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Monthly Archives: June 2010

South Korea Gets Blown Out In World Cup Match to Argentina 4-1

» by June 17th, 2010 at 6:51 am » Comments (11)

I watched this game before heading off to work today and South Korea was clearly out of their class against Argentina despite showing some life after half time with Korea ...more »

New Revelations from Arlington National Cemetery Scandal

» by June 17th, 2010 at 5:59 am » Comments (8)

The disgraceful revelations coming out of Arlington National Cemetery are only getting worse: Several mud-caked headstones line the banks of a small stream at Arlington National Cemetery, the country's most ...more »

Korea Finder 20-10

» by June 16th, 2010 at 7:54 pm » Comments (14)

So who knows what this is?: Here is this year’s Korea Finder Leadersboard: Mark – 8 Leon Laporte – 4 Lemmy – 3 The Korean – 1 Sonagi – 1 Kushibo – 1 Dr. Yu - 1 The person ...more »

Picture of the Day: Eureka In Afghanistan

» by June 16th, 2010 at 1:28 pm » Comments (14)

Jonn Lilyea called it that the tin foil hat crowd would come out in force on this story: Via the Korea Times. more »

North Korea Loses Opening World Cup Match to Brazil

» by June 16th, 2010 at 8:47 am » Comments (12)

I didn't get a chance to see the game since I was at work when it was played, but it appears that the North Koreans played the Brazilians tough until ...more »

General Paik Sun-yup Shares Memories of Kim Il-sung

» by June 16th, 2010 at 3:59 am » Comments (4)

The Joong Ang Ilbo's continuing series of interviews with Korean War hero Paik Sun-yup continues to be fascinating: Part of the strong offensive was due to pressure coming from the top ...more »

Staff Sergeant Jailed For Abusing Soldiers at Camp Hovey

» by June 16th, 2010 at 3:42 am » Comments (12)

I just got to wonder how this guy was able to get away with this for so long without his Platoon Sergeant or First Sergeant finding out? A U.S. Army staff ...more »

Transcript of Debate Between Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hun & Challenger Han Myung-suk

» by June 15th, 2010 at 9:09 pm » Comments (13)

Via the Korea Economic Reader comes this excellent translation of a debate between Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hun and his liberal challenger Han Myung-suk.  This has to be the worst performance ...more »

South Korea Holds WMD Defense Drill

» by June 15th, 2010 at 4:39 pm » Comments (8)

These civil defense drills are actually quite common in Korea, but I guess this one was big enough to draw the attention of the international media: Air raid sirens blared as ...more »

Picture of the Day: Aerial Bombing Of Wonsan

» by June 15th, 2010 at 1:00 pm » Comments (0)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Air War in Korea. Ability of the North Korean military to keep its tanks and trucks operating in front lines was sharply cut when the Chosen ...more »

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