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Monthly Archives: July 2011

Korean Teachers Indicted For Political Activities

» by July 21st, 2011 at 10:06 pm » Comments (0)

Could you imagine what the reaction would be if for example the Bush administration in the US tried to do something like this? A total of 244 civil servants, mostly teachers, ...more »

General Thurman To Go To Yeonpyeong-do

» by July 21st, 2011 at 4:55 pm » Comments (4)

General Thurman continues to get around and see the battlespace he is now responsible for defending: Gen. James Thurman, the new commander of the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK), will visit Yeonpyeong ...more »

WTF?

» by July 21st, 2011 at 4:37 pm » Comments (21)

A male teenager was arrested Wednesday for sexually violating the corpse of a woman who had fallen from an apartment following an apparent suicide. That is one of the most bizarre ...more »

Picture of the Day: Steamy Jongno

» by July 21st, 2011 at 1:01 pm » Comments (1)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="450" caption="It’s not fire: Clouds look like steam rising from buildings in Jongno-gu, central Seoul, Thursday, projecting a bizarre scene on the skyline."][/caption] Via the Korea Times. more »

Former Marine Dakota Meyer To Receive the Medal of Honor

» by July 21st, 2011 at 9:13 am » Comments (3)

Here is someone very deserving to be recognized with the Medal of Honor: A Marine who braved intense enemy gunfire in Afghanistan to recover the bodies of four fallen comrades will ...more »

Korea Finder 24-11

» by July 21st, 2011 at 5:25 am » Comments (13)

Sorry running a bit late with the Korea Finder today.  Anyway, who can name what city this industrial port area is located in? Korea Finder Leader’s Board: Kushibo – 7=8 Leon Laporte – ...more »

800 Foreign English Teachers To Be Out Of A Job In Korea

» by July 20th, 2011 at 10:00 pm » Comments (37)

Via a reader tip comes this news that some English teachers in Gyeongi-do will be out of a job: A sudden and drastic budget cut will force more than 800 foreign ...more »

Lawmakers Want to Add Wall to Korean War Memorial

» by July 20th, 2011 at 5:38 pm » Comments (9)

I think the Korean War Memorial is one of the better memorials in Washington, DC,.  A wall with names on it like the Vietnam War Memorial I think will only ...more »

Picture of the Day: Shopping In Pyongyang

» by July 20th, 2011 at 12:53 pm » Comments (16)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="ook at goods at an exhibition at a Pyongyang department store on July 19. (KCNA-Yonhap)"][/caption] more »

ROK Drop Movie Review: The Tillman Story

» by July 20th, 2011 at 3:12 am » Comments (13)

I have been critical of the way the Pat Tillman case has been handled and really believe that his family is owed a complete investigation into the circumstances of his ...more »

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