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Monthly Archives: January 2010

ROK Drop Weekly Linklets – January 31, 2010

» by January 31st, 2010 at 4:42 pm » Comments (1)

The Koreas Here is a list of February events in South Korea. A way you can help out people in Haiti from Seoul. The LA Times has an interview with the Anti-English Spectrum ...more »

Picture of the Day: Kiddie Ice Fishing

» by January 31st, 2010 at 1:00 pm » Comments (1)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="324" caption="The 13th Inje Icefish Festival opens on January 28 in the icy lake in Inje, Gangwon Province. Various events and games were held for visitors. ...more »

Seoul American High School Students Arrested On Drug Charges

» by January 31st, 2010 at 6:50 am » Comments (53)

I just wonder if the Korean media will call this an "International Drug Ring"?: Five Seoul American High School students were arrested last week for allegedly smoking marijuana in a ...more »

Will US Military Be Forced To Have Gay Promotion Quotas?

» by January 31st, 2010 at 3:10 am » Comments (78)

That is what the Pentagon is looking at right now: At the White House, officials continued reviewing options to repeal the Clinton-era policy that the president vowed to repeal. The administration ...more »

Osama Bin Laden, The Newest Member of the Eco-Faith

» by January 30th, 2010 at 10:19 pm » Comments (5)

Thanks to everyone who has been sending me links to this story, this was my laugh for the day: Osama bin Laden sought to draw a wider public into his fight ...more »

Chinese Government Angered By American Arms Sale To Taiwan

» by January 30th, 2010 at 6:24 pm » Comments (3)

The Chinese apparently are not to happy about the recent arms sales to Taiwan: China suspended military exchanges with the United States and threatened sanctions against American defense companies Saturday, just ...more »

Scholarship Opportunity for High School Seniors In Korea

» by January 30th, 2010 at 4:16 pm » Comments (2)

If you have a kid about to graduate from high school in Korea, here is a scholarship opportunity for them to check out: Attention high school seniors: The Second Hand Rose ...more »

Picture of the Day: The Sea Walk

» by January 30th, 2010 at 12:59 pm » Comments (0)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Tourists yesterday walk through a passage on a sea bed at Muchangpo Beach in Boryeong, South Chungcheong. As sea water ebbs, the sea bed appears on ...more »

Science Journal Article Shows That Water Vapor Linked to Global Warming

» by January 30th, 2010 at 2:06 am » Comments (10)

So much for the science is settled claim: Why the Earth's surface temperature hasn't warmed as expected over the past decade continues to be a puzzle for scientists. One study out ...more »

Joong Ang Ilbo Interview with General Paik Sung-yup

» by January 29th, 2010 at 9:58 pm » Comments (5)

The Joong Ang Ilbo has an interesting interview with the former head of the South Korean military during the Korean War, General Paik Sung-yup.  Here is an excerpt of the ...more »

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