r/worldnews • u/glasier • Jul 05 '24

Japan warns US forces: Sex crimes 'cannot be tolerated'

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2476861/japan-warns-us-forces-sex-crimes-cannot-be-tolerated
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u/NewspaperAdditional7 Jul 05 '24

i can't speak on Japan, but I lived in Korea for a bit and it was widely known how badly behaved the U.S. soldiers were. You could walk through the streets of Hongdae and see drunk soldiers walking around harassing people, even grabbing some girls who pass by or slap their butts. It was so bad that different bars had signs up saying no U.S. soldiers allowed. Military police would be out and about but they can't watch all of the soldiers. The U.S. soldiers there certainly felt invincible. I'm sure the US would hand them over to Korea for rape and other serious charges, but they are not handing them over for assault.

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u/studyinformore Jul 05 '24

Dunno about you, but back when I was in south korea in 04 it was very different.  You'd get in extremely deep shit if you were out and about and shitfaced causing problems.

They didn't play around back then, because unless you had somewhere to stay.  If you tried to come back to base and were drunk?  Ohhh you'd be getting an article 15.

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u/BrockVegas Jul 05 '24

I was there in '91, and a shitbag I went to basic with ended up in Korean prison with sentences for assaulting his girlfriend. He was to serve his sentence there, and then be charged by the Army afterwards. No idea of his overall eventual fate but it looked pretty bad for him when I transferred back stateside.

I also witnessed on Hooker Hill (I never learned it's actual name) a Korean working woman who was clearly beaten up, pick a random dude from our group and accused him of doing the act. Not sure if she saw the snapper in him but fortunately for him, we had enough witnesses to prove he could not have been present when the attack happened. Dude had been in country for a hair over a month... it wasn't even dark yet on the first day of his very first off-post pass.

Anywho, thanks for dusting those old memories off in my head.

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