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Monthly Archives: March 2010

Foreign Tourists Criticize Korean Taxi Drivers

» by March 26th, 2010 at 8:42 am » Comments (7)

It looks like GI's aren't the only ones with a beef with taxi drivers in Korea: Two days ago, Motoko Watanabe and her husband arrived in Seoul from their hometown ...more »

US Army Pacific Commander Rebuked For Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Comments

» by March 26th, 2010 at 5:24 am » Comments (100)

As Chickenhead has pointed out, the first casualty of the Don't Ask Don't Tell issue has been announced: Defense Secretary Robert Gates sharply reprimanded the three-star general who commands the ...more »

South Korea Grants Refugee Citizenship For the First Time

» by March 26th, 2010 at 12:41 am » Comments (3)

I have to wonder why this guy was granted refugee status from Ethiopia of all places?: South Korea has granted citizenship to a refugee from Ethiopia, the first-ever such decision ...more »

One Star General Approval Needed to Discharge Gays In the Military Now

» by March 25th, 2010 at 9:46 pm » Comments (8)

I actually like this policy because in my opinion many people say they are gay in order to get out of the military.  With a one star general approving all ...more »

Korea Finder 09-10

» by March 25th, 2010 at 4:40 pm » Comments (23)

Who knows what this is a picture of?: Here is this year’s Korea Finder Leadersboard: Lemmy – 2 Leon Laporte – 2 Mark - 2 The Korean – 1 Sonagi – 1 The person with the most ...more »

Picture of the Day: The Namyangju Organic Museum

» by March 25th, 2010 at 1:00 pm » Comments (0)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Namyangju City in Gyeonggi Province plans to build an organic museum and center in Joan-myeon, by August 2011. It has been nominated to host the 17th ...more »

Hyundai-Kia shows double standard for vehicles at home and abroad

» by March 25th, 2010 at 11:04 am » Comments (4)

It appears Hyundai-Kia is getting itself in hot water at home for it's refusal to recall the new Kia K7 for the same rust issue that forced recalls in the ...more »

A Profile of Camp Mujuk, South Korea

» by March 25th, 2010 at 4:18 am » Comments (31)

With the current Key Resolve exercise in South Korea concluded I figured now would be a good time to write a little bit about where the US Marines participating in ...more »

North Korean Detainee Aijalon Mahli Gomes Linked to Robert Park

» by March 24th, 2010 at 11:05 pm » Comments (3)

As was speculated here at the ROK Drop, the American English teacher currently detained in North Korea does have a connection to former detainee Robert Park: [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Aijalon ...more »

No Gun Ri Movie “A Little Pond” Receives Poor Reception At Media Screening

» by March 24th, 2010 at 4:03 pm » Comments (36)

I knew this movie would be crap because of the lies it is spreading in regards to the No Gun Ri tragedy, however I didn't expect the media to also ...more »

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