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Monthly Archives: December 2008

Korean & Japanese Barrell Rollers Face Off

» by December 31st, 2008 at 9:25 pm » Comments (0)

Via Japan Probe comes this unusual face off between Japan and Korea: Why can't all face offs between Japan and Korea be as polite as this one?  Maybe the two countries ...more »

Picture of the Day: Burying the KORUS FTA

» by December 31st, 2008 at 1:20 pm » Comments (1)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="520" caption="Members of the “Farming, Livestock Farming and Fisheries Emergency Committee on the Korea-U.S. FTA” cover a model of the National Assembly with soil to protest the ...more »

USS Pueblo Survivors Awarded $65 Million After Lawsuit

» by December 31st, 2008 at 10:10 am » Comments (9)

This is some extremely interesting news coming out of a US court this week: A federal judge has awarded more than $65 million to several men of the USS Pueblo, ...more »

Sing Along with the New Dokdo Documentary

» by December 31st, 2008 at 8:09 am » Comments (1)

Brian in Jeollanam-do has posted about new Dokdo documentary that comes out today in Korea: Or is that a dok-umentary? HAHAHA! Not really sure what the 98-minute film is ...more »

Are US Troops Really “Wary” of Obama?

» by December 31st, 2008 at 3:03 am » Comments (5)

I think the Army Times worded the title to this article poorly: 2008 Military Times Poll: Wary About Obama When asked how they feel about President-elect Barack Obama as commander in ...more »

South Korean Police to be Armed with Taser Guns

» by December 30th, 2008 at 11:40 pm » Comments (0)

Pretty soon the South Korean police will be armed with taser stun guns: Taser International Inc. announced Monday it has received an order for 550 stun guns from the South ...more »

DMZ Flashpoints: The Blue House Raid

» by December 30th, 2008 at 4:02 pm » Comments (22)

Background In 1966 North Korea began a campaign to infiltrate increasing amount of communist agents into South Korea along with well trained special operations troops to launch attacks against US ...more »

Picture of the Day: ROK Special Forces Train on Hallasan

» by December 30th, 2008 at 1:11 pm » Comments (0)

[caption id="attachment_10496" align="alignnone" width="500" caption=" Troops of the Special Warfare Command"][/caption] Troops of the Special Warfare Command's 13th Regiment trudge over snow-covered hills on Jeju Island's Mt. Halla on December ...more »

Should Hines Ward Be Given Hall of Fame Consideration?

» by December 30th, 2008 at 11:15 am » Comments (1)

Hines Ward this weekend concluded what has personally been one of his best professional football seasons: American football star Hines Ward has finished this season with his fifth 1,000 yard campaign ...more »

ROK Drop Headlines – 30DEC08

» by December 30th, 2008 at 8:40 am » Comments (5)

Justice Ministry Announces New Anti-Corruption Measures (Donga Ilbo) Korea's World Baseball Classic Roster Released (Donga Ilbo) Peace Dam Wetland to Get Protection (Donga Ilbo) National Assembly Speaker Threatens to Remove Democrats (Hankyoreh) Female Workers ...more »

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