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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Picture of the Day: Heavy Snow In Goseong
» by GI Korea December 18th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (2)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="An abandoned car is buried under snow on the roadside in the Misiryeong mountain pass in Goseong, South Gyeongsang Province Friday. Drivers had a hard time ...more »ROK Drop Open Thread – December 18, 2011
» by GI Korea December 18th, 2011 at 3:35 am » Comments (47)
Please leave anything you want to discuss in the comments section. more »UAW Postponed Protest During President Lee’s US Visit
» by GI Korea December 17th, 2011 at 5:36 pm » Comments (17)
Remember when Presidents Obama and Lee toured the GM plant in Michigan and everything appeared to be fine and swell? Now it has come out that it appears that the ...more »Picture of the Day: POSCO Chairman Memorialized
» by GI Korea December 17th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (0)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="499" caption="A funeral is held for former Prime Minister Park Tae-joon (picture), also honorary chairman of South Korea's top steelmaker POSCO, at the POSCO headquarters in Seoul ...more »Christian Bale Beat Down By Chinese Thugs
» by GI Korea December 17th, 2011 at 8:34 am » Comments (11)
Here is yet another PR hit for the Chinese government, but they probably could care less: Actor Christian Bale was roughed up by Chinese security guards as he attempted to visit ...more »NY Times Archives – 1922
» by USinKorea December 16th, 2011 at 9:41 pm » Comments (0)
This is the earliest year for the free archives. 9 July 1922 more »Korean Man Given Refugee Status In Canada Because He Is Gay
» by GI Korea December 16th, 2011 at 7:54 pm » Comments (30)
This has to be the lamest excuse yet I have heard for getting out of mandatory ROK military service: Canada awarded a South Korean man refugee status after he objected to ...more »Picture of Day: Queen Min’s Leopard Skin Carpet
» by GI Korea December 16th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (0)
The interesting story about Queen Min's leopard skin carpet that involves a US soldier during the Korean War can be read here. more »USFK Gates Still Not Fully Manned Due to Gate Guard Dispute
» by GI Korea December 16th, 2011 at 11:02 am » Comments (26)
Here is an update on the USFK gate guard issue: U.S. soldiers continue to man the gates at U.S. military bases in South Korea more than two weeks after a new ...more »A Profile of Camp Page, South Korea
» by GI Korea December 15th, 2011 at 5:54 pm » Comments (10)
Plenty of veterans of Korea have left comments here on the ROK Drop about their experiences while stationed in Korea. Here is a listing of my various "Profile" series of ...more »
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