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Monthly Archives: August 2009

Korea Bound – Square One

» by August 20th, 2009 at 2:07 am » Comments (4)

I got an email today from the recruiter - who specializes in recruiting for SMOE - the Seoul school board.  They were happy to inform me I could come in ...more »

Documentary On American Prisoners of War In China

» by August 19th, 2009 at 8:02 pm » Comments (3)

Via the Korean Economic Reader comes this interesting documentary about American POW's Americans in communist China?! Voluntarily?!  This is the story about 22 brave and unusual American soldiers who decided to ...more »

Video of Traveling to Niijima Island

» by August 19th, 2009 at 7:29 pm » Comments (0)

Via Japan Probe comes this really good amateur travel video to the tropical Japanese island of Niijima which is a three hour boat ride from Tokyo: Does anyone know if anyone ...more »

USFK Apache Unit to Receive New Upgraded Helicopters

» by August 19th, 2009 at 6:15 pm » Comments (1)

This should be some good news for aviators on Camp Humphreys: The Army’s only Apache attack helicopter unit in South Korea will soon trade in its entire fleet for a ...more »

Picture of the Day: Korea’s Naro 1

» by August 19th, 2009 at 9:01 am » Comments (1)

“We’ve been developing the launch vehicle since 2002. We really worked at it for a long time, but success or failure is determined within 10 minutes at most. I may ...more »

North Korea Plans to Send Delegation to South Korea for Kim Dae-Jung Funeral

» by August 19th, 2009 at 8:49 am » Comments (3)

I guess when someone gives you a $500 million dollar bribe, the least you could do is send his family proper condolences: North Korea sent a letter to Seoul Wednesday saying ...more »

South Korea Postpones Naro-1 Rocket Launch Again

» by August 19th, 2009 at 4:58 am » Comments (0)

Once again the South Korean test of a rocket has been postponed and this time at the last minute: South Korea – Space officials aborted South Korea's first rocket launch just ...more »

Korean Military Firepower Demonstration Videos

» by August 19th, 2009 at 4:45 am » Comments (2)

Here is a series of videos displaying the military capabilities of the South Korean military in honor the 60th anniversary of the founding of the nation's military.  The video includes ...more »

Korea Bound Short Update

» by August 19th, 2009 at 4:02 am » Comments (0)

I canceled the university job option after hearing a couple more negative things about it and after the lack of communication they have shown since offering the job. My recruiter says ...more »

Korea Finder 26-09

» by August 18th, 2009 at 7:46 pm » Comments (4)

Here is this year’s Korea Finder Leadersboard: Mark – 9 Leon Laporte – 5 RoK N Roll – 5 Brewcrew17 – 1 Obiwan – 1 Rommel – 1 Sonagi – 1 A Listener – 1 Brian - 1 If you ...more »

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