Republic of Korea in Yeokcheon - Chapter 276



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#276. A huge wind of blood was blowing.

After a while, after a great commotion, Kim Kyu-sik was able to meet alone with Sukarno, and the atmosphere was as cold as an icy rink.

“… … .”

“… … .”

After 10 minutes of this, Kim Kyu-sik opened his mouth first, looking dumbfounded.

“President Sukarno, shall we go again? If we catch the person who was about to leave, shouldn’t we tell them?”

“… … .”

“Are you really going?”

“ha!”

When Kim Kyu-sik was about to stand up, Sukarno finally sighed and opened his mouth.

“Why are you being so extreme? No, I’m busy taking care of state affairs, so I might be a little late. But you can’t stand it, so you just storm out, talking about withdrawing the embassy, ​​and talking about potential enemies?”

“A little? Is that a little? An hour and a half is a little? And I barged in without permission? Didn’t you come on time for the appointment?”

“I am the President! Can’t you give that much understanding to the President?”

“Hahaha! President? The President is the President of our Republic of Korea? And who made him the President? He was on the verge of death after being destroyed by the Dutch army, and you saved his life. Where are you talking about?”

“this person……!”

Sukarno trembled at Kim Kyu-sik’s words, but he could not refute them because they were true.

“The President is busy with state affairs, so let’s not talk nonsense to each other. Why are you doing such unreasonable things? Why are you touching Borneo, and why are you touching us?”

“Borneo is our land. We want to reclaim our land, so we are claiming our rightful rights. And we have never touched your country. I don’t know what you heard.”

“Why is Borneo your homeland? If it had been Dutch territory, would it have been your homeland without a doubt? And didn’t you clearly promise to be content with Java and Sumatra?”

“Wasn’t that because of pressure from your country?”

“Coercion? Huh? So? Are you saying that now that life is a little better, you don’t care about our promise with the Republic of Korea?”

“That’s not what I meant!”

“Then what? And what, you’re saying they never touched us? There’s a mountain of evidence that the protests were organized by the president’s orders?”

“No matter what you say, I never gave such an order! And since we’re on the subject, isn’t it true that your country is taking our oil?”

“Huh? So that’s it?”

“We plan to nationalize it soon, if not immediately. Please be aware of that.”

“Hahahaha! Does that sound like you’re saying that you won’t even keep your contracts with the countries anymore?”

The other person was just going to leave, but he had no manners to show for being the president.

“It was an unfair contract from the start!”

“Unfair? If someone who doesn’t know sees us, they’ll think we’re really exploiting them.”

“Isn’t it?”

“If you were to contract with any oil development company in the world right now, would there be a company that would take it as fairly as we do? And if we let go, how are you going to extract the oil? Do you have the technology to extract it yourself?”

“That’s none of your concern!”

“Huh?”

It seemed that the oil development engineer had secured it by some means.

I doubt it will work out well though.

Kim Kyu-sik realized that talking any further would only result in a sore mouth.

Sukarno has clearly decided to turn his back on South Korea.

“There’s no use talking about this any more.”

“joy!”

“I’m going. Before I go, I have one last thing to say. Listen carefully.”

“What?”

“You will pay the price for breaking the contract. Remember that. And get out of Borneo. Otherwise, you will learn how fragile the tower you have built over the past 10 years has been. Finally, our Republic of Korea will now view you as a potential enemy. Diplomatic relations will be downgraded, and you will not be able to get any cooperation from our Republic of Korea. So, do your best.”

“… … .”

“Oh! One last thing! Our embassy staff, our companies, and our residents in your country will be withdrawn as soon as possible. So please stop harassing us with protesters. Two of our staff were hit with rocks yesterday. If something like this happens again, you should be prepared. We don’t throw rocks. We throw bombs.”

“Wh, what kind of threat… … .”

“It’s not a threat. It’s a friendly explanation of what’s going to happen.”

After finishing speaking, Kim Kyu-sik got up from his seat and walked toward the door without looking back.

however.

“for a moment!”

Sukarno called Kim Kyu-sik, who was about to leave.

“What? I have nothing to say now?”

“It’s Borneo.”

