Why an Army Base's Electric Bill Was So High
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Why the Electric Bill at the Military Base Was So High 2025.06.27 Β· Views 3,002
In 2023, a soldier working on administrative tasks at a Gangwon-do military base discovered somethingβfrom a certain point on, electricity usage had skyrocketed
Even though summer had passed and the AC wasn't being used, the electric bill didn't go down
After seeing this, the administrative soldier reported it to the base, which led to a full investigation of the facility
They found the cause and everyone was shockedβa camping site was stealing electricity from the military base. Call 02-784-4000
A village was secretly tapping into the military base's power lines to run a camping site. Call 02-784-4000
The military base immediately reported it to the police, but the village chief came out shamelessly with a "how dare you" attitude. Military base electricity theft camping site news desk 02-784-4000. Operating until 10.31. Caravan, car: 30,000. Large tent: 30,000. Small/medium tent: 20,000. Car camping: 10,000. Electricity per day: 10,000. This camping site became incredibly popular and charged customers 10,000 won each for electricity. [Rest is illegible utility company documentation]. The electric bill that came out was 250,000 won.
Ultimately, the military reported the village camping site and theft charges were acknowledged, so they say a fine of up to 10 million won will be issued.
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17 comments
A HUGE bill = 250k won?
Sounds like the campground was stealing power from the army base and then claimed they paid 250k won
Is the 250k won what the campground itself paid in electricity?
This really shows how important reading comprehension is
Had a Korean-Chinese translator friend in China who had about this same level of reading comprehension lol
If the translator has that bad reading comprehension, that's actually the bigger problem right?
Right...
It didn't matter because he only needed to translate Chinese conversations well. Most documents were in English anyway
-Electricity bill that the campground itself paid = 250k won.-Compared to nearby campgrounds, the bill was way too low. Why so cheap? = They were stealing power from the military base.-And they were still charging customers 10k won each for this stolen electricity.
Since the bill and amount were mentioned together as 250k won, people interpreted it as the electricity bill being 250k won
Nice summary
Exactly
If they'd just bought the sergeant a drink and greased the right palms, maybe it wouldn't have been caught
fr real if you're gonna pull off a scam you gotta do that first lol
nah that's probably already been done, but a soldier found out anyway and blew the whole thing
Who even manages the military base's electricity bill?
The public service worker
The military base
Our battalion had the facilities department handle it. My junior was a facilities staff member
Isn't that the quartermaster section's job?
I dunno, I was a driver
The logistics command
The administrative section
If they got fined, they should sue them civilly for damages too
nah because why did i expect something sinister and it's just... infrastructure problems. very on brand for government tbh
Challenging the military is a crime
How is that just theft? That's aggravated theft
They illegally tapped electricity AND charged people separately for it??????
These guys are on another level of thievery lmaooooo
Those bastards
This is actually wild, my electricity bill is nothing compared to a whole military base lol. Makes you think about government spending though π€
Should be doing at least 3+ years in prison
This is from a October 2024 article from KADO. I saw it somewhere before and searched it up
They shouldn't just pay a fine... can't the base just obliterate the place with artillery or something?
wait so it was just... normal operations? i was expecting some crazy conspiracy ngl
Wait, how did a civilian get all the way into a military base and steal electricity without getting caught?
They tapped it from the equipment installed outside the base!
Yeah lol I thought maybe they actually infiltrated a special forces base or something
Please tell me they didn't just get away with a 10 million won fine and nothing else
bruh i thought they were running a bitcoin farm or something π turned out to be the most military thing ever
As someone who works in facilities management, this tracks. Climate control for that many buildings hits different π
literally all of us struggling with our electric bills while the army out here like 'we need to cool 500 buildings' okay then
Honestly the fact that it was just poorly maintained equipment explains SO much about every government agency ever