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Monthly Archives: November 2011

Philippines ex-leader Gloria Arroyo arrested for fraud

» by November 18th, 2011 at 7:49 am » Comments (0)

It was just a few days ago that Arroyo tried to leave the Philippines in order to receive 'medical treatment'. Former Philippine President Gloria Arroyo has been arrested on charges of ...more »

USFK Court Martial Results for October 2011

» by November 18th, 2011 at 7:35 am » Comments (3)

Here are the court martial results and ROK criminal prosecutions for last month.  The number of DUI's is disturbing with seven more of them occurring last month.  There was also ...more »

Korean Women Arrested In Australia For Prostitution

» by November 17th, 2011 at 5:59 pm » Comments (25)

For those that don't know prostitution is legal in Australia, but it appears these girls were trafficked thus the concern from authorities: Eleven South Korean nationals were reported to have been ...more »

Picture of the Day: Farewell

» by November 17th, 2011 at 1:08 pm » Comments (13)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="499" caption="Capt. Heo Geol kisses his daughter goodbye during a ceremony in Incheon, west of Seoul, on Nov. 17, 2011, to send a 350-strong contingent to Afghanistan. ...more »

Pictures of the Itaewon Fire Allegedly Started By USFK Servicemember

» by November 17th, 2011 at 7:59 am » Comments (10)

A ROK Drop reader was nice enough to send me a few pictures of the fire that damaged some juicy bars in Itaewon that was allegedly started by a USFK ...more »

Korea Finder 38-11

» by November 17th, 2011 at 3:00 am » Comments (5)

Who knows what city the below picture was taken at in Korea? Korea Finder Leader’s Board: 1.Kushibo – 11 2.Leon Laporte – 8 3.Mr. Chips – 4 4.Chickenhead – 2 5.Cloying Odor -2 6.Regulate – 1 7.Max – ...more »

American Soldier Questioned For Arson Incident In Itaewon

» by November 16th, 2011 at 6:19 pm » Comments (20)

Hat tip to the ROK-Heads in this week's Open Thread for sharing this latest GI crime story: The U.S. 8th Army stationed in South Korea said Wednesday it was cooperating with ...more »

Photo of the Day: Foreigners In Hanboks Clean Up Cheonggyecheon

» by November 16th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (5)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Foreign teachers and students of the language institute Pagoda Academy are dressed as traditional Korean schoolmasters and take part in a cleanup that took place Tuesday ...more »

Is Cheju Really One of the 7 Wonders of Nature?

» by November 16th, 2011 at 9:17 am » Comments (10)

I agree with Andrew Salmon in the below article that you can't fault the Koreans for stuffing the online ballot box for this designation, but as nice a place Cheju ...more »

Ft. Carson Commanders Accused of Focusing On Chaptering Injured & Wounded Soldiers

» by November 16th, 2011 at 5:50 am » Comments (1)

I kind of predicted that this was going to happen and sure enough some commanders are using legal means available to chapter soldiers injured from deployments: Critics charge that Haight and ...more »

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