“I told you about Borneo. Hands off?”

“I will pay you a price.”

“The price? What price?”

“If we have Borneo, we will guarantee your interests in Borneo. So, don’t worry about your country.”

“Huh? What? You’re saying we should just let go and secure our interests in Borneo? Hahahahaha!”

“Why, why are you laughing?”

“Hahahaha! That’s funny! So funny!”

“Ah, no… … .”

Sukarno was bewildered, completely unable to understand Kim Kyu-sik’s sudden burst of laughter.

He didn’t know.

What he just said must have touched Kim Kyu-sik’s sore spot.

“Hahahaha!”

Stop!

Kim Kyu-sik, who had stopped laughing, glared at Sukarno.

It seemed like he was really angry.

“Look here! President Sukarno!!”

“Yes, yes? Why on earth?”

“You are a so-called independence activist, what on earth are you talking about!”

“No, what did I do to you?”

“Hey! You bastard! Your country and ours have lost their countries to the tyranny of imperialists and have lived for so many years shedding tears of blood, and yet you dare to do the same thing as the imperialists in front of me? I will guarantee your vested rights, so you say you will step aside?”

“… … .”

Only then did Sukarno realize that he had made a slip of the tongue.

Before becoming a diplomat, Kim Kyu-sik devoted his entire life to the independence movement.

If we compare it to the level of the independence movement, he had a career that was not even worthy of comparison.

But to such a person, we are saying that we will take the territory, but in return, we must guarantee vested rights and tolerate forced annexation… … .

“And, do you think our Republic of Korea is a beggar? We are beggars! You’re going to fall after eating a little bit of oil? Oil? How many oil and gas fields are there in our northern territory!”

Even with just the Daqing (大慶) oil field in Heilongjiang, Manchuria, and the Liaohe (遼河) oil field in Liaodong, which are the largest oil fields in Northeast Asia, the current oil demand of South Korea is more than enough, and if you expand it to Siberia, the country that is certain to become one of the largest oil-producing countries in the world is South Korea.

However, the reason for embarking on the development of oil fields in Southeast Asia and other regions was the government’s policy of passing down resources to future generations if possible.

In short, if Southeast Asian oil fields were in South Korea, it would be slightly better, and there would be no regrets at all if they were not there.

“… … .”

“Tsk tsk! Your country’s future is bright! Bright!”

bang!

Kim Kyu-sik slammed the door and left.

And Sukarno, who was left alone, muttered in bewilderment.

“Damn it! Why did that old man have to come… … .”

However, Sukarno still felt it was unfair.

The official residence of the Indonesian Embassy.

“Excuse me, Deputy Prime Minister… … .”

Ambassador Lee Jong-beom cautiously called out to Kim Kyu-sik.

The whole way here, the cold north wind and snow were blowing so I couldn’t say a word.

“Hmm? Oh, this line.”

“What on earth happened with Sukarno?”

“Huh? Oh, I’m sorry. It’s been so long since I’ve been this angry… … .”

“What did Sukarno say that made you do that?”

“That kid… … .”

“… … .”

He is not the president anymore, he is just ‘that bastard’.

“That bastard said he would guarantee us our rights if we let go of Borneo.”

“No, that crazy bird… … . Sorry.”

“Haha! No way. That crazy kid is right.”

“I’m sorry.”

“Anyway, his mind is set. He will never give up Borneo, and developing our resources in Indonesia will be impossible in the future.”

“Yes? No, what crime have we committed?”

“That’s what I’m saying. Anyway, it’s going to be nationalized soon, so be prepared.”

“No, that crazy guy is completely out of his mind. What on earth does he think a contract between countries is? Anyway, these guys were causing trouble in Hyundai with the KF-21 fighter jet project… … .”

“Oh, I heard that story too. I heard he behaved so badly like a commoner.”

“Oh my! Don’t be ridiculous. There was no truth like that. It was the 21st century, the 21st century! In the 21st century, I have never seen a country the size of Indonesia make a contract between countries like that.”

“Are these kids usually like that?”

“That’s true.”

To be honest, at this point I was even suspicious of the racial characteristics, but I couldn’t say anything out loud.

