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Watch Live Feed of SpaceX’s Docking with the ISS

» by May 25th, 2012 at 8:14 am » Comments (15)

The docking of SpaceX's Dragon capsule with the International Space Station (ISS) is something I have been watching this morning: Streaming video by Ustream This really shows how far behind North Korea ...more »

SpaceX Delays Launch of Falcon-9 To the ISS Until Tuesday

» by May 19th, 2012 at 8:43 am » Comments (9)

While North Korea as well as South Korea continue to have problems with their own rocket programs, a US private firm is moving forward with their commercial space launch business. ...more »

Journalists Win Pulitzer Prize For Uncovering Racism Against Asian-American Students In Philadelphia

» by April 17th, 2012 at 8:03 am » Comments (93)

I remember hearing about this case a long time ago and then it went down the memory hole.  Then I was watching PBS Newshour yesterday and saw that a group ...more »

Since 2005 US Sees Oil Imports Drop By 15%; Moves Closer To Goal Of Energy Independence

» by March 26th, 2012 at 5:48 pm » Comments (14)

Very interesting article in the NY Times recently about how the US is actually getting closer to its long stated goal of energy independence:  The desolate stretch of West Texas desert ...more »

STRATFOR E-mails To Be Released By Wikileaks

» by February 27th, 2012 at 8:47 am » Comments (6)

Here is the latest update on the ongoing assault on STRATFOR: WikiLeaks said it planned to release from Monday over 5 million emails from Stratfor Global Intelligence, a provider of geopolitical ...more »

Military Personnel Receive Free Admission To Progressive International Motorcycle Show

» by January 20th, 2012 at 9:16 pm » Comments (1)

For some of you that live in the New York area this may be an event you might find of interest: Military, Police, and Fire Men and Women will get free ...more »

Judge Awards Korean-American Man $17.8 Million Due To F/A-18 Crash

» by December 28th, 2011 at 11:06 pm » Comments (15)

A legal judgment has been made in regards to the sad accident where an F/A-18 crashed into the home of a Korean-American family in San Diego: A federal judge on Wednesday ordered ...more »

Anonymous Steals Financial Information From STRATFOR Members

» by December 26th, 2011 at 3:40 am » Comments (7)

As ROK Heads know I am a subscriber to STRATFOR and often share articles from the site here.  So I was bit surprised to see this news on Christmas Day: Hackers ...more »

Man In Taiwan Has Penis Cut Off By Wife

» by October 16th, 2011 at 2:15 pm » Comments (5)

Considering all the stories you hear about the abuse of Vietnamese spouses in Korea at least none of them have resorted to doing this yet: A woman cut off her husband's ...more »

SWAT Team & Steven Seagal Called In To Bust Cock Fighter

» by September 1st, 2011 at 9:22 am » Comments (12)

Is this another example of the militarization of America's police force? Steven Seagal is being threatened with a lawsuit over his part in a police raid that was taped for his ...more »

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