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Monthly Archives: August 2005

Saturday Showdown at Camp Humphrey’s

» by August 31st, 2005 at 11:19 am » Comments (3)

You might not want to head over to Camp Humphreys on Saturday: South Korean civic groups are banding together to press the U.S. military to deny a request from a U.S. ...more »

Then and Now: Chorwon Worker’s Party Building

» by August 31st, 2005 at 7:07 am » Comments (1)

Then: 1951 North Korean Worker's Party Building in Chorwon Now: The Worker's Party Building Today more »

No More Ajushi

» by August 31st, 2005 at 6:36 am » Comments (14)

This is going to be a tough practice to change: The name tags would help avoid the common practice of soldiers addressing South Korean base workers as “ajoshi” (uncle) or ...more »

Defense Minister Speaks Up on MacArthur Controversy

» by August 31st, 2005 at 4:59 am » Comments (3)

The South Korean Defense Minister defends the MacArthur statue in Incheon: On his one-year anniversary as the head of the Defense Ministry, Defense Minister Yoon Kwang-ung publicly opposed yesterday the removal ...more »

Deceased ROK Soldiers Honored

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Deceased ROK soldiers were honored yesterday in a ceremony in Seongnam. The soldiers drowned during training near the Imjim River near the DMZ. This isn't the first time soldiers ...more »

The Media and Nogun-ri

» by August 31st, 2005 at 4:58 am » Comments (2)

Here is an article by Yonhap that chronicles a visit to Korea by a group of California college students who during their trip visited the site of the Nogun-ri ...more »

6 Way Talks and Human Rights

» by August 31st, 2005 at 4:58 am » Comments (1)

The One Free Korea site has a great posting about the current status of the 6 way talks and the refusal of South Korea to back the US's stance ...more »

Pedestrians Leading Cause of Fatal Car Accidents

» by August 30th, 2005 at 7:08 am » Comments (6)

Thanks to Nomad for pointing this unsurprising piece of information out: Nearly four out of 10 persons who died from car accidents last year were pedestrians, a much higher figure than ...more »

Korea and the US Agree On Something

» by August 30th, 2005 at 5:49 am » Comments (0)

At least Korea and the US agree on one thing, the ineffectiveness of the Kyoto protocol: It will be impossible for emerging industrial powers such as China and South Korea ever ...more »

This is Why the US Won’t Fight A War With China

» by August 30th, 2005 at 5:01 am » Comments (4)

Boeing signs $6 billion deal with China: China plans to sign a deal next month to buy 50 Boeing 787 Dreamliner jetliners in a deal worth $6 billion (€4.5 billion), the ...more »

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