The Koreas
-  If you have not seen the ballerina yet I highly recommend it.
-  Angry grannies and bamboo swords. 
-  How to pay for Korean unification. 
-  Here is an example of how Korean Inc. keeps the domestic market closed to foreign competition.
-  The spread of "Noraebang Helpers"
-  Here are some nice night time overhead shots of Busan. 
-  Naver has become the world’s fifth most used search engine. 
-  The world’s smallest and most expensive tents.
-  Al Gore heads to Cheju. 
-  Hans Blix talks North Korea and it has nothing to do with Team America.
-  Courtesy of General Bell, supposedly more command sponsored slots are on the way.  I think I would have to see it to believe it. 

Japan
-  Well at least these protesters are good on the eyes unlike the usual hippie crowd. 
-  It looks like the JSDF is looking for their own version of a Zaytun deployment. 
-  Tokyo Motor Show pics so you know what that means. 
-  This is worth watching.  Very funny. 
-  Defending the Yamanote Halloween Party.
-  It seems like more people in Japan other than gaijin are getting into Halloween.
-  How’s your Japan blog?

China
-  It looks like Halloween is even catching on in Hong Kong.
-  Beijing residents trying to clean up their act before the Olympics.
-  If you are ever in Beijing, Jackie Chan has his own cafe there now.
-  Did anyone know that three of the world’s six longest bridges are in China?

Milblogs
-  If you read only one Milblog link than read this one from Jeff Emanuel about this heroic fight by 82nd paratroopers against Al Qaeda fighters trying to kidnap soldiers before General Petraeus’ testimony to Congress.  
-  Interesting posting about snipers in Iraq to include ones trained by a rogue American.
-  Michael Yon’s latest dispatch concludes that Al Qaeda is defeated.
-  The Air Force is going green that is if they can keep from being disbanded. 
-  No trend here.

Forward Deployed
-  My Prediction for January’s Headlines
-  British Develop Invisible Tank
-  State Department Trustifarians Speak Out
-  GAO Report Cites Improved Security and Limited Political Progress
-  Fake but Accurate, the Standard of Journalistic Ethics
-  US Military Conducts Joint Operations with Rwandan Army
-  The Politicization of the Military Suicide Rate Continues
-  A Military of the Republican Right Wing Noise Machine

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