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Monthly Archives: April 2009

Camp Humphreys Work to Save Trees Displaced By Construction

» by April 22nd, 2009 at 11:46 pm » Comments (2)

It is good to see Camp Humphreys doing everything they can to save what few trees Camp Humphreys has along with planting even more: CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea — Officials involved ...more »

Is It Time to Get Rid of the Black Army Berets?

» by April 22nd, 2009 at 3:19 pm » Comments (21)

That is what US troops have been saying for years and it appears a greater push is being made now to finally get rid of them: They’re hot, sweaty and do ...more »

Picture of the Day: The Gloucester Valley Battle Monument

» by April 22nd, 2009 at 1:04 pm » Comments (2)

The memorial to the Gloucestershire Battalion that heroically fought in the Battle of the Imjim during the Korean War. more »

US Soldiers & Samsung Cheerleaders Help Mentally Challenged Children

» by April 22nd, 2009 at 10:08 am » Comments (2)

Here is a new volunteer program that US servicemembers are involved with in South Korea: Cheerleaders for South Korea’s Samsung Lions professional baseball team normally pump up the fans at ...more »

Lankov In Newsweek On What to Do with North Korea

» by April 22nd, 2009 at 5:31 am » Comments (13)

UPDATE: Dr. Lankov was nice enough to leave a comment and a link to a recent AEI paper he wrote that further outlines his views in regards to what the US ...more »

Andrew Salmon’s “To the Last Round” Released

» by April 21st, 2009 at 9:04 pm » Comments (2)

This week a book I have long been waiting for has been released.  The book, "To the Last Round" was written by Seoul based British journalist Andrew Salmon. The ...more »

The Atlantic On Breaking America’s Ogliarchs

» by April 21st, 2009 at 4:02 pm » Comments (3)

The Atlantic has a thought provoking article from a former IMF official Simon Johnson about the current American economic crisis and compares it to other countries like South Korea that ...more »

Picture of the Day: Police Barricade Roh’s Home

» by April 21st, 2009 at 1:02 pm » Comments (0)

[caption id="attachment_12603" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Prosecutors to delay summoning former president April 21, GIMHAE, South Korea -- A barricade has been installed in front of the Bongha Village residence of former ...more »

Imprisoned Korean Blogger Minerva Found Not Guilty

» by April 21st, 2009 at 8:50 am » Comments (1)

News has come out that Korean blogger Minerva has been found not guilty: Online commentator Park Dae-sung, better known as ``Minerva,'' was found not guilty of spreading false financial information with ...more »

A Pictorial History of Camp Casey

» by April 21st, 2009 at 5:32 am » Comments (22)

Camp Casey is one of the most recognized camps in Korea that has a long history stretching all the way back to when the camp was founded during the Korean ...more »

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