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Korