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Monthly Archives: September 2011

Picture of the Day: 61st Anniversary of the Incheon Landing

» by September 15th, 2011 at 12:48 pm » Comments (7)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="488" caption="Lieutenant Baldomero Lopez of the Marine Corps is shown scaling a seawall after landing on Red Beach. Minutes after this photo was taken, Lopez was killed ...more »

President Lee To Visit White House Next Month To Push FTA

» by September 15th, 2011 at 8:09 am » Comments (18)

Look who is going to be stopping by the White House next month: The Presidential Office announced that President Lee Myung-bak will make a state visit to the United States in ...more »

Korea Finder 31-11

» by September 15th, 2011 at 3:00 am » Comments (5)

So who knows what this Google Earth image is of? Korea Finder Leader’s Board: Kushibo – 10 Leon Laporte – 6 Chickenhead – 2 Cloying Odor -2 Mr. Chips – 2 Regulate – 1 Max – 1 JoeC – ...more »

Unification Ministry Nominee Wants to Increase Aid to North Korea

» by September 14th, 2011 at 10:04 pm » Comments (5)

It looks like if this guy gets approved for to head the Unification Ministry that North Korea may see an increase in the amount of aid it receives from the ...more »

Army Reportedly Looking To Cut 10 BCT’s

» by September 14th, 2011 at 5:00 pm » Comments (12)

It just makes you wonder why the Army even bothers spending the money and resources to increase force size when it just ultimately gets cut again as quick fix to ...more »

Picture of the Day: A Bitter Winter

» by September 14th, 2011 at 12:46 pm » Comments (2)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="385" caption="Bitter cold, Bitter fight. While units of the U.S. Far East Air Force's Combat Cargo Command made an all-out effort to aid embattled units of the ...more »

9 North Koreans Defect To Japan By Boat

» by September 14th, 2011 at 7:32 am » Comments (0)

Here is a rare method of defection from North Korea: Nine people who say they are from North Korea arrived Tuesday in a black wooden boat off the western Japanese coast ...more »

How Russia, North & South Korea Could Benefit from Pipeline Deal

» by September 14th, 2011 at 3:39 am » Comments (11)

According to STRATFOR both the pipeline and railway projects between Russia and South Korea via North Korea may be something that is very beneficial to all three countries: Analysis North Korean leader ...more »

Places In Korea: Yeosu’s Odong-do Island

» by September 13th, 2011 at 5:02 pm » Comments (3)

Next year Yeosu is going to be hosting the Expo 2012 which is a major international event involving dozens of countries that will be sending representatives to Yeosu.  Here is ...more »

Picture of the Day: Orphan Airlift During the Korean War

» by September 13th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (10)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Airlift of Mercy. This truckload of children--part of 1,000 Korean orphans, being unloaded at an airfield in Korea for air evacuation by planes of the U.S. ...more »

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