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ROK Drop

March 23rd, 2008 at 1:00 pm

ROK Drop Weekly Linklets - 23MAR08

The Koreas
- Do you have a baby that can’t stop crying?  Well this video from Japan has been fielded test and proven to quiet even Korean children.
- Very interesting series of postings about the book "I Married A Korean" that documents the life of a woman who lived with her husband during the American occupation of Korea.
- It’s official, there is a problem in the Korean ESL teaching system.
- Here is a cool picture of some really old tanks being fired by the ROK Army. 
- Get this Pol Pot is alive and well and coming to Korea
- Introducing the soju humidifier.
- Here is good reason to have your Korean spouse keep their Korean citizenship so you don’t get this run around.
- Bright tights on Korean women does definitely appear to be in style.
- "A typical white hagwon teacher"
- Kim Da-eun is Korea’s newest Budweiser girl.

Japan
- This has to be the stupidest way to combat global warming I have ever seen.
- It is cherry blossom season in Japan and here is a chart to check when the blossoms will sprout in your area in Japan. 
- Remembering Japan’s Railway of Death.
- Times are definitely changing with a Japanese blogger winning the nation’s top literary award.
- So how well do you know your Asian geography?  To find out check out this Asian geography test.

China
- Rebecca MacKinnon reports on how Yahoo and MSN are aiding Chinese authorities with trying to arrest Tibetan rioters.
- Here is a video interview with a Japanese tourist who witnessed the rioting in Tibet.
- Interesting read about the Internet in China is being censored in a way to promote Chinese nationalism
- There is now a new leader elected in Taiwan and here are the complete election results.

Milblogs
- US Navy Seal Mike Monsoor is be awarded the Medal of Honor.
- This is pretty inspiring, the Make A Wish Foundation granted the wish of a dying child cancer patient to become a soldier.
- Interesting read about Iranian operatives in Iraq and the US’s failure to police the Iraq/Iran border.
- So who’s mid-deployment/liberty girl friend is this?
- Big news down in Australia with the discovery of the nation’s most famous sunken warship the HMAS Sydney.
- The US Coast Guard is coming upon some unexpected Chinese "research vessels" during patrols of the Arctic
- The US Air Force is now restricting access to certain blogs for their airmen.  Is the Air Force now taking Internet advice from China?
- This could be quite an interesting Congressional race with SSG David Bellavia considering a run for the New York Congressional seat.

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