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Courbefy
Courbefy is a hamlet (place), hamlet in the Bussière-Galant Communes of France, commune in the Haute-Vienne Departments of France, department of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Regions of France, region in western France. On an auction on 21 May 2012, the abandoned village was bought by Yoo Byung-eun for (). Yoo had seen it on CNN, and wanted to set up an "environmental, artistic and cultural" project in the village. Geography Courbefy is a small hamlet located at an altitude of in the Bussière-Galant commune in the department of Haute-Vienne. It is about south of the town of Bussière-Galant itself. The hamlet of La Gare is located to the north-east and Saint-Nicolas-Courbefy to the southeast. The village occupies a vaguely oval space and is totally surrounded by woods, with the exception of the southern part. History The village of Courbefy initially had a medieval royal fortress, but it became a den of thieves, and the castle was destroyed in the sixteenth century by order ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoo Byung-eun
Yoo Byung-eun (Korean: 유병언; Hanja: 兪炳彥) was a South Korean businessman and inventor, who as a photographer was known under the art name Ahae. Yoo became the focus of Park Geun-hye’s administration shortly after the Sinking of MV Sewol in April 2014. Yoo and other Korean nationals were used in a nation-wide propaganda campaign designed to manage public opinion after the disaster. In official documents from the Blue House, the Defense Security Command (DSC) identified Yoo as a target to distract the public from its dissent over the Korean Coast Guard’s failure to rescue passengers from the ferry. Yoo, who retired from his board position at Chonghaejin in 1997, was targeted in official communications prior to the conclusion of any investigation to manage public outrage and maintain government stability. During the campaign to find and discredit Yoo, the government purposely fed several large media companies information designed to focus public interest onto the manhun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
