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Monthly Archives: December 2010

Picture of the Day: Helping the Poor In Gwangju

» by December 21st, 2010 at 1:17 pm » Comments (0)

A group of donors gather to help children from low-income families in Gwangju on Wednesday. [Chosun Ilbo] more »

Sneezing – A possible sign of the black plague…

» by December 21st, 2010 at 8:29 am » Comments (1)

I hate stuff like this: A day after North Korea backed off threats of violent retaliation for South Korean artillery drills, analysts and policy makers in Seoul said on Tuesday that ...more »

South Korea to Retaliate Against North Korea with Christmas Lights

» by December 21st, 2010 at 3:10 am » Comments (23)

I kid you not: South Korea will display Christmas lights near its tense border with North Korea for the first time since 2004 following the regime's deadly artillery attack ...more »

Anti-North Korean Regime Leaflets Sent Across the DMZ

» by December 20th, 2010 at 7:14 pm » Comments (21)

One of my favorite North Korean activist groups are still pissing off North Korea: North Korea lashed out Friday at South Korea for allowing anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets to be sent across ...more »

Picture of the Day: Girls Generation at the Melon Music Awards

» by December 20th, 2010 at 1:21 pm » Comments (23)

Girls Generation at the Melon Music Awards. [Chosun Ilbo] more »

Is WikiLeaker Bradley Manning Being Tortured?

» by December 20th, 2010 at 3:17 am » Comments (37)

That is the claims being made by the defenders of the latest leftist war hero: Escalating the WikiLeaks controversy, Salon's Glenn Greenwald reported this week that the U.S. military is holding ...more »

USFK Soldier In Trouble for Yeonpyeong Island Photograph

» by December 19th, 2010 at 6:45 pm » Comments (16)

Here is a weird story that I think says more about the media organizations that trumpeted the photo than the actual guy who posted it: Seoul prosecutors said Sunday that they ...more »

Picture of the Day: Walking Down Mt. Halla

» by December 19th, 2010 at 1:12 pm » Comments (1)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="350" caption="Climbers walk down from Mt. Halla in Jeju Island on Thursday. /Newsis"][/caption] more »

ROK Drop Open Thread, December 19, 2010

» by December 19th, 2010 at 3:00 am » Comments (31)

Its Sunday and if anyone has any links they want to share or just feel like starting a flame war please do so in the comments sections.  ;-) Oh by the ...more »

Senate Repeals Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, Next the Real Fight Begins

» by December 18th, 2010 at 9:22 pm » Comments (56)

If you haven't heard already the Senate repealed Don't Ask Don't Tell by getting enough Republicans to pass it.  The Republicans were supposedly convinced that the policy will be allowed ...more »

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