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Monthly Archives: December 2011

Picture of the Day: Merry Christmas from Girls’ Generation

» by December 25th, 2011 at 1:10 pm » Comments (16)

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Christmas Open Thread – December 25, 2011

» by December 25th, 2011 at 1:13 am » Comments (26)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="325" caption="Men of Co "B", 4th Signal Bn, X US Corps, prepare to decorate the Christmas tree at Bn HQ. Korea. 11 December 1951."][/caption] Merry Christmas and Happy ...more »

US Sailors Rescue Man Who Fell from Summit of Mt. Fuji

» by December 24th, 2011 at 5:16 pm » Comments (4)

Here is a good story about some US sailors in Japan that rescued a Japanese man that fell off the summit of Mt. Fuji: Petty Officer 1st Class Corey Baughman got ...more »

Picture of the Day: Christian Converts

» by December 24th, 2011 at 1:01 pm » Comments (23)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="360" caption="French Sister and converts, Korea between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915"][/caption] more »

Picture of the Day: UN Mourns The World’s Worst Human Rights Violator

» by December 24th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (10)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600" caption="The UN General Assembly observes a minute of silence to mourn the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il before a committee of the UN General ...more »

Kim Jong-Un Now Called the “Supreme Commander”

» by December 24th, 2011 at 7:27 am » Comments (29)

Kim Jong-un went from the "Young General" to the "Great Successor" to "Supreme Commander" all in one week: North Korea vowed Saturday to uphold Kim Jong Il's son as "supreme commander" ...more »

Japanese Magician Invited To Kim Jong-il’s Funeral

» by December 24th, 2011 at 3:59 am » Comments (7)

While people in North Korea were starving Kim Jong-il had time and money to play games with a Japanese magician: A female magician from Japan has been invited to Kim Jong-il's ...more »

Itaewon Burger King Murder Suspect Charged, Awaiting Extradition From US

» by December 23rd, 2011 at 5:37 pm » Comments (7)

Here is an update on the case of the brutal murder of a Korean college student in the old Itaewon Burger King building: The chief suspect in the fatal, random stabbing ...more »

Picture of the Day: Ice Waterfall

» by December 23rd, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (0)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600" caption="An artificial waterfall in Hwacheon County, Gangwon, turned to ice yesterday as the mercury dipped to minus 13 degrees Celsius (8.6 degrees Fahrenheit), the lowest this ...more »

PATRIOT Missiles Shipped To South Korea Ceased By Finnish Authorities

» by December 23rd, 2011 at 8:29 am » Comments (17)

It seems like someone didn't do the proper shipping paperwork to transport these PATRIOT missiles to South Korea from Germany: A shipment of 69 surface-to-air missiles impounded by Finnish authorities was ...more »

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