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Monthly Archives: September 2010

Picture of the Day: Rice Aid to North Korea

» by September 19th, 2010 at 1:10 pm » Comments (4)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Sept. 17, PAJU, South Korea -- Trucks carrying 203 tons of rice in aid to flood victims in North Korea pass the inter-Korean immigration office in ...more »

ROK Drop Open Thread – September 19, 2010

» by September 19th, 2010 at 4:01 am » Comments (8)

Here is an Open Thread for everyone to leave story links or discuss things I haven’t posted on. By the way here is yet another inflammatory cartoon from the Korea ...more »

Kang Ki-bab Fine for Political Violence to Stand

» by September 18th, 2010 at 6:41 pm » Comments (2)

It looks like the face of the Korean left in the National Assembly Kang Ki-bab will in fact have to pay the fine he received for his political violence: A Seoul ...more »

Picture of the Day: USFK Commander Testifies to Congress

» by September 18th, 2010 at 1:06 pm » Comments (1)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Sept. 16, WASHINGTON, United States -- Kurt Campbell, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs; Wallace Gregson, assistant secretary of defense for Asian ...more »

Floating Casinos Planned as Part of Korea’s Four Rivers Project

» by September 18th, 2010 at 12:35 am » Comments (11)

The Four Rivers Project has been an issue of much contention in South Korea and the fact that floating casinos are now planned for each river will probably raise a ...more »

Is China Against the Succession of Kim Jong-un In North Korea?

» by September 17th, 2010 at 5:13 pm » Comments (9)

It appears that the internal politics inside of North Korea to choose the regime's next leader may still be sorting themselves out considering the delay of the political convention and ...more »

Picture of the Day: Checking the Radar

» by September 17th, 2010 at 1:00 pm » Comments (4)

Taechon, South Korea, November, 1974: Spc. 4 Dave Zabracki checks out radar gear as three units of the 38th Air Defense Artillery Brigade hold ...more »

Report Says Nearly 30% of ROK Army Troops Under or Overweight

» by September 17th, 2010 at 8:26 am » Comments (7)

I suspect that this news is not as bad as it is being made out to be: Nearly 30 percent of the country's soldiers and officers were diagnosed as overweight ...more »

Great Interview of Defense Secretary Robert Gates In Newsweek

» by September 17th, 2010 at 1:20 am » Comments (7)

There is a great article in Newsweek that I recommend everyone read in its entirety which shows what a phenomenal Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has been for this country ...more »

North Korean Political Convention Delayed

» by September 16th, 2010 at 6:34 pm » Comments (1)

Apparently the big gathering in North Korea to appoint the anointed one Kim Jong-un as the next leader of North Korea has been for whatever reason delayed: North Korea appears to ...more »

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