Republic of Korea in Yeokcheon - Chapter 152



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#152 They said our mobile fleet would come down

October 3, 1949.

The whole country of Korea was in an uproar.

This is because the first golden holiday has been held since the founding of the Republic of Korea.

First, October 1st was Play Saturday, or Nolto.

October 3rd is National Foundation Day, which is a public holiday and a day off for all citizens according to the National Holidays Act declared three years ago.

In modern times, it is commonly called a ‘red day’ and has long been applied by general companies as ‘regulations regarding public holidays in government offices’, but in fact, strictly speaking, it was not a legal holiday.

The only legal holidays are the weekly holidays and Labor Day stipulated in the Labor Standards Act, and workers at unscrupulous companies that abuse this or small and medium-sized businesses that are under difficult circumstances have complained that even the days off are unfair.

Therefore, this was revised to apply to general private companies in stages starting from 2018.

However, during this period, from the very beginning, regardless of whether it was a government office or not, days marked in red on the calendar were unconditionally established as legal holidays to prevent confusion like the modern times.

After National Foundation Day, Chuseok was waiting.

No matter what anyone says, Chuseok, the nation’s greatest holiday, falls on October 6th, and legally, a five-day holiday is guaranteed by unconditionally giving two days off before and after.

As the country has expanded tremendously, holidays have been increased so that people can return to their hometowns.

As a result, it became a golden holiday from October 1st to Sunday, October 9th, and October 9th happens to be Hangeul Day, which is also a public holiday.

Currently, if a statutory holiday falls on a weekday holiday, an alternative day off is provided, so the holiday period continues until October 10th.

It’s truly a golden holiday!

The great migration of peoples began.

The government organized a large-scale special train service, which is the most important means of transportation to date, and as if that were not enough, it also mobilized army trucks, navy transport ships, and air force transport planes to help people move around.

The General Government Complex is a bit deserted as many citizens have returned home.

The atmosphere is chaotic because the office building is scheduled to be relocated after the Golden Week holidays.

Even in that atmosphere, Lee Kang-cheol went to work with Go Seok-man.

This is because Kim Gyu-sik finished his work in Indonesia and returned to Korea.

“It must have been very hot, but you worked hard.”

“haha! Humans are truly treacherous animals. Before I knew it, I had become unable to live without an air conditioner. “I was so desperate for the cool breeze that I sometimes asked the captain of the plane we were on to come and rest.”

“ha ha ha! “Well done.”

At this time, air conditioners were already installed everywhere in Korea.

Although the expedition team brought some things, most of them were not for people but for high-tech equipment brought from the future, so it was a lot of hardship at first.

So, among home appliances, the air conditioner was developed before the television.

First of all, I had to live in the summer.

Moreover, the history of air conditioners is longer than expected, so there was no need to worry about the world’s attention.

The modern electric air conditioner was invented in 1902, under the name ‘Carrier’, which everyone in modern times has heard of at least once.

Willis Carrier, known as the father of air conditioning, is the person who invented it after receiving a request from a New York printing company to develop it to control humidity.

The air conditioner invented in this way spread rapidly in the United States, and was already installed in most theaters and public facilities.

It was even installed in the White House in 1929, so everything has been said.

Of course, it began to become popular after World War II.

In any case, air conditioners, which were developed in such a hasty manner, began to spread at a tremendous speed, starting with public facilities to beat Korea’s murderous summer, and are currently being introduced to homes, mainly by the wealthy.

It was natural that it was installed in the home of Kim Gyu-sik, one of the top figures in the Korean government.

“Yes, I have received the general report. Thank you so much for your hard work.”

“haha! no. “Given our country’s current status, it was something anyone could do.”

“Hey, where is that? Anyway, you did a great job limiting Indonesia to Java and Sumatra. “It is absolutely not desirable for a large country to be born not too far from us.”

“I know. Just before the expedition team arrived, the population was close to 300 million. What kind of person’s population is growing so frighteningly… .”

Indonesia’s population growth from the 19th to the 20th century, especially Java’s population explosion, was so famous that it was called a ‘population explosion’.

First of all, the population in 1800, the beginning of the 19th century, is estimated to be as low as 3 to 5 million, and as high as 8 to 10 million, but there is a lot of controversy, so let’s leave it aside.

According to statistics from 1900, which are starting to be somewhat reliable, the number was about 28 million.

However, the population reached 120 million in 2000 and exceeded 150 million in 2020.

No external inflow at all!

What’s even scarier is that this population growth continues to increase in the 2020s, with a birth rate of about 2.3.

It is not for nothing that Indonesia is said to be a powerful country due to its population and resources.

And, knowing this, Indonesia went beyond claiming the rout of Southeast Asia and gradually tried to expand its influence in the world.

“That’s why we decided to keep Indonesia in check from now on. “In reality, I was quite arrogant because I believed in how big I was.”

