was the antagonist Johnny Lawrence. However, Zabka is not the only former Karate Kid cast to join the Star Wars sequels. Sean Kanan, who plays Mike Barnes in the Karate Kid Part III, will also join the Star Wars cast as Sienn Sovv, the Sullustan Supreme Commander, and Charlize Theron, who previously played the role of Julie Pierce in the Next Karate Kid, would play Tenel Ka Djo.
Surprisingly, Ralph Macchio has turned down a role in the Star Wars sequels, having been committed to the movie project, Columbia Rediviva, where he plays the role of Joseph Barrell, the first American to circumnavigate the globe. However, he has hinted that there is a planned movie project that he, Zabka, and Elisabeth Shue, were collaborating. The project hasn't been announced, but the major hint of it is that he's planning an all-reunion of the original actors and actresses of the Karate Kid series, including The Next Karate Kid. As anyone can recall, the Karate Kid Part Three had entered development hell between 1989 and 1992, mainly due to political events occurring in the Philippines, with the rise of the Artemio Tadiar dictatorship. Many actors who were casted in the controversial movie, Platoon, had insisted on the film industry to take a break from film production, out of respect for the various soldiers who died fighting to prevent the previous Ferdinand Marcos dictatorship from returning, as well as rising star in Johnny Depp. Initially, Macchio was arppoached with an offer to replace the late Johnny Depp for Platoon, but turned it down in favor of Mark Hamill.
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NEW TURKISH SERIES LAUNCHED WITH AIM AT BECOMING TURKEY'S ANSWER TO THE KARATE KID FRANCHISE, WITH FAMOUS MMA ICON MANNY PACQUIAO LANDING A ROLE IN IT
Hurriyet Daily
May 29, 2019
(Istanbul) - A new Turkish martial arts genre TV show is being launched, with director Tamer Çıray being selected to lead the new production, called Clash of Fists. The premise of Clash of Fists revolves around three troubled boys who were prone to getting into fights with various people in a poor Izmir neighborhood. Among the casts who were selected for the roles in Clash of Fists, four actors were chosen: Manny Pacquiao, Iko Uwais, Sid Lucero, and Yuki Okumoto. The project is extremely ambitious, as the Turkish film industry has never done a martial arts genre before, which is why BKM Productions had hired noted creator of the Turkish martial art Sayokan Nihat Yiğit as a consultant for the fight scenes, as well as an instructor to teach the cast the basics of Sayokan. In addition to his acting role, Manny Pacquiao is also hired as a consultant for the teaching of eskrima, and Okumoto for the teaching of karate. Okumoto, who previously played the role of Chozen Toguchi in The Karate Kid Part II, has since become one of Japan's rising stars in showbiz.
"We don't know how the martial arts films were created, so we needed to study a lot of films in order to see how it is done, and to ensure that we are not merely imitating the films as well by creating our unique style," says Çıray, during an interview. "I admit that I haven't seen the Karate Kid films, and I'm sure that our film will become a successful answer to it."
The inclusion of Sid Lucero into the Clash of Fists project has been tremendously praised by the Turkish public, whose role in the controversial film Last Stand, had been praiseworthy. However, the biggest surprise to the project is the inclusion of famous Indonesian silat practitioner and actor Iko Uwais, who was virtually unknown outside Indonesia, and is now making his first international debut.
"We've traveled to Indonesia for our vacation last year, and by chance we did bump into Iko during a shooting session," says Clash of Fist cast Metin Akdülger. "I also had an opportunity to watch a silat demonstration, and needless to say, I'm impressed. The fighting style of SE Asia has impressed me so far, and their skill in wielding a knife is phenomenal."
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Post by gillan1220 on Jan 31, 2022 7:17:45 GMT
Pacquiao is into arnis IITL yet. If Iko is there, perhaps we can have Yayan Ruhian, the master of silat who appeared in The Raid, Beyond Skyline, and The Force Awakens.
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Post by TheRomanSlayer on Feb 1, 2022 5:31:37 GMT
Pacquiao is into arnis IITL yet. If Iko is there, perhaps we can have Yayan Ruhian, the master of silat who appeared in The Raid, Beyond Skyline, and The Force Awakens. Also one other thing: the Karate Kid Part Three will be developed a lot differently, due to Kreese's character getting killed off in the Filipino Civil War as one of the few international volunteers who fought for Tadiar, meaning that Terry Silver and Mike Barnes would have a bigger character development. I'm not sure what my plans are for TTL's version of Cobra Kai, but I might find a way to integrate Jackie Chan into the Miyagi-verse instead of the Karate Kid rewrite. Yuki Okumoto would also have a larger role in TTL's version of Cobra Kai as well, although at some point I might find a way to squeeze Yayan Ruhian into the Miyagi-verse or its Turkish cousin in TTL Clash of Fists. Look to see eskrima and silat become far more popular in the West and in Turkey as well. I'll see if I can feature Pat Morita here as well, although if we're getting back to the Second Korean War, we might also see bigger anti-war protests as well, which may end up nasty. |
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