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Monthly Archives: April 2010

Picture of the Day: Camp Greaves In 1987

» by April 7th, 2010 at 12:58 pm » Comments (6)

This picture of Camp Greaves in 1987 was left courtesy of Thomas over in the ROK Drop Forums.  Thomas was nice enough to post other images from his time at ...more »

Foreign Crime Investigation Team shuts down

» by April 7th, 2010 at 2:33 am » Comments (18)

This story was covered on the ROK Drop when this team was established.  Now, less than 5 months later, it is being shut down. A joint probe team charged with investigating crimes committed by ...more »

Expats In Korea Rally to Help Sick Teenager

» by April 7th, 2010 at 1:01 am » Comments (0)

The effort by an American expat to find blood donors for a sick Korean teenager that a featured here last week on the ROK Drop appears to be having some ...more »

Changing of the Guard at Deoksu Palace Adds Horses

» by April 6th, 2010 at 8:13 pm » Comments (2)

The changing of the palace guard at Deoksu Palace in downtown Seoul does draw a lot of tourists and it is nice to see horses now added to the mix, ...more »

Anyone Interested In Volunteering at the Korean War Memorial?

» by April 6th, 2010 at 4:59 pm » Comments (5)

This may be something that a few ROK Drop readers may be interested in helping out with: VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY: The Korean War Memorial invites USFK’s service members, DoD civilians, ...more »

Picture of the Day: Raising the Cheonan

» by April 6th, 2010 at 1:00 pm » Comments (0)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="311" caption="Preparations are under way in waters near Baengnyeong Island in the Yellow Sea to salvage the stern of the sunken naval ship, the Cheonan. A 2,200-ton ...more »

Should the US Be Involved In Cheonan Investigation?

» by April 6th, 2010 at 8:49 am » Comments (36)

One Free Korea has a good posting showing how due to the Lee Myung-bak government's mishandling of the sinking of the ROK naval vessel how conspiracy theories are running rampant ...more »

South Koreans Taken Hostage By Somali Pirates

» by April 6th, 2010 at 5:09 am » Comments (6)

I really wish someone would do something about these pirates in Somalia: The government is denying reports that the South Korean oil tanker hijacked Sunday by Somali pirates in the ...more »

What You Can & Cannot Say About Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Still Not Clear

» by April 5th, 2010 at 9:11 pm » Comments (0)

Here is an interesting article in the Stars & Stripes on what can and cannot be said about the current Don't Ask Don't Tell controversy: A three-star Army general writes a ...more »

Is Anybody Getting Ripped Off By On Post Taxi’s In Korea?

» by April 5th, 2010 at 4:45 pm » Comments (13)

Whenever I am in Korea I have never had a problem with the on post taxi's but this posting on the USFK Facebook site shows that there may be a ...more »

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