“Anyway, it seems like it’s all wrong to resolve things nicely now.”

“That’s right. In the end, we’ll have to solve it by force. Well, it was expected, so there’s no need to feel too bad.”

“Whew! This is going to be busy.”

“First, we will downgrade diplomatic relations with Indonesia. And we will withdraw our corporate staff and residents as soon as possible. If we are too obsessed with small profits, we could end up in big trouble. Anyway, once the situation is resolved, we can just come back.”

“I hope Sukarno doesn’t interfere.”

“No matter how crazy he is, he can’t harm our people. He must be thinking about how great the aftermath will be.”

“Anyway, I will try to hurry as much as possible.”

“Do so.”

But there was something that Kim Kyu-sik overlooked: things in the world do not always proceed as intended or calculated.

And as luck would have it, it happened late that afternoon.

Minas oil field, East Sumatra.

Inside the massive oil field complex, several people wearing hard hats were looking at the main gate with worried expressions.

And then one of the old men, who looked to be in his early 70s, opened his mouth to the middle-aged man next to him.

“Are you worried about this? The protesters’ spirits don’t seem normal.”

“What could possibly happen? The Indonesian military and police are not cool, but if they have a mind, they won’t let the oil fields be destroyed, Vice President.”

“Haha! That’s true, but things don’t always go as planned. At times like this, I envy the Borneo staff. Aren’t our Marines guarding that place?”

“We tried to deploy it in Indonesia too, but that son of a bitch Sukarno was so vehemently opposed to it, didn’t we?”

“That’s why I’m saying it’s a shame. Anyway, just in case, Manager Kim will keep worrying. I’m still anxious.”

“The order to withdraw was given a little while ago, so we will make a plan as quickly as possible.”

“Please.”

That was when.

Woozikkun! Wow, wow!

The group quickly turned their gaze to the main gate when they heard the sound of something breaking, and were startled.

The protesters broke down the main gate and began to storm into the oil field.

“Me, me!”

“Oh no! The main gate has collapsed! Get out of here!”

“Let’s go!”

The group hurriedly turned around and tried to run away.

But thousands of protesters soon caught up with them.

“Kill him!”

“Kill those Koreans! They are plunderers who are stealing our oil!”

“Kill him! Kill him!”

Indonesian protesters, holding all sorts of weapons, including axes, in their hands and their eyes sparkling with murderous intent.

They easily caught executives from the Korea Petroleum Development Corporation who had come out to check the situation.

and.

“Eeeeeee! Sa, save me!”

“This won’t do! We… … .”

Crunch!

“Kwaaak!”

The first to fall victim was the old man, known as the vice president, who walked the slowest due to his age.

He was beheaded in the jungle and then immediately executed.

Moon Dong-joo, vice president of Korea Petroleum Development Corporation, missed his grandson as his consciousness faded.

I liked my job so much that I was working long past retirement age, but once I finished my work in Indonesia, I was thinking of really retiring and spending the rest of my life looking after my grandchildren, who I would love to have in my eyes…

‘Hyunjin!’

Vice President Moon Dong-ju died while calling out the name of his beloved grandson.

2 hours later.

The official residence of the Indonesian Embassy.

bang!

“What on earth is going on!”

Kim Kyu-sik became angry and slammed his desk and shouted.

“The Miras oil field in Sumatra has been attacked by protesters! It has been revealed that three executives, including Vice President Moon Dong-joo of the Korea Petroleum Development Corporation, have been killed, and 30 of our employees have been taken hostage with serious injuries! Sob!”

“oh my god!”

A major accident occurred.

Three citizens of the Republic of Korea were murdered.

An even bigger problem was the status of Moon Dong-ju.

Moon Dong-ju was a plant expert from the expedition team, known as the ‘Ganggye man’.

This was the first civilian casualty of the expedition, and it was impossible to imagine how great the aftermath of this incident would be.

The South Korean government was already obsessed with the safety of its citizens to the point of fanaticism.

But among them, the expedition team members, and civilians at that, were the victims.

Kim Kyu-sik, who was well aware of the special bond between the expedition team members, closed his eyes tightly.

A huge gust of wind was going to blow.