Published: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 20:02:10 +0900

Up on the USFK webpage is a pretty good video from the Pyeongtaek city government supporting the planned USFK camp consolidation at Camp Humphreys. The video makes some key points about how the US is responsible for bringing unprecedented security and economic growth to the country and is now transforming to escape the congestion of the current camps and to meet security requirements in the future.

The video sticks to the planned time table of all 41 current USFK camps being consolidated into 10 camps by 2008, which I find extremely hard to believe. The video continues by emphasising how Korea is receiving valuable land in return for allowing USFK to consolidate in a non-congested area of Korea, but then goes on to say how the relocation is going to bring great investment into Pyeongtaek and cause unprecendented regional growth. So in other words the congestion of the Seoul area will eventually move down to the Pyeongtaek area.

If the relocation actually does happen, the graphic of the planned expansion at Camp Humphreys was quite good explaining all the upgrades that are coming to Camp Humphreys. Some of the improvements include a golf course, a world class fitness center, amusement park, and expanded family housing. The video continuously emphasises how this will all be done in a environmentally friendly way.

So if you haven't seen it yet, it's worth a look, but it going to take more than this video to convince me this relocation will actually happen by 2008 or the anti-US hate groups that this will happen at all.

Tags: korea, pyeongtaek, usfk

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