I think it goes without say that this is a good thing to keep these people from teaching English in Korea:

SOUTH Korea today banned 21 Americans convicted of sex crimes against minors from entering the country in the first such measure against foreign pedophiles.
The move came after the ministry received a list of 21 names […]

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Does anyone know any expat in Korea as crazy as this expat from Japan?
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Who would have ever thought Geumchon could be such a fun place?:

Great video by these guys.  There have been other music videos made by ex-pats in Korea but this the best one I have seen.  Really funny. 
HT: Marmot’s Hole
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Does everyone remember the “French Freezer Baby” story from two years ago?  Well there is now an update on the story with the wife scheduled to stand trial for killing three infants and storing two of them in the fridge of the couples Seoul apartment.
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I received an e-mail from the US Embassy in Seoul which includes some good information to ensure your vote this year counts:

(1) Start by contacting your Embassy or military unit Voting Assistance Officer for help in absentee registration and voting.  The Embassy’s Voting Assistance officer is available at VoteSeoul@state.gov.(2) Visit the Federal Voting Assistance Program’s […]

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Earlier this week I mentioned that drug statistics for Korea in 2007 were released. Now that I have had some time I decided to cruch the numbers and see what those numbers really mean. ROK Drop readers may remember my prior effort crunching numbers for 2006 as well as crunching preliminary numbers for […]

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All you "low quality foreign English teachers" out there should get some special pleasure from reading these results.
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This is a good idea that is being implemented in Seoul:

Foreign residents are to find living in Seoul easier. The Seoul Metropolitan Government on Wednesday opened a one-stop consultation center for foreigners Wednesday. Dubbed the Global Center, the facility has 30 staff fluent in English, Japanese, Chinese and French and offers foreign residents information about […]

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I have been wondering why a posting I did a year and half ago about sexual assaults in Korea was drawing so many hits recently from Korean message boards.   This posting from the Metropolitician cleared up the reason why because the woman I profiled in the posting, Winter Raymond appeared on the KBS program "Beauties […]

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When you read a story like this about GIs getting in trouble make sure to keep this story in the back of your mind because things when it comes to GIs and foreigners in Korea, things are not always what they appear to be.  Read this story about how an NCO in my old unit […]

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I hope she still feels this way after a few years in Korea:

I am content with living in such a kind country and when reading about these uncultured Scots who pick fights after too many beers, it makes me realize that Scotland has a lot of work ahead if this problem is to be addressed […]

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I mentioned this foreigner Halloween party on the Yamanote subway line in Tokyo yesterday on the ROK Drop Weekly Linkets.  The party happened yesterday despite an anti-foreigner backlash that included threats of violence:

As mentioned earlier this week on Japan Probe, the Yamanote Halloween Train party was planned to be held last night in Tokyo. However, […]

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