http://rokdrop.com/2006/10/31/south-korea-spy-scandal-update/ Serving on the Forgotten Frontier Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:37:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://rokdrop.com/2006/10/31/south-korea-spy-scandal-update/#comment-26803 OneFreeKorea » DLP Leaders to N. Korea: ‘Say It Aint So!’ Mon, 16 Apr 2007 23:08:42 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=1795#comment-26803 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] South Korea Spy Scandal Update at ROK Drop said, [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] South Korea Spy Scandal Update at ROK Drop said, [...]

]]> http://rokdrop.com/2006/10/31/south-korea-spy-scandal-update/#comment-3327 DLP Cozying Up to Chavez at ROK Drop Sun, 04 Feb 2007 22:28:40 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=1795#comment-3327 [...] It looks like what few members left of the Korean political party, the Democratic Labor Party that are not busy being indicted as spies for North Korea are now busy cozying up to Venezuela’s newly empowered dictator, Hugo Chavez.  Antti has the scoop: [...] [...] It looks like what few members left of the Korean political party, the Democratic Labor Party that are not busy being indicted as spies for North Korea are now busy cozying up to Venezuela’s newly empowered dictator, Hugo Chavez.  Antti has the scoop: [...]

]]> http://rokdrop.com/2006/10/31/south-korea-spy-scandal-update/#comment-1304 Korean Students Fail National History Tests at ROK Drop Fri, 29 Dec 2006 22:59:20 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=1795#comment-1304 [...] I guess I should give these students a break because maybe they didn’t understand which answers to give on this test because you have real history and than you have the revised history of the Korean government that revises unpleasant aspects of Korean history such as Korean war criminals during World War II.  Does the student answer the actual number or the revised number only accepted by the Korean government?  Actually I would be impressed if the students even knew Korea had war criminals during World War II to begin with.  Just think if they asked a question about who was responsible for the Gwangju Uprising how many different answer they would get.  The politicization of Korean history by politicians for their own short term political advantage is what is responsible for so many competing theories of Korean history.  Not to mention the North Korean fifth column interested in rewriting history in order to give a more sympathetic and positive view of North Korea while at the same time exploiting issues in order to drive a wedge between the US and the general Korean public which they have had much success at.  Unfortunately I don’t see this trend changing any time soon. [...] [...] I guess I should give these students a break because maybe they didn’t understand which answers to give on this test because you have real history and than you have the revised history of the Korean government that revises unpleasant aspects of Korean history such as Korean war criminals during World War II.  Does the student answer the actual number or the revised number only accepted by the Korean government?  Actually I would be impressed if the students even knew Korea had war criminals during World War II to begin with.  Just think if they asked a question about who was responsible for the Gwangju Uprising how many different answer they would get.  The politicization of Korean history by politicians for their own short term political advantage is what is responsible for so many competing theories of Korean history.  Not to mention the North Korean fifth column interested in rewriting history in order to give a more sympathetic and positive view of North Korea while at the same time exploiting issues in order to drive a wedge between the US and the general Korean public which they have had much success at.  Unfortunately I don’t see this trend changing any time soon. [...]

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