SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean volunteer fighter indicted for entering Ukraine in 2022 to fight against Russia’s invasion in violation of the passport law was given a suspended prison sentence by a court Thursday. The Seoul Central District Court sentenced Rhee Keun, a Navy SEAL-turned-YouTuber, to a prison term of one [...]
SEOUL/YEONGJONGDO, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Rhee Keun, a South Korean volunteer fighter in Ukraine, returned home Friday after sustaining knee injuries while in action. The Navy SEAL-turned-YouTuber arrived at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, at around 7:30 a.m., about three months after he left for Ukraine to join the Russia-Ukraine war as a [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean volunteer fighter in Ukraine has told a local news outlet he is likely to be arrested on returning home but does not regret what he said was an inevitable action to support people suffering from an unjust invasion. Rhee Keun, a Navy SEAL-turned-YouTuber, traveled to Ukraine [...]
SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean volunteer fighter in Ukraine was injured during a reconnaissance mission, his YouTube channel said Sunday. Rhee Keun “recently incurred injuries while leading a special reconnaissance mission behind enemy lines. He has been transferred to a military hospital,” according to an English-language update posted on the YouTube [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Navy SEAL-turned-YouTuber Rhee Keun, who left for Ukraine in March to join the war against Russia, said he is combating in the war against Russia on the front line, rejecting various rumors about him. His illegal entry to Ukraine has spurred various speculation and rumors ranging from his death [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Navy SEAL-turned-YouTuber Rhee Keun, who left for Ukraine to join the war against Russia, claimed Wednesday his special combat team is conducting confidential direct offensive operations in the country. Rhee, a former South Korean Navy special warfare officer, left for Ukraine in early March to join the war against [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A former Korean Navy special warfare officer who recently left for Ukraine to join the war against Russia as a volunteer soldier posted news of his survival on social media Tuesday. “I’m alive,” Rhee Keun wrote on his Instagram account in an apparent denial of recent rumors about his [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Rhee Keun, a former Navy special warfare officer who recently gained huge popularity through the reality show “Fake Men” on YouTube, claimed Monday his team has arrived in Ukraine to join the war against Russia as volunteer soldiers. “Our team safely arrived in Ukraine,” the former lieutenant also known [...]