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ROK Drop’s Top 10 Most Viewed Postings of 2011
» by GI Korea January 1st, 2012 at 3:36 am » Comments (8)
Below is a listing of the Top 10 posts of 2011 that were published here on the ROK Drop according to my Wordpress Stats plugin: ROK Drop’s Top 10 Korean Movies ...more »ROK Drop’s Top Ten Korea Stories of 2011
» by GI Korea December 30th, 2011 at 3:11 am » Comments (7)
1. The Death of Kim Jong-il- The top story of 2011 took nearly the entire year to happen, but Kim Jong-il's death on December 17, 2011 I believe is the top ...more »South Korea Filled With College Graduates But Few Jobs
» by GI Korea December 10th, 2011 at 3:01 am » Comments (20)
This is the same problem that is also happening in America: Some 80 percent of high school graduates go to college in Korea, whereas in many advanced countries like Germany students ...more »Seoul Government To Slash the Number of Native English Teachers
» by GI Korea December 9th, 2011 at 4:37 pm » Comments (7)
Here is some news that will effect most English teachers working in government schools in Seoul: Most native English-speaking teachers in about 300 high schools in Seoul could lose their jobs ...more »South Korea’s Robot Prison Guards
» by GI Korea December 9th, 2011 at 3:47 am » Comments (7)
These robots seem more of a PR gimmick then any legitimate law enforcement tool: South Korea is ready to wheel out its latest weapon in the war against crime: a 5-foot-tall, ...more »Does Race Matter In Korea When A Foreigner Needs Help?
» by GI Korea December 7th, 2011 at 3:54 am » Comments (17)
I think this video is anecdotal and shouldn't be used as evidence to make sweeping accusations of racism in Korea, but interesting none the less: Via the Marmot's Hole. I think appearance ...more »New Welfare Policies In South Korea Leading To Budget Tightening
» by GI Korea December 5th, 2011 at 11:42 pm » Comments (2)
Well South Korea is finding out that increasing welfare means you have less money for other stuff: As the central government of Korea has scrambled to implement new welfare policies, local ...more »South Korea Receives Average Scores on TOEFL Test
» by GI Korea December 3rd, 2011 at 8:51 am » Comments (68)
All of you English teachers out there working in Korea may find this news of interest: The average TOEFL score of Koreans is 81 points, close to the global average of ...more »South Korean Woman Dies from Mad Cow Disease; No Link to US Beef
» by GI Korea November 30th, 2011 at 5:27 pm » Comments (25)
This is going to upset the anti-American leftists in Korea since they can't link this back to US beef: A South Korean woman died of brain-wasting Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in July this ...more »Korean Government Announces Move of Ministries and Offices Out of Seoul
» by GI Korea November 19th, 2011 at 5:51 pm » Comments (12)
This has been something that has been about as long overdue as moving Yongsan Garrison to an area south of Seoul: The government says that 16 organizations of the central government ...more »
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