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Monthly Archives: February 2010

Looking for the Osan Bushmasters

» by February 18th, 2010 at 11:37 pm » Comments (2)

Here is a request I received from a prior Korea vet: Please help me find some friends. I was stationed at Osan 1972 - 1973 and met a group of military ...more »

Korean School Teacher Brings Students On Field Trip with Communists

» by February 18th, 2010 at 4:20 pm » Comments (15)

Just another example of the pro-North Korean education that many kids in South Korea are getting due to the stooges in the Korean Teachers and Education Worker’s Union (KTU): A local ...more »

Picture of the Day: ROK Army to Haiti

» by February 18th, 2010 at 1:00 pm » Comments (1)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="477" caption="South Korean soldiers cheer yesterday during the inauguration ceremony of United Nations peacekeeping troops bound for Haiti at a military camp in Incheon, west of Seoul. ...more »

Sea Shepherd Member Peter Bethune Arrested By Japanese for Boarding Ship

» by February 18th, 2010 at 7:11 am » Comments (13)

Well the eco-drama in the Antarctic high seas continues as Sea Shepherd continues to try and provoke reasons for people to watch their Animal Planet series: A group of conservationists threw ...more »

North Korean Refugee Seeks Justice Against the Chosen Soren

» by February 18th, 2010 at 4:40 am » Comments (5)

Here is just all he more reason why I can't stand the Chosen Soren organization in Japan: Reporting from Osaka, Japan — Ko Jong-mi can still see her mother lying on ...more »

Picture of the Day: Gangwon’s Snowy Slopes

» by February 17th, 2010 at 12:50 pm » Comments (19)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="426" caption="Skiers enjoy late-winter skiing at a resort in Gangwon Province on February 11. (Yonhap News)"][/caption] By the way does anyone find it funny that Korea lost ...more »

2010 LPGA Tour preview

» by February 17th, 2010 at 9:36 am » Comments (0)

After a 3-month layoff, The American Women’s Professional Golf circuit will begin the new year with its first tournament. The Honda PTT LPGA Thailand which will begin Thursday. Lorena Ochoa ...more »

Faces In Korea: Marilyn Monroe

» by February 17th, 2010 at 3:01 am » Comments (27)

The USO since its founding in 1941 has had thousands of celebrities entertain troops through numerous wars over the years.  Bob Hope is always the name most people remember as ...more »

BBC On Teaching English In North Korea

» by February 16th, 2010 at 8:35 pm » Comments (11)

If you are an English teacher in South Korea and you don't like your hagwon owner, well remember it could always be worse; how would you like to have a ...more »

The Lives of Korean War Refugees In Busan

» by February 16th, 2010 at 4:39 pm » Comments (3)

The Korean scholar Andrei Lankov has a nice article in the Korea Times about the life of Korean War refugees in the city of Busan.  Make sure to read the ...more »

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