“Oh, I know. What was that? “You said you were doing some kind of fighter jet project with us and didn’t keep your contracts?”

“Ha, Air Force Chief Jeong Ji-woon will have a lot to say about this. He said it was a KF-21 fighter jet, and we worked together on the new fighter jet project. Don’t even tell me how upset I was. It was all about believing in the size and making a fuss. What are you going to do even if we don’t pay you? Well, it was something like this.”

“Is that possible? “It’s a contract between countries?”

“So it was a frustrating thing. We have a market of close to 300 million people and natural resources including oil and gas, so there was nothing we could do even if we were angry. “We couldn’t afford to lose Indonesia when our relationship with China was so bad.”

“Huh! Those people! “Then, the public sentiment in both countries must have been very bad?”

“But that wasn’t it again. Our people had a strong sentiment that they did not care much about Southeast Asian countries, but the Korean Wave was huge in Indonesia due to the influence of K-POP, right? Well, that wasn’t a phenomenon limited to Indonesia.”

“I guess that K-POP thing was really great? “I’d like to hear it at least once.”

“Puhuhuh!”

“Hehehe!”

“yes? “Why are you smiling like that?”

When Kim Gyu-sik said that he wanted to listen to K-pop, Lee Kang-cheol and Ko Seok-man laughed.

“Oh, sorry. Deputy Prime Minister.”

“yes?”

“You’ll probably be a little mentally confused when you hear it. “To be honest, even at our age, it was difficult to understand.”

“Is that so?”

“Anyway, since you’re curious, I’ll ask the secretary to find some representative items later.”

“Thank you.”

“By the way, the Netherlands East Indies, excluding Java and Sumatra, will have to continue to be negotiated with the Netherlands and the UK.”

“Yes, we have roughly concluded this discussion. First, New Guinea was managed by Britain and Australia, and it was decided that it would become independent 10 years later, but there were many opinions that there was not enough time for the natives there to become independent.”

“Hmm, that’s probably the case there. “I said there are probably over 1,000 languages, right?”

“He said yes. So, even if we become independent 10 years from now, we, the UK, and Australia will continue to take care of it.”

“You will have to pay a lot of attention.”

“haha! We plan to do so. And Sulawesi has decided to cooperate with the Netherlands to become independent in 10 years, so there doesn’t seem to be any particular problem here.”

“All right.”

“The problem was Borneo. “It was an island that was famous for being very valuable, and it was the most difficult to reach an agreement on because it was home to all kinds of sultanates and was divided between Britain and the Netherlands.”

“I guess so.”

“Furthermore, England and the Netherlands also seemed to have the most regrets. However, I strongly insisted that all sultanate positions be abolished and that we become a sovereign, democratic, independent republic. Tentatively known as the Republic of Borneo.”

“Well done. “There is no need for a country like Brunei to exist unnecessarily.”

“If there was resistance to the abolition of the sultanate, Britain and we would step in and wipe it out.”

Borneo Island is really valuable.

It was difficult to find underground resources such as oil, coal, gold, and iron ore, and the population density was low, making it a truly mouth-watering land for powerful countries.

So, at one time, the government of the Republic of Korea also had many opinions about making it part of Korean territory, but since there were many burdens to do so, it was decided to only seek moderate economic benefits.

“It is a burden for us to take, but we must still consider it as our ally. To do that, it’s right that we have to get rid of those damn sultans first. Even for the sake of the people there.”

“That is correct.”

“This is the area that needs the most attention. Let’s just wipe out those who protest. No, it makes no sense for a king to rule in the 20th and 21st centuries.”

Lee Kang-cheol was an extremely negative person toward the monarchy.

That is why we authorize the use of force without hesitation.

“The rest was the Lesser Sunda Islands, but this was very ambiguous.”

“ha ha ha! “It’s like a scum, isn’t it?”

“haha! you’re right. There are islands of all sizes lined up in a row… .”

The Lesser Sunda Islands refer to the islands from Bali, just east of Java, to Timor Island.

However, compared to other islands that boast an incredibly large size, it was very small, and religiously, it was a mix of Hinduism, Islam, Protestantism, and even Catholicism.

Until this era, the advantage was that the Islamic power was small compared to other places.

“Britain even asked us to rule temporarily.”

“Are we? Hey, not like that. Ah, I’m honestly greedy about Bali. “It was famous as a tourist destination because of its beautiful scenery.”

“So, with what we have?”

“ha ha ha! That doesn’t seem to be the case. “Even if it’s a little difficult, we try to unite them and make them independent.”

“All right. But if you really need a tourist destination, how about Bali?”

“No, that’s enough. There is no need to be stuck there for no reason. Oh, and you warned Sukarno, right?”

“of course. “They said that if we do something foolish, our mobile fleet will come down.”

“ha ha ha! “Well done.”

Of course, unless the liver comes out of the stomach, that won’t happen.