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Monthly Archives: June 2011

North Koreans Use Hacker Brigades to Attack South Korean Targets

» by June 2nd, 2011 at 5:24 pm » Comments (4)

It will be interesting to see if one day a cyber-attack can be declared as an attack on the country worthy of a military response considering the ramifications of disabling ...more »

Picture of the Day: Citizens Concerned About Camp Mercer Dumping Claims

» by June 2nd, 2011 at 1:09 pm » Comments (4)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Bucheon City Mayor Kim Man-soo (L) listens to questions from local residents on the city government's measures in relation to the alleged burial of toxic chemicals ...more »

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan Announces His Resignation Plans

» by June 2nd, 2011 at 5:39 am » Comments (5)

I can't say this announcement is too surprising considering how the Prime Minister seemed to be in over his head after the March earthquake and tsunami plus the follow on ...more »

Korea Finder 18-11

» by June 2nd, 2011 at 3:00 am » Comments (20)

So who knows the location of where this picture was taken? [flickr id="5786398636" thumbnail="medium" overlay="true" size="large" group="" align="none"] Korea Finder Leader’s Board: Leon Laporte - 4 Kushibo – 3 Chickenhead – 2 Cloying Odor -1 Regulate – ...more »

Are Green Korea’s Defoliant Claims True?

» by June 1st, 2011 at 5:38 pm » Comments (7)

This claim from Green Korea I find very suspicious: Many Korean civilians were mobilized to spray various chemical defoliant products near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in the 1970s, an environmental civic ...more »

Picture of the Day: Prostitute Protest In Chuncheon

» by June 1st, 2011 at 1:01 pm » Comments (49)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption=" Some 400 prostitutes hold a rally in front of the Chuncheon City Hall in Gangwon Province on May 31, calling for a delay of crackdowns ...more »

Beware of Korean Wine Bar Scam

» by June 1st, 2011 at 7:48 am » Comments (8)

Robert Koehler has translated this article from Naver that details a wine bar scam that was operating in Seoul: Apparently last February two women in their thirties, Ms. A and her ...more »

Fundraiser To Help ROK Drop Reader Mike McStay

» by June 1st, 2011 at 2:58 am » Comments (0)

Long time ROK Drop reader Mike McStay a professor at Woosong University, has for the past few months been in and out of the hospital due to cancer treatments.  To ...more »

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