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Monthly Archives: July 2009

Documentary About Life In North Korean Gulag

» by July 21st, 2009 at 3:31 pm » Comments (3)

Via DPRK Forum comes this video from Journeyman Pictures that features the stories of North Korean defectors such as Shin Dong-hyuk who was born into and escaped from North Korea's ...more »

Elclipse to Happen In Korea Wednesday

» by July 21st, 2009 at 3:12 pm » Comments (3)

Take not that a eclipse is set to happen Wednesday night in Korea: The longest solar eclipse this century will result in midday twilight Wednesday as the moon passes between ...more »

Picture of the Day: Walking On Water

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

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Two women walk down a set of stairs in front of the Yeongwol county office in Gangwon Province on July 14. A painting of a waterfall ...more »

Five AAFES Employees Busted In Multi-Million Dollar Blackmarketing Scheme

» by July 21st, 2009 at 11:22 am » Comments (69)

The annual bust of one high profile USFK blackmarketing scheme has been announced: Almost $8 million in goods were stolen from Camp Stanley over the course of a year in ...more »

Lockheed-Martin & South Korea to Jointly Export AEGIS Ships

» by July 21st, 2009 at 9:49 am » Comments (0)

The defense sector continues to be a big growth industry for the South Korean economy: South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries and Lockheed Martin of the United States plan to build a ...more »

Camp Humphreys Warrant Officer Jailed for Elaborate Fraud Scheme

» by July 21st, 2009 at 7:12 am » Comments (1)

This is the first time I have seen a scam like this pulled off before, interestingly enough it was done by a warrant officer: An Army helicopter pilot in South Korea ...more »

British Documentary About the Korean War – Summer of 1950

» by July 21st, 2009 at 2:01 am » Comments (1)

Episode 8 - Summer of 1950: This episode outlines the great expansion of the US defense budget in response to a new US policy outlined in NSC-68; an expansion that made ...more »

John Kerry & Al Gore to Head to Pyongyang?

» by July 20th, 2009 at 6:46 pm » Comments (28)

Via a reader tip comes news that two failed US Presidential candidates could be heading to Pyongyang to secure the release of the two US hostages there: The U.S. and North ...more »

Lee Myung-bak Featured On South Park

» by July 20th, 2009 at 3:03 pm » Comments (4)

Its official, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has made the big time by being featured on a recent episode of South Park: Via ROK Sojourn. more »

Picture of the Day: Haeundae Beach Horse Racing

» by July 20th, 2009 at 1:00 pm » Comments (3)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Jockeys race horses owned by the Korea Racing Authority along a 1 km Haeundae Beach track in Busan Wednesday to mark the beach's summer opening. Nine ...more »

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