The story behind the beautiful bond between Mexico and South Korea fans 🫶 #FIFAWorldCup



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  1. “South Korea provided $1 million USD in official government humanitarian assistance to Mexico following the devastating 7.1-magnitude earthquake on September 19, 2017. This disaster relief was further reinforced by the National Assembly of Korea, which donated 30 million won (~$26,900 USD) directly to support reconstruction efforts. These funds were presented to the Mexican Embassy in Korea and channeled through the Korean Red Cross to the Mexican Red Cross to provide nationwide assistance. Additionally, student volunteer groups at major institutions like Hanyang University launched month-long donation campaigns to collect and deliver community relief funds to the Mexican Embassy.On the ground in Mexico City, South Korean rescue personnel contributed to highly technical urban search and rescue (USAR) operations alongside specialized teams from other international nations like Japan, Spain, and Israel. These operators navigated collapsed, multi-level structures where concrete buildings had pancaked. Teams utilized heavy machinery like overhead cranes alongside high-tech laser survey equipment, which monitored structural stability down to 1 mm to prevent secondary collapses while personnel cleared concrete slabs. To locate trapped survivors, crews used sensitive acoustic microphones and specialized cameras lowered directly into rubble gaps before initiating manual brick removal.A primary operational focus for South Korean coordination was the collapsed textile factory at the intersection of Chimalpopoca and Bolívar streets in the Obrera neighborhood. Because this specific site housed several East Asian-owned businesses, South Korean civic groups and embassy workers aligned directly with Mexican Civil Protection and military forces to recover victims and account for missing personnel. Furthermore, the extensive network of Korean companies operating locally in Mexico bypassed international shipping timelines by immediately reallocating regional corporate inventory, including heavy tools, protective gear, and portable electronics, directly to first responders and volunteering to distribute emergency kits at staging grounds.”

  2. The history of brotherhood between Mexico and Korea goes back decades.
    The Porfirian era began in 1905, when a group of 1,033 Korean immigrants arrived in the country. Seeking to escape poverty and the imminent Japanese domination, they were tricked into working as laborers on the henequen plantation.
    On May 8, 1905, 802 men and 231 women and children set sail from the port of Jemulpo (Incheon) aboard the British steamship Ilford.
    After a three-month transpacific voyage, they arrived at the port of Salina Cruz, Oaxaca.
    They were transported by train across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec to Coatzacoalcos and then by ship to Puerto Progreso, Yucatán.
    Upon arriving on the peninsula, they were distributed and sold under servitude contracts (of up to 4 years) on various henequen-producing haciendas.
    Although they traveled with the promise of a prosperous life, they were subjected to forced labor, physical abuse, and the isolation typical of company Tiendas de raya dynamics.
    When their initial contracts ended in 1909 and 1910, the Mexican Revolution broke out, preventing them from returning to their home country (which had already been annexed by the Japanese Empire in 1910).
    This group formed the first organized Korean settlement on the American continent. Their descendants integrated into Yucatecan society, a historical process documented and narrated in literature under the name of the Aenikkaeng (Koreans of Mexico).
    In Yucatán, the State Day of the Republic of Korea is officially commemorated every May 4th. This date celebrates the historic arrival of the first 1,033 Korean immigrants to Yucatán in 1905, solidifying Mexico as the first Latin American country to establish relations with the Korean community.
    It remains to add that this brotherhood and relationship between Mexico and Korea goes beyond the passion for football; there are historical ties that unite us and almost everyone forgets.

  3. Nobody remembers what happened in 2018, the only reason Mexicans love Koreans is because Mexicans are humble/loving people. Mexicans Love Everybody Just As Much As They Love Koreans… 👍🏻🇲🇽👍🏻

  4. No no no when the earthquakes struck a year before the world Cup Koreans not only sent money but rescuers to my beautiful southern Mexico. Eso nunca se nos olvido(we never forgot that). That act of humanitarian compassion and greatness to be the country furthest from the incidents and not the one who sent the most was something Christian Martinoli stated during our 3018 encounter. We will never forget that act of brotherhood and that’s why we yell at the top of our lungs COREANOS HERMANOS SIEMPRE SERAN MEXICANOS !!🇲🇽🇰🇷✌️. Nothing but brotherly love to those heroes. This goes beyond football and people need to start pointing that out. Kapsanida Korea for being our brothers !!!!

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