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Monthly Archives: January 2009

Arrested Murderer Admits to Being Serial Killer

» by January 31st, 2009 at 10:03 pm » Comments (4)

It is a good thing this guy is off the streets because who knows how many more women he would have killed: A 38-year-old man who admitted murdering a female undergraduate ...more »

The Many Faces of Kim Jong-nam

» by January 31st, 2009 at 4:48 pm » Comments (2)

Last weekend Kim Jong-il's oldest son, Kim Jong-nam addressed media reports regarding his father's health while transiting through the Beijing airport.  Via the Marmot's Hole comes this Reuters video of ...more »

Picture of the Day: Mobile Information

» by January 31st, 2009 at 1:50 pm » Comments (0)

[caption id="attachment_11036" align="alignnone" width="443" caption=" Staffers of the newly set up mobile tourist information bureaus, run by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, cheer themselves on ahead of launching service on Friday, ...more »

Council On Foreign Relations Issues Report On North Korean Regime Collapse

» by January 31st, 2009 at 12:32 pm » Comments (2)

Here is yet another report issued on regime collapse in North Korea, this time from the Council on Foreign Relations: Nearly half a million troops drawn from South Korean, U.S. ...more »

Osan Airman Arrested After Leaving Base with Loaded Gun

» by January 31st, 2009 at 3:59 am » Comments (8)

This is something that could have turned ugly real fast: An Air Force police officer stationed at Osan Air Base was arrested Friday morning after allegedly leaving base with a ...more »

Kunsan Airbase’s New Runway Stop Lights

» by January 31st, 2009 at 1:55 am » Comments (6)

I just got to wonder how do these lights cost $650,000 dollars? more »

Golden Klog Awards Up for Voting

» by January 30th, 2009 at 8:52 pm » Comments (1)

Over at the Hub of Sparkle they have started The Golden Klog Awards to recognize the top blogs and postings from Korea.  Someone was nice enough to nominate this blog ...more »

Philadelphia Eagles Defensive Coordinator Jim Johnson has cancer

» by January 30th, 2009 at 1:22 pm » Comments (2)

He plans to still coach as he battles deadly skin cancer. From AP- Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Johnson has had a recurrence of cancer, this time in his spine, team ...more »

Picture of the Day: Korean Children’s Game

» by January 30th, 2009 at 12:19 pm » Comments (1)

Make of it what you will but this is supposed to be a statue of a Korean children's game.  This statue and other strange ones are found on the beautiful ...more »

Move over Michelle Wie

» by January 30th, 2009 at 11:16 am » Comments (0)

Meet Karen Kim It is now easy to spot Korean family names like Kim, Lee, Park or Pak on the leaderboards of youth golf championships in the United States. Some second-generation ...more »

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