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Monthly Archives: January 2010

Picture of the Day: Breaking the Ice

» by January 27th, 2010 at 1:00 pm » Comments (4)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="The nation’s first ice-breaking vessel,Araon, is testing for the first times its ice-breaking ability at waters in the South Pole on Tuesday. (Yonhap News) "][/caption] more »

Yellow Dust Makes First Appearance In 2010

» by January 27th, 2010 at 1:00 pm » Comments (8)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="438" caption="Pedestrians cover their mouths with mufflers on Mount Paldal in Suwon, Gyeonggi, to avoid the yellow dust that blew into the country for the first time ...more »

Chart of Korean Troops Participating In UN Peacekeeping Operations

» by January 27th, 2010 at 6:31 am » Comments (7)

Here is an interesting chart for everyone to see how many countries currently have ROK military personnel deployed in support of UN peacekeeping operations: Via KBS World. more »

North & South Korea Exchange Artillery Fire, Does Anyone Care?

» by January 27th, 2010 at 3:25 am » Comments (11)

Just in case anyone cares: North and South Korea exchanged artillery fire near their disputed sea border on Wednesday, the second time in three months the rivals have clashed and briefly ...more »

NOAA & NASA Caught Manipulating Temperature Data

» by January 26th, 2010 at 9:16 pm » Comments (4)

Now the climate fraud that was first uncovered with the ClimateGate scandal that led to discoveries of manipulated data in New Zealand and Australia has now spread to the US ...more »

Lee Myung-bak Looking To Strengthen Ties With India

» by January 26th, 2010 at 4:56 pm » Comments (5)

Lee Myung-bak is currently in India working to better Korean relations with that country: South Korea and India are expected to cement a strategic partnership that aims to more than double ...more »

Picture of the Day: Putting Out Your Butts

» by January 26th, 2010 at 12:53 pm » Comments (8)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="455" caption="The proper disposal of cigarette butts is a must for smokers in Daegu Area IV. Camp Henry fire officials said that cigarettes must be disposed of ...more »

What Do You Think of the USFK Facebook Page?

» by January 26th, 2010 at 9:38 am » Comments (5)

This month USFK has started their own official Facebook fan page. This is actually quite a good idea and a number of readers have been leaving questions and the USFK ...more »

USFK Court Martial Results for December 2009

» by January 26th, 2010 at 3:07 am » Comments (5)

Here are the December 2009 court martial results posted on the USFK website: Court-Martial Results for December 2009 At a summary court-martial on 9 December 2009, Senior Airman Christopher S. Novak, 51st ...more »

Climate Scientist Admits To Fraudulent Himalayan Glacier Melting Claim

» by January 25th, 2010 at 8:17 pm » Comments (16)

The incredible amount of scientific fraud that continues to be uncovered in the wake of the ClimateGate scandle is really incredible, here is the latest: The scientist behind the bogus claim ...more »

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