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Monthly Archives: May 2009
Belgian sporting event cancelled after competitors flee
» by Bill May 18th, 2009 at 5:57 pm » Comments (0)
Someone might say “I went to a bodybuilding championship and a track and field competition broke out.” From AP- The Belgian bodybuilding championship has been canceled after doping officials showed up ...more »Global Warming Faithful to Descend On Seoul C40 Summit
» by GI Korea May 18th, 2009 at 4:00 pm » Comments (4)
Here is a warning to everyone living in Seoul, the global warming faithful will out in force this week in Seoul: A major international gathering on climate change will open in ...more »Picture of the Day: Rice Planting
» by GI Korea May 18th, 2009 at 1:08 pm » Comments (0)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="A village senior demonstrates how to plant rice by hand in a Gyeonggi Province village on Tuesday, May 12. The demonstration was a part of ean ...more »News Archives: March 1st Movement – April 1919
» by USinKorea May 18th, 2009 at 10:41 am » Comments (0)
The March 1st Movement was a watershed event in modern Korean history and is still an influential item in today's Korean society. It is also an item that gets bandied about ...more »NY Times Columnist Maureen Dowd- Master of Plagiarism
» by Bill May 18th, 2009 at 10:16 am » Comments (4)
In a May 18th column about former Vice President Dick Cheney, Ms. Dowd wrote- More and more the timeline is raising the question of why, if the torture was to prevent ...more »Mr. Gore Goes to Pyongyang?
» by GI Korea May 18th, 2009 at 10:00 am » Comments (3)
That is at least what Victor Cha wants to see happen in order to return the two American reporters detained in North Korea back to the US: The United States needs ...more »Report: China Will Intervene if North Korea Collapses
» by GI Korea May 18th, 2009 at 6:00 am » Comments (8)
Here is all the more reason why I have been saying for quite sometime that the US should not deploy American soldiers into North Korea if the regime collapses: According to ...more »Secretary Gates Briefs US Has 30 GBI’s to Defend Against North Korean Missile Attack
» by GI Korea May 18th, 2009 at 2:15 am » Comments (0)
This is the first time I have heard anyone from the Pentagon confirm the number of Ground Based Interceptors currently fielded: The United States has 30 ground-based interceptors targeting missiles from ...more »ROK Drop Weekly Linklets – May 17, 2009
» by GI Korea May 17th, 2009 at 3:23 pm » Comments (1)
The Koreas Korea is apparently getting a lot of coverage recently in the Hollywood Reporter. Here is an interesting group I have never heard of in Korea, the Toastmasters. Hillary Clinton appears to ...more »My Oh My- Ji Young Oh wins the Sybase Classic
» by Bill May 17th, 2009 at 2:33 pm » Comments (0)
The twenty-year-old from South Korea defeated Suzann Pettersen by four shots. Michelle Wie and Paula Creamer tied for 3rd six shots back. This was Oh’s second LPGA win ever. She won ...more »
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