and%20he%20would%20do%2050%20with%20you. %20There%20is%20no%20telling%20how%20many%20a%20day%20he%20did. %22%0A%22It%20is%20not%20just%20the%20person%20who%20wears%20the%20uniform%20who%20serves, %22%20Biden%20said%20as%20he%20addressed%20Jeannie%20in%20the%20audience. %0A%22Military%20families%20make%20enormous%20sacrifices%20for%20our%20nation. %20So%20let%20me%20add%20our%20thanks%20to%20you%20and%20your%20life%20of%20service%20as%20well. %22%0APuckett%20was%20offered%20a%20medical%20discharge%20after%20the%20Korean%20conflict, %20but%20he%20refused. %0AHe%20endured%20a%20long%20recovery, %20which%20also%20led%20to%20a%20chance%20encounter%20with%20Jeannie, %20the%20lady%20who%20would%20become%20his%20lifelong%20wife%20as%20she%20visited%20him%20in%20the%20hospital%20on%20Fort%20Benning, %20Georgia, %20with%20a%20close%20friend. %0A%22They%20did%20not%20hold%20the%20hill%20but%20the%20Rangers%20extracted%20a%20high%20price, %22%20Biden%20said. %0A%22%20will be%20sometimes%20called%20the%20’Forgotten%20War. ‘%20Those%20men%20who%20were%20there%20under%201st%20Lt. %20Puckett’s%20command%20will%20never%20forget%20hwill be%20bravery. %20They%20will%20never%20neglect%20that%20he%20was%20right%20by%20their%20side%20throughout%20every%20minute%20of%20it. %22%0A%22We%20hope%20her%20health%20will%20improve%20quickly, %20so%20she%20will%20soon%20be%20able%20to%20assist%20with%20the%20police%20investigation, %20so%20we%20can%20all%20put%20this%20regrettable%20incident%20behind%20us, %22%20the%20embassy%20said. %0ALescouhier’s%20wife%20has%20been%20unable%20to%20respond%20to%20police%20requests%20as%20she%20has%20been%20hospitalised%20since%20last%20week%20following%20a%20stroke%20and%20remains%20under%20medical%20supervision. %0ABelgium’s%20ambassador%20to%20South%20Korea%20has%20apologised%20after%20his%20wife%20was%20filmed%20attacking%20two%20shop%20workers%20who%20had%20accused%20her%20of%20shoplifting. %0AOfficial%20South%20Korean%20statistics%20indicated%20that%2043. 6%20percent%20of%20women%20were%20in%20the%20work%20force%20by 1988. %0AIn%20some%20cases, %20they%20were%20obliged%20to%20become%20part%20of%20the%20%22entertainment%20industry%22%20in%20order%20to%20survive%20economically. %0AAccording%20to%20one%20estimate, %20brothels, %20bars, %20massage%20parlors, %20discos, %20and%20what%20are%20known%20as%20%22Taiwan%20style%22%20barbershops%20employed%20as%20many%20as%201%20million%20women, %20though%20not%20all%20were%20prostitutes. %0AThis%20underworld%20of%20abuse, %20exploitation, %20and%20bitter%20shame%20had%20begun%20to%20be%20criticized%20and%20exposed%20by%20women’s%20activists. %0AIn%201983%20more%20women–51. 8%20percent–were%20employed%20in%20rural%20areas%20than%20in%20urban%20areas–37. 9%20percent. %0AMost%20of%20the%20women%20working%20in%20rural%20areas%20were%20over%20the%20age%20of%20thirty, %20as%20young%20females%20tended%20to%20move%20to, %20and%20seek%20employment%20in, %20cities%20and%20industrial%20areas. %0ATraditionally, %20men%20and%20women%20were%20strictly%20segregated, %20both%20inside%20and%20outside%20the%20house. %0AYangban%20women%20spent%20most%20of%20their%20lives%20in%20seclusion%20in%20the%20women’s%20chamber. %0AEconomic%20necessity%20gave%20women%20of%20the%20lower%20classes%20some%20freedom%20as%20they%20participated%20in%20farm%20work%20and%20sometimes%20earned%20supplemental%20income%20through%20making%20and%20selling%20things. %0AKim%20Il%20Sung’s%20first%20wife,…

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