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Monthly Archives: April 2009

Picture of the Day: Activists Protest Japanese Textbooks

» by April 14th, 2009 at 12:49 pm » Comments (0)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="432" caption="Civic group rallies against Japanese history textbook April 10, SEOUL, South Korea -- Members of the Asian Peace and History Education Network, a Seoul-based civic group, ...more »

Men Prosecuted for Selling US Beef as Australian

» by April 14th, 2009 at 11:31 am » Comments (1)

Is anyone surprised by this?: About 13 tons of American beef were falsely sold as Australian products five years ago in defiance of a disposal order issued after a case of ...more »

Update & Historical Overview of the Camp Humphreys Expansion

» by April 14th, 2009 at 9:37 am » Comments (8)

Franklin Fischer has an update on the status of the Camp Humphreys expansion project: "This is truly our step into the future," said Bob McElroy, spokesman for the U.S. Army ...more »

UN Issues “Angry Letter” & North Korea Responds By Withdrawing from the Six Party Talks

» by April 14th, 2009 at 6:33 am » Comments (3)

If anyone cares, the United Nations has finally agreed on the angry letter they are going to send Kim Jong-il: The UN Security Council on Monday unanimously condemned North Korea for ...more »

Post-Korean War Covert Military Operations

» by April 14th, 2009 at 5:52 am » Comments (0)

Does anyone know if the US military conducted in post-Korean War covert operations into North Korea between 1953-1956? more »

Kim Jong-nam’s Fall from Grace

» by April 14th, 2009 at 4:03 am » Comments (3)

The Chosun Ilbo has a good run down on Kim Jong-il's oldest son lost the confidence of his father: In February 1978, Choi Eun-hee, a South Korean actress kidnapped by North ...more »

Seoul Government Approves Restoration of Kim Koo’s Home

» by April 14th, 2009 at 1:37 am » Comments (0)

It is always good to see any of Seoul's old buildings getting restored especially one as significant as the home Kim Koo: Seoul City plans to restore Gyeonggyojang, which is the ...more »

The Last Thing We F***ing Need!

» by April 13th, 2009 at 10:27 pm » Comments (0)

Via the Marmot's Hole comes this hilarious Daily Show update on North Korea: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart M - Th 11p / 10c Bad Korea Move thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Economic Crisis Political Humor more »

North Korea’s Jang Song-taek Linked to Europe Trip Before Taking Key Post

» by April 13th, 2009 at 7:56 pm » Comments (0)

North Korea's number two leader was linked to a trip to Europe last month before arriving back to North Korea to fill in as the country's number two leader: The man ...more »

North Korean Rocket More Successful Then Previously Thought

» by April 13th, 2009 at 4:50 pm » Comments (0)

I have already concluded that the North Korean missile test was not a failure despite all the failure talk and now further information is coming out declaring the launch to ...more »

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