By GI Korea on April 3rd, 2011 at 3:47 am

ROK Drop Open Thread – April 3, 2011

• Glans
  11:54 am on April 3rd, 2011 1

  It's good to see merit rewarded. "These women showed extreme courage and tenacity," wrote Florida A&M University journalism professor Valerie D. White in one nomination. "They were the epitome of grace and courage and an inspiration for journalists around the world," wrote Cleveland Plain Dealer reporter Janet H. Cho in another. I know Tom will join me in congratulating the McGill medalists.

  Here's Grady College's announcement.

• kushibo
  8:06 pm on April 3rd, 2011 2

  Is it still not okay to put metal in the microwave?

• ChickenHead
  1:16 am on April 4th, 2011 3

  I put metal in the microwave.

  I put CDs in the microwave.

  I put glass jars over corks with burning toothpicks in the microwave to create plasma balls.

  I'll put YOU in my microwave if you want.

  BTW… my "microwave" is not an oven. It is a tunable microwave chamber with feedhorn and oscillator that was thrown away by an out of business company.

  Of course I can heat food… but… I can also energize things that don't normally get energized…

  Muah ha ha ha.

  And X-ray machines require a license in Korea… so I would never have two of them…

  Muah ha ha ha ha ha ha!

• The Waygook Effect
  8:05 am on April 4th, 2011 4

  Hey GI Korea,

  Could I have a link on your sidebar somewhere? Under English teacher blog would be fine.

  http://www.thewaygookeffect.com/

  thanks

• Glans
  9:24 am on April 4th, 2011 5

  ChickenHead 3, you can put unlimited quantities of uranium-235 and plutonium-239 in a microwave.

• tbonetylr
  9:56 am on April 4th, 2011 6

  Only in S. Korea can a law be interpreted as such and only Korean females can be prostitutes because the law doesn't say that a male can be(Gigolo not mentioned in Korean law). Again, Korean males get a free pass, LOL…
  http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2011/…
  "Under the law, only females can be “jeopdaebu,” a term in Korean referring to those who serve drinks and offer other entertainment to customers at bars or clubs.

  This means that even if male hosts are caught providing “sexual services” to their customers, punishing their employers and the hosts could be elusive as there is no law defining the job title of these male hosts.

  Experts said as long as the law limits the definition of “jeopdaebu” to women, such male prostitution is legally viewed as an act taken voluntarily on mutual agreement.

  If caught, these male hosts claim they are just waiters not jeopdaebu, taking advantage of the legal loophole."

• GI Korea
  10:23 am on April 4th, 2011 7

  @#4 – Done. I do really need to update the links on my sidebar. A lot of dead blogs out there.

• GI Korea
  10:24 am on April 4th, 2011 8

  By the way I am surprised no one has brought up any improvements they would like to see to the ROK Drop?

• Glans
  11:03 am on April 4th, 2011 9

  Kushibo has learned that South Korea is permitting "private" food aid for North Korea. He doesn't object to aid for the starving, but he doesn't want it to benefit the military or the elite, "Especially when it appears 'Plan B' (a tough approach to North Korea) finally seems to be undermining the regime."

  Read all about it at Monster Island.

• ChickenHead
  11:52 am on April 4th, 2011 10

  Glans,

  "you can put unlimited quantities of uranium-235 and plutonium-239 in a microwave"

  …only if your microwave is infinitely large or you work on that project for an infinite amount of time. You also need a supply larger than the universe can offer to be truly "unlimited".

• Glans
  12:05 pm on April 4th, 2011 11

  ChickenHead 10, that's a good point. Just squeeze in as much uranium-235 and plutonium-239 as possible.

• Glans
  1:31 pm on April 9th, 2011 12

  China allows two North Korean defectors asylum in Japan.

• MikeInSeoul
  7:17 pm on April 10th, 2011 13

  Actually, the first thing that comes to mind regarding possible improvements would be the sidebar. Every page is 300% longer than the content, if not more, because of the static lists in the sidebar.

  Why not clean out the lists, then move them to their own page(s)? Then put a prominent link to that page in their place(s)?

• Glans
  12:13 am on April 11th, 2011 14

  China is expanding its presence in Suriname, on the northeast coast of South America, says Simon Romero in the New York Times.

• Glans
  9:29 am on April 11th, 2011 15

  James Jones's heirs have uncensored 'From Here to Eternity'. It seems soldiers occassionally said bad words, but here's the real shocker: Maggio performed chickenhead for five or ten dollars.

• Glans
  9:31 am on April 11th, 2011 16

  OOps. Here's the link.

• ChickenHead
  12:23 pm on April 11th, 2011 17

  Glans,

  I here they are changing the title, too…

  From Queer to Eternity

• Glans
  4:45 pm on April 11th, 2011 18

  US human rights record criticized by China and Russia

• Glans
  5:45 pm on April 11th, 2011 19

  The marmot discusses China's aircraft carrier. He doesn't explain why, if China does something bad with it, South Korea or Japan wouldn't just sink it with missiles. He also links to a comment by Andrei Lankov, who thinks NATO operations in Libya will make North Korea more cautious.

• Glans
  6:09 pm on April 11th, 2011 20

  Terry Eagleton has written a new book, 'Why Marx Was Right'. Here's his essay in the Chronicle of Higher Education.

• Glans
  3:55 pm on April 12th, 2011 21

  New government in Ivory Coast. Obama congratulates Ouattara (Muslim) and Inhofe defends Gbagbo (Christian).

  'President Barack Obama called Alassane Ouattara, the democratically elected president of the west African nation Ivory Coast, on Tuesday to congratulate him on assuming his duties. According to a White House readout, Obama told Ouattara that the United States would be a strong partner as Ouattara "forms an inclusive government, promotes reunification and reconciliation, and responds to the current humanitarian situation."

  At about the same time, Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) was on the floor of the Senate backing Laurent Gbagbo, the incumbent president who refused to step down from his office after losing an internationally certified election in November.'

  Read the story and view the Youtube clip at TPM.

• Glans
  3:00 pm on April 16th, 2011 22

  Is Raúl Castro a teapartier? He proposes term limits and says, “No country or person can spend more than they have.” Randal C. Archibold has the scoop in the NY Times.

• Glans
  8:55 pm on April 16th, 2011 23

  This is really beautiful. I'm sorry there's no Korean or military connection, but Leon LaPorte may enjoy it.

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