ROK Drop

August 12th, 2007 at 12:56 pm

ROK Drop Linklets – 12AUG07

Koreas
- Kaesong workers or rather Kim Jong-il has received a raise courtesy of the SK government.
- I don’t have a high opinion of Korean police, but they should be recognized when they do a good job.
- Korean scientists have concluded that Fan Death is not real, however Korean netizens remain unconvinced.
- This is why I take public transportation as much as possible in Korea.
- Everyone has an opinion on the upcoming 2nd Inter-Korean summit and Donald Kirk offers his.
- Choe Sang-hun offers his take on the fight over the Yanghwajin Foreigner Cemetery.
- Pooping on boshintang and dog penis soju. 
- Anyone had any cow fried pork lately?
- After all the news about Rain and the other K-pop types invading the US, who would have thought a dreadlocked, tatooed Korean in need of a t-shirt, Cho Sung-jin, would have more of an impact on the charts.
- It looks like Wentworth Miller continues to be making it big in Korea.
- Interesting list of the Top 30 English webpages related to Korea.
- Finally here is something quite spooky for everyone to check out. 

Japan
- Here is a list of the 20 most popular English webpages in Japan.
- A more muscular Japan?
- Just another example of Japanese militarism, Japanese UN peacekeepers may soon be able to use their weapons to defend other soldiers.  It is clear a Dokdo invasion is just around the corner with such a provactive development.
- Preparing for Ultimate FutiLity.
- Some interesting new film of ground zero at Nagasaki has been revealed.
- An American first in Japanese baseball.

China
- I definitely like the Chinese Army’s new secret weapon.
- Weird story, but Korea could use a guy like this minus the criminal history.
- Visa regulations tightened in China.
- Foreign journalists detained in China.

Milblogs
- John Soltz is still a wanker.  By the way did you hear he was in Iraq?
- Canada has announced plans to upgrade their polar defenses after the Russian announcement of planting a flag under the North Pole.  Is dog sled infantry around the corner?
- By the war the Reuters had to admit the photo they used of the flag planting was actually from the movie Titanic.
- A reserve colonel who served as a chief of police in Georgia was fired by the city council because they could not regularly contact him by cell phone in Iraq.   
- Reports that Syria is negotiating with the US after a number of Syrian border guards are being killed by Al Qaida.

F.D. Postings
- Misinformation Campaign to Remove US Special Forces from Afghanistan
- News from the Frontlines
- Troop Withdrawals from Ninevah Province Announced
- The Tuscon Boneyard
- Update on Ambushed Marines

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