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Monthly Archives: June 2009

ROK Army to Upgrade By Purchasing 1,000 New K-9 Thunders

» by June 22nd, 2009 at 7:09 am » Comments (6)

This announcement means that the ROK Army is going to have an even greater firepower advantage compared to the North Koreans: South Korea plans to streamline its army by cutting the ...more »

Report: Whale Meat Trade Expanding as IWC Meets this Week

» by June 22nd, 2009 at 3:05 am » Comments (1)

This week everyone, expect to see anti-whaling scaremongering in full effect as the IWC is scheduled to meet all this week: Despite being officially illegal, the international trade in whale meat ...more »

US Intelligence Agencies Looking to Recruit College Students

» by June 21st, 2009 at 9:21 pm » Comments (3)

I would like to see how they plan to keep this college students participation in this program secret?: To the list of collegiate types -- nerds, jocks, Greeks -- add one ...more »

Saying Goodbye to Pimatgol

» by June 21st, 2009 at 6:13 pm » Comments (1)

Scott Burgeson has a really good read I recommend everyone check out about the demolition of the Pimatgol neighborhood in Seoul: During the Choson dynasty (1392-1910), Korean society was broadly divided ...more »

International Aid to Restart to North Korea

» by June 21st, 2009 at 3:37 pm » Comments (6)

As the North Korean regime continues to spend money to develop nuclear weapons and long range missiles to threaten their neighbors with, the world continues to have to feed the ...more »

Picture of the Day: The Evolution of Korea’s School Uniforms

» by June 21st, 2009 at 1:00 pm » Comments (4)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="An exhibition of school unifoms opened on June 17 at Jeongdok Public Library in downtown Seoul, displaying changes to and the history of Korean school uniforms. ...more »

Cow Tax Fails, Is World Doomed from Global Warming Now?

» by June 21st, 2009 at 10:00 am » Comments (3)

If global warming is something that has to be stopped immediately before we all die in an internal fiery hell of our own making then why are these cows exempt?: One ...more »

Korean Government to Promote Bicycle Usage

» by June 21st, 2009 at 6:55 am » Comments (14)

Personally I don't know why anyone would want to drive in Seoul to go to work?: Bicycles are back in South Korea to help fight against congested roads and pollution. The South ...more »

Will Japan Unilaterally Inspect North Korean Ships?

» by June 21st, 2009 at 6:45 am » Comments (1)

Could you imagine what the reaction would be if the Japanese began unilaterally inspecting North Korean cargo ships?: Japan’s national broadcaster says a group of lawmakers in Japan’s ruling camp are ...more »

North Korean Kang Nam I, Reportedly Heading Towards Myanmar

» by June 21st, 2009 at 5:51 am » Comments (13)

As I said before the UN Security Council Resolution is worthless as the North Korean Kang Nam I is reportedly sailing to Myanmar where no inspections will take place: But it ...more »

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