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Monthly Archives: November 2010

Andrew Salmon’s “To The Last Round” Receives Military History Award

» by November 18th, 2010 at 3:15 am » Comments (1)

Here is a press release I received on a award that Seoul based journalist and author Andrew Salmon received recently for his excellent book about the British combat actions during ...more »

How Did USFK Not Anticipate Popularity of Command Sponsorship Program?

» by November 17th, 2010 at 6:16 pm » Comments (79)

I just don't see how the USFK leadership could not have anticipated this happening? What one U.S. commander described as a "big tsunami" of military families moving to South Korea ...more »

Picture of the Day: Aussie Wool In Seoul

» by November 17th, 2010 at 12:57 pm » Comments (1)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="350" caption="Models pose with sheep at an event promoting Australian wool products in Seoul on Thursday. "][/caption] Via the Chosun Ilbo. more »

Is This US Army Major A Bigot?

» by November 17th, 2010 at 3:40 am » Comments (56)

Here is a Letter to the Editor in the Stars & Stripes that some of you may find of interest: I do not wish to bring my religious beliefs into ...more »

Korea Finder 35-10

» by November 16th, 2010 at 6:58 pm » Comments (5)

So who knows what this is and from what Korean dynasty? Here is this year’s Korea Finder Leader’s board: Mark – 12 Leon Laporte – 5 Lemmy – 3 Kushibo – 2 Dr. Yu – 2 Ut ...more »

Picture of the Day: Helping Out at Gyeonghui Palace

» by November 16th, 2010 at 12:46 pm » Comments (4)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Foreign volunteers from the Seoul Global Center clean up Gyeonghui Palace in downtown Seoul on Tuesday. "][/caption] Via KBS Global. more »

House of Representatives moves to revise law to help Hotaru Ferschke

» by November 16th, 2010 at 6:51 am » Comments (10)

This is good news but there is still work to be done. After a year's delay, legislation that would allow a young Japanese widow to honor her Marine husband's wishes ...more »

Did ATEK Make False Death Threat Claim?

» by November 16th, 2010 at 3:08 am » Comments (43)

Much like with the original death threat claims made by ATEC last year, I put this latest claim of the death threats being an ATEK inside job in the "who ...more »

Picture of the Day: Andre Kim’s Time Capsule Lingerie

» by November 15th, 2010 at 12:37 pm » Comments (6)

Models promote lingerie designed by the late designer Andre Kim at a shopping mall in Insa-dong, Seoul on Tuesday. /Yonhap more »

Chickenhead’s Review of the Samsung Galaxy S Smartphone

» by November 15th, 2010 at 3:52 am » Comments (35)

Here is a review of Samsung's new Galaxy S tablet that Chickenhead wrote about in the latest Open Thread that I thought was worthy of a post of its own: Korea’s ...more »

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