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Monthly Archives: November 2008

ROK Drop Weekly Linklets – 30NOV08

» by November 30th, 2008 at 12:53 pm » Comments (1)

The Koreas Korean pop singer Rain's "Magic Stick" has been banned by Korean authorities. A new English only radio station in Seoul is going to premier next month and one of the ...more »

Kunsan Commander Lost His Job Due to Inspection Failure

» by November 30th, 2008 at 7:05 am » Comments (6)

Well the details on why former 8th Fighter Wing Commander Colonel Bryan Bearden lost his job have now come out: The former commander of Kunsan Air Base was relieved of his ...more »

South Koreans Escape Mumbai Terrorists

» by November 29th, 2008 at 10:33 pm » Comments (9)

This group of South Korean diplomats and businessmen were lucky to escape this terrorist attack: All 26 South Koreans escaped unharmed from a Mumbai hotel where a group of heavily-armed terrorists took ...more »

US Beef On Shelves of All Major Korean Supermarkets

» by November 29th, 2008 at 6:20 pm » Comments (10)

It is interesting how people's pocketbooks ultimately have a way of overcoming irrational paranoia: South Korea's supermarket chains resumed selling U.S. beef Thursday, nearly five months after the government lifted an import ban ...more »

Winter Weather Hits Gangwon-do

» by November 29th, 2008 at 3:14 pm » Comments (0)

Here is a nice picture of the snow covered Hangyeryeong Pass in Gangwon-do: Nov. 28, YANGYANG, South Korea -- A steep section of the Hangyeryeong Pass in Gangwon Province is covered ...more »

Artillerymen Raise Thousands of Dollars for Korean Orphanage

» by November 29th, 2008 at 12:14 pm » Comments (1)

Here was a great idea implemented by this platoon of artillerymen in 2ID to help out a Korean orphanage: South Korea — The next time the Big Three automakers need fundraising ...more »

Video of Kim Jong-il’s Dancing Girls

» by November 29th, 2008 at 1:16 am » Comments (2)

Who knows if this video is authentic or not but it has been fairly well documented that Kim Jong-il kept a special detachment of dancing girls for his own private ...more »

New Essay Contest

» by November 28th, 2008 at 2:09 pm » Comments (0)

One Free Korea has word on another Why Are These Worthless Islands Korean Land Essay Contest. more »

Old Chinese Army Photographs from the Korean War

» by November 28th, 2008 at 12:51 pm » Comments (4)

Via the Marmot's Hole comes this link to some great photographs of the Chinese People Liberation Army (PLA) during the Korean War.  Here is a sample of some of these ...more »

Court Rules that Family Can Keep Teenager they Raped

» by November 28th, 2008 at 8:09 am » Comments (12)

Some how I missed this from earlier in the week but what a horrible story this is: A court handed down suspended jail terms to four family members who repeatedly raped ...more »

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