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Monthly Archives: May 2010

Help Needed to Locate Missing Monument for Korean War Veteran

» by May 17th, 2010 at 3:02 am » Comments (9)

Here is a story I was notified of via e-mail that maybe somebody reading this can help solve.  Sometime last year a monument on Camp Castle went missing that was placed there ...more »

ROK Drop Weekly Linklets – May 16, 2010

» by May 16th, 2010 at 5:08 pm » Comments (2)

The Koreas: What is it with Korea and its ugly futuristic building designs? Is Ulleong-do going to have an airport service the island soon? Some pictures of Hines Ward and his mom while ...more »

Se Ri Pak wins the Bell Micro LPGA Classic

» by May 16th, 2010 at 3:30 pm » Comments (1)

The Korean Golf Queen notched her 25th career victory today. She defeated Suzann Pettersen and Brittany Lincicome on the third hole of sudden death. It was Pak's first win since ...more »

Picture of the Day: 49th Anniversary of Park Chung-hee’s Coup

» by May 16th, 2010 at 1:00 pm » Comments (6)

Popular Gusts has a whole lot more pictures from the 1961 coup posted over at his site that are worth checking out. more »

Korean Illegal Immigrant Hostesses Deported From Japan

» by May 16th, 2010 at 9:42 am » Comments (5)

Too bad the US cannot enforce immigration laws like the Japanese: At least eight people arriving in Japan from South Korea have used fake fingerprints to evade the biometric checks at ...more »

Is It Time to Prepare For A North Korean Collapse?

» by May 16th, 2010 at 5:22 am » Comments (0)

The is what Minxin Pei is recommending in this article in The Diplomat: What is most worrying about a possible North Korean collapse is that the key players in the region ...more »

China Coach Presses for Gender Test of South Korean Female Soccer Player

» by May 16th, 2010 at 2:10 am » Comments (11)

I don't know if China should be asking for any type of qualification tests on athletes considering their history of cheating at sports. [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="298" caption="Park Eun-Sun (right)"][/caption] China coach ...more »

Israel Says Syria Behind North Korean Arms Smuggling Shipment

» by May 15th, 2010 at 10:53 pm » Comments (0)

Everyone remember the aircraft detained in Thailand filled with illicit weapons from North Korea?  Well the Israelis are now saying Syria was behind the shipment and the ultimate destination for ...more »

PETA Protests Octopus Selling Korean Restaurants

» by May 15th, 2010 at 5:15 pm » Comments (35)

Some Korean restaurants in New York are being harassed by the PETA loons: For many Koreans, "sannakji" is a special delicacy. There's nothing like devouring a stamina-boosting baby octopus that's perfectly ...more »

Picture of the Day: Hiking the Korean DMZ

» by May 15th, 2010 at 12:57 pm » Comments (0)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="464" caption="People take a trek along a Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) path that stretches some 182 kilometers. The trail will link the regions south of the DMZ and ...more »

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