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Monthly Archives: September 2010

Picture of the Day: Lee & Morales Embrace

» by September 9th, 2010 at 1:00 pm » Comments (4)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="President Lee Myung-bak and visiting President Juan Evo Morales Ayma of the Plurinational State of Bolivia held a summit on August 26."][/caption] Via Korea.net. I wonder what the ...more »

US Government to Tax Korean Travelers to the US

» by September 9th, 2010 at 7:07 am » Comments (13)

I guess the US government is desperate to get money where ever they can get it: TRAVELLERS from countries which do not require visas for the United States - such ...more »

North Korea Raising Money With a Little Help From “The Dude”

» by September 9th, 2010 at 5:05 am » Comments (8)

The Dude and North Korea seem like an unlikely combination. North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has found an unlikely ally to help raise cash for his impoverished regime: The Dude, ...more »

North Korean Business Ventures Face Economic Problems

» by September 8th, 2010 at 11:41 pm » Comments (7)

Via a reader tip comes this story about the hardships North Korean businesses are having lately due to the economic climate and financial sanctions: Bureau 39 has been dubbed Kim’s own ...more »

Korea Finder 30-10

» by September 8th, 2010 at 5:21 pm » Comments (10)

So who knows where this bridge is located?: Here is this year’s Korea Finder Leader’s board: Mark – 12 Leon Laporte – 4 Lemmy – 3 Kushibo – 2 Dr. Yu – 2 The Korean – 1 Sonagi ...more »

Picture of the Day: Kim Tae-Hee, Korea’s Most Beautiful Woman?

» by September 8th, 2010 at 12:54 pm » Comments (24)

That is the question CNN is posing. more »

Is the Military Award System Broken?

» by September 8th, 2010 at 1:10 am » Comments (21)

Here is a letter to the editor of Stars & Stripes which is something I often hear people complain about in regards to military awards: Maybe it’s way above my pay ...more »

Picture of the Day: Water Ski World Cup In Chuncheon

» by September 7th, 2010 at 1:00 pm » Comments (0)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Athletes show off their skills on Monday during the Waterski and Wakeboard World Cup that is under way in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province. "][/caption] Via KBS Global. more »

2nd CAB to Execute More Realistic Gunnery Training

» by September 7th, 2010 at 5:06 am » Comments (1)

This is actually a great idea by the 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade commander if it is planned and executed the right way: With lessons learned during three combat tours in Iraq, ...more »

Proposed Revision of Korean Copyright Legislation

» by September 7th, 2010 at 12:15 am » Comments (10)

The downloading of copyrighted material in Korea could be more difficult in the coming months.    The Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has announced that it will propose a revision of the ...more »

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