Friday, August 8, 2008

Followed!

While we were walking around the U.S. military base, Yongsan, which is huge and literally right in the center of Seoul, learning about environmental contamination as a result of the base, etc., the Korean security forces who are supposed to "protect" the base (um, why does "the most powerful military in the world" need to be protected at all?) started to follow us. They finally sort of coralled us at an intersection and asked us what we were doing. Apparently, if we had looked foreign (that is, caucasian), we wouldn't have been questioned, but anytime a group of Koreans are walking around the base, they get paranoid. Do they really think 9 people walking around in a group can take down the U.S. Military? It's a nice thought.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

you two rock. so impressed that you're blogging. i miss you both.
soya

boomher said...

uh, sns can take the military down! rockit! at least thats what we're aimin for right! only with solidarity sisters.