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Monthly Archives: October 2011

Who Are the Occupy Seoul Protesters?

» by October 17th, 2011 at 3:49 am » Comments (15)

In the below Korea Times article it lays out who some of the groups are that are participating in the Occupy Seoul protests: Despite the organizers’ pledge to continue their struggle ...more »

ROK Drop Weekly Linklets – October 16, 2011

» by October 16th, 2011 at 4:37 pm » Comments (11)

The Koreas Interesting read about journalism in North Korea. Explaining why Koreans like to say their country has four seasons. Congrats to another K-Blogger having a baby. Chris in South Korea has his last ...more »

Man In Taiwan Has Penis Cut Off By Wife

» by October 16th, 2011 at 2:15 pm » Comments (5)

Considering all the stories you hear about the abuse of Vietnamese spouses in Korea at least none of them have resorted to doing this yet: A woman cut off her husband's ...more »

Picture of the Day: 2ID Taekwondo Demonstration

» by October 16th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (8)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="640" caption="Soldiers from the 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Casey Korea, display their Tae Kwon Do skills during the AUSA 2011 Conference in Washington D.C."][/caption] Via 2nd Infantry Division ...more »

ROK Drop Open Thread – October 16, 2011

» by October 16th, 2011 at 3:42 am » Comments (22)

Please leave any article links or anything else you want to talk about in the comments section. more »

Korean Left Mobilizes Protesters To “Occupy Seoul”

» by October 15th, 2011 at 5:46 pm » Comments (41)

Well it appears the usual suspects on the Korean left are latching on to what the usual suspects in the American left are currently doing by launching their own "Occupy ...more »

Picture of the Day: Briefing the CG

» by October 15th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (6)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="576" caption="Maj. Gen. Edward Cardon, commanding general of the 2nd Infantry Division, receives an operations brief from Col. Tracy Banister, commander of the 210th Fires Brigade, at ...more »

US Government Announces Deployment of US Soldiers To Help Fight Militants In Africa

» by October 15th, 2011 at 7:33 am » Comments (22)

I am losing count how many wars we are involved in but we now have US soldiers deployed to assist fighting militants in multiple countries in Africa.  You have to ...more »

Gay Soldier Summit To Be Held In Las Vegas

» by October 15th, 2011 at 3:08 am » Comments (38)

After reading this article I do have to wonder why is the CIA sponsoring an event like this? The nation's only professional group for active-duty gay military personnel is holding its ...more »

Itaewon Supposedly Quieter After USFK Curfew is Imposed

» by October 14th, 2011 at 10:07 pm » Comments (15)

Here is another Korean media translation from Robert Koehler in regards to the recent GI crime in issue in Korea: The Kukmin Ilbo reports that since USFK slapped a curfew back ...more »

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