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Monthly Archives: September 2009

Korea Finder 30-09

» by September 30th, 2009 at 8:32 pm » Comments (6)

Via a reader tip, does anyone know where this locomotive is located?: Here is this year’s Korea Finder Leadersboard: Mark – 9 Leon Laporte – 7 RoK N Roll – 5 Brewcrew17 – 1 Obiwan – ...more »

What Secrets Does Charles Jenkins Know?

» by September 30th, 2009 at 3:59 pm » Comments (19)

Here is an interesting interview with former US Army soldier, turned traitor, turned defector, turned Japanese gift shop greeter Charles Jenkins: I tell him, sincerely, that I came out to the ...more »

Picture of the Day: Even Kim Jong-il Doesn’t Like Kanye West

» by September 30th, 2009 at 1:00 pm » Comments (2)

Via ROK Sojourn. more »

Daniel Henney Stars In US Medical Drama “Three Rivers”

» by September 30th, 2009 at 11:07 am » Comments (1)

All I am wondering is whether Hines Ward will make a guest appearance in this drama?: Korean-American actor Daniel Henney, who rose to stardom in Korea with the hit drama "My ...more »

China Preparing “Substantial” Economic Aid to North Korea

» by September 30th, 2009 at 7:20 am » Comments (6)

Well so much for any claims that China is going to punish North Korea with real sanctions: China is apparently poised to give substantial economic aid to North Korea when Premier ...more »

15% of Koreans Think North Korea Did Not Start the Korean War

» by September 30th, 2009 at 5:06 am » Comments (5)

For some reason these statistics about Korean perceptions of the Korean War really doesn't surprise me: Three out of 10 South Koreans do not know when the Korean War broke out, ...more »

FAIL: Nunchaku Demonstration

» by September 30th, 2009 at 1:09 am » Comments (2)

Via Japan Probe comes this pretty funny video of a nunchuk demonstration gone wrong: more »

Places In Korea: Gyeonghuigung Palace In Seoul (경희궁)

» by September 29th, 2009 at 4:00 pm » Comments (0)

Seoul has a number of royal palaces and Gyeonghuigung is the least significant of all of them, due to its small size, but that doesn't mean that this palace hasn't ...more »

Picture of the Day: South Korean Anti-Communist Propaganda

» by September 29th, 2009 at 1:09 pm » Comments (0)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="551" caption="The communist party, squeezing out the sweat and blood of the farmers! 농민의 고혈을 짜는 공산당!"][/caption] Via On My Way to Korea. more »

What I Like About Korea: Always Something Going On

» by September 29th, 2009 at 9:56 am » Comments (2)

Some of you really long time readers may remember the list I put together about 5 years ago about What  I Like About Korea, which my selections were the subject ...more »

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