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Monthly Archives: September 2009

Is It Time for the ROK Military to Professionalize Their Force?

» by September 10th, 2009 at 7:25 am » Comments (7)

I have been saying this for years that the Korean military needs to start making moves now to professionalize their force simply because of demographic reasons such as this: The Korean ...more »

The Wonder Girls Are Cleveland Indians Fans?

» by September 10th, 2009 at 7:05 am » Comments (2)

No not really: As we reported earlier, the Wondergirls were present for the Cleveland Indians and Minnesota Twins Major League baseball game. They rooted for the Cleveland Indians to support Korea’s ...more »

Tens of Thousands of North Korean Children Mobilized for Bill Clinton Visit

» by September 10th, 2009 at 5:55 am » Comments (1)

It was reported before that Kim Jong-il tried to get Bill Clinton to attend a showing of the Arirang Mass Games and now it appears that he was very serious ...more »

Seoul Veggie Club Hosting Dinner at Achasan Buffet

» by September 9th, 2009 at 9:48 pm » Comments (7)

Via the ROK Drop Classifieds comes an event that all you vegetarians out there may find of interest: Achasan Buffet (aka “Loving Hut) Arguably the Best Vegetarian Food in Seoul Host: Seoul Veggie ...more »

Korea Finder 28-09

» by September 9th, 2009 at 9:38 pm » Comments (11)

So who knows where this 1954 image was taken at? Here is this year’s Korea Finder Leadersboard: Mark – 9 Leon Laporte – 5 RoK N Roll – 5 Brewcrew17 – 1 Obiwan – 1 Rommel – ...more »

Korean Group Files Claim with ICJ Over Lost Gando Territory

» by September 9th, 2009 at 6:39 pm » Comments (15)

This has as much of chance of happening as Japan ever seiizing control of Dokdo: Ten NGOs filed a petition with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) last week to seek ...more »

Picture of the Day: UN Cemetery Memorial Service

» by September 9th, 2009 at 6:36 pm » Comments (0)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="411" caption="A little Korean girl places a wreath of flowers on the grave of an American soldier, while Pfc. Chester Painter and Cpl. Harry May present arms, ...more »

Korean Truth & Reconciliation Commission Faces Disbandment

» by September 9th, 2009 at 5:47 am » Comments (0)

I have been meaning to get to this latest article from Choe Sang-hun which describes how the Korean Truth & Reconciliation Commission is on the verge of being disbanded: [caption id="attachment_16310" ...more »

South Korean Government Reacts to North’s Intentional Flood

» by September 9th, 2009 at 5:26 am » Comments (3)

The South Korean government as officially responded to the intentional flood caused by the North Koreans two days ago: North Korea appears to have deliberately opened a dam that sent water ...more »

Mass Freeze Planned In Seoul

» by September 8th, 2009 at 8:47 pm » Comments (1)

Via the ROK Drop Classifieds comes news of this event: Mass Freeze like Improv Everywhere does in NYC but we are going to do it in Seoul. For those of you ...more »

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