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Monthly Archives: November 2009

Picture of the Day: The Seoul Lantern Festival

» by November 14th, 2009 at 1:48 pm » Comments (1)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Visitors take pictures at the 2009 Seoul Lantern Festival at Cheonggye Plaza on Friday. /Newsis "][/caption] more »

Places In Korea: Yanghwajin Foreigners Cemetery

» by November 14th, 2009 at 3:34 am » Comments (3)

For those not familiar Korea, foreigners from western nations do not have a long history in Korea.  The late 19th century was the beginning of the opening of Korea to ...more »

South Korean Technology Responsible for Naval Clash Win

» by November 13th, 2009 at 9:04 pm » Comments (7)

No surprise here: Arms experts and military officers say it was technological superiority that allowed South Korea to send a North Korean patrol boat scuttling back trailing a cloud of smoke ...more »

Korea Finder 33-09

» by November 13th, 2009 at 4:27 pm » Comments (6)

Who knows the name of this village?: Here is this year’s Korea Finder Leadersboard: Mark – 9 Leon Laporte – 8 RoK N Roll – 5 Brian - 2 Brewcrew17 – 1 Obiwan – 1 Rommel – 1 Sonagi ...more »

Picture of the Day: What Veteran’s Day Means to SSG Antoinette Andrews

» by November 13th, 2009 at 1:00 pm » Comments (0)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="335" caption="Staff Sgt. Antoinette Andrews, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4-2 AVN Regiment“I think Veterans Day means the commemoration of all the hard work of Soldiers before us, ...more »

Japan to Drop Charges On American Dad Who Had His Children Abducted

» by November 13th, 2009 at 9:11 am » Comments (0)

President Obama arrived in Japan today and it appears that the Japanese have offered the President a token goodwill gesture: Japanese prosecutors confirmed Friday that they have dropped the case against ...more »

North Korean Reaction to US-Japan Missile Defense Test

» by November 13th, 2009 at 4:12 am » Comments (7)

Just for a good laugh I bring you North Korea's Central News Agency report on the recent test firing of an AEGIS SM-3 missile between the US and Japan: Recently the ...more »

Korea Herald On the Ninja Assassin Movie

» by November 12th, 2009 at 5:50 pm » Comments (3)

Has anyone seen this movie?  Is it any good because the Korea Herald sure doesn't think so?: But it seems somewhere down the line the creative vision of the producers and ...more »

Picture of the Day: What Veteran’s Day Means to Mike Mooney

» by November 12th, 2009 at 1:00 pm » Comments (1)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Mike Mooney, Marketing Chief, U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys Family & MWR“If it wasn’t for the men and women who served in uniform, who were willing to ...more »

Are Muslim Soldiers Being Oppressed In the US Military?

» by November 12th, 2009 at 5:28 am » Comments (15)

I don't know if "struggles" is the best word to use to describe Muslims in the US military as this article's title says.  Every soldier "struggles" with something in the ...more »

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