ROK Drop Stats for June 2007

• USFK Forums
  6:32 am on July 3rd, 2007 1

  [...] ROK Drop Stats for June 2007 I have decided to start doing monthly update on how well the ROK Drop blog has been doing and recognizing my top referrers.  Since I moved my site over to Wordpress last December traffic to site has slowly been building month by month.  I appreciate everyone who stops by and reads what I have to [...] Discovering President Roh?s Priorities So what was President Roh doing while the memorial ceremony was going on for the six sailors murdered by North Korea during the West Sea Naval Battle?  Kim Dae-joong from the Chosun Ilbo has the answer: Despite being supreme commander of the armed forces, the president did not show up at a memorial service honoring the [...] Japan?s Defense Minister: US Atomic Bombing ?Couldn?t Be Helped? This is some surprising news coming out of Japan concerning an issue from World War II that doesn’t involve comfort women for a change: Japan’s defense minister said Saturday that the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States during World War II was an inevitable way to end the war, drawing [...] MP Convicted and Sentenced Another MP this time a sergeant is convicted of a crime: A court-martial jury found an Army sergeant guilty Friday of indecently assaulting a private earlier this year on Camp Casey. The nine-member jury found Sgt. Anthony Medellin Jr. guilty of the indecent assault and two specifications each of maltreatment and disobeying orders, but cleared him of [...] NK Reactor Shutdown Needs More Six Way Talks This is all so predictable: The U.N.’s nuclear watchdog has clarified how to monitor the shutdown of North Korea’s nuclear facility and it is now up to Pyongyang and its five negotiating partners to decide on a date, an official said on Saturday. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) official Olli Heinonen said negotiations in North Korea had [...] Wild Nomad I you haven’t seen them yet, Jack Hanna Nomad has some great pictures of a wildlife encounter during one of his fishing trips. Prime Minister Attends Ceremony This is actually quite incredible, the Korean Prime Minister has attended the memorial yesterday of the six sailors murdered by the North Koreans during the West Sea Naval Battle five years ago: Navy sailors who survived a sea battle with North Korea’s navy on June 29, 2002 pay tribute yesterday at a memorial service in Pyeongtaek, [...] The Michelle Wie Meltdown Continues Michelle Wie’s abysmal play continues in the US Open: Michelle Wie was in good company at the U.S. Women’s Open, but in the worst way. In a rugged start to the biggest event in women’s golf, the 17-year-old from Hawaii continued her free fall Thursday by hitting only four fairways and matching her highest score ever in [...] Transformers Opens in Korea The Transformers movie has finally opened in Korea and the turn out and reception according to the AP have both been positive: Steven Spielberg’s "Transformers" premiered Thursday in theaters in South Korea, after notching up the country’s highest online ticket bookings of any movie this year.  The action film — featuring vehicles that transform into warring [...] Tax Probes Aimed at Major Media Outlets The Korean government is using one of its favorite political weapons by targeting four major media outlets with tax probes: The National Tax Service has sent notices on the investigation to the media outlets - the JoongAng Ilbo, MBC, BBS and the weekly Ilyo Shinmun, the sources said.  The office is planning to start the investigation [...] All times are GMT +9. The time now is 05:31 AM. [...]

• Chopsticks
  2:39 pm on July 3rd, 2007 2

  I’m your Australian visitor.

  Cheers!

• GI Korea
  5:41 pm on July 3rd, 2007 3

  Thanks for reading from Oz. Where in Australia are you reading from?

• Nomad
  8:21 pm on July 3rd, 2007 4

  Glad to be one of your top referrers! Your blog is one of my daily “must read” blogs.

• GI Korea
  8:34 pm on July 3rd, 2007 5

  Nomad,

  Likewise you are one of my must reads. By the way you beat out Robert by about 200 hits to be my top referrer. Thanks for the links.

• Chopsticks
  11:55 am on July 4th, 2007 6

  GI,

  I’m an American currently living in Newcastle, NSW, Oz. I’m a former USAF vet and been to Korea many times. Big fan of your site. Keep up the good work.

• GI Korea
  7:35 am on July 5th, 2007 7

  I have been to Williamstown a couple of times and what I remember most about Newcastle is that the city has a kick ass steak restaurant downtown that I believe was called the Red Bull. It was definitely the best steak restaurant I have been to in Australia.

• Chopsticks
  8:34 am on July 5th, 2007 8

  GI,

  I know the restaurant. It’s called the Red Heifer. I’ve eaten there and it’s pretty good. The uniqueness about the place is that you can grill your own steak at a community grill, rather than have the kitchen cook it up. Aussie steaks are good, but unlike the Korean government, I sure miss American beef. Nothing like a thick T-bone from a Chicago steak house. Another real good place for steaks is the Hog’s Breath Cafe. It’s a big chain in Oz, but puts the Outback to shame.

  Speaking of the Outback restaurant, there’s only one in Oz and it’s in Sydney. Supposedly only Japanese tourists go there.

• GI Korea
  4:53 pm on July 5th, 2007 9

  That is the place because the grilling of your own steak was a cool idea that I got a kick out of. I have never been to a Hog’s Breath and I didn’t even know an Outback Restaurant existed in Australia because I have never seen one.

  However, you are right American beef I think tastes better as well but Aussie beef is pretty good too. Try some kangaroo meet if you haven’t already because it makes for some pretty good grilling.

  Cheers

• I'm A Seoul Man: Korean Blogs round-up
  12:23 am on July 10th, 2007 10

  [...] Expat Jane also celebrated her blog’s first anniversary with a background colour change to pink.ROK Drop revealed some very respectable statistics about his blog. My blog did not make it into his top 5 [...]

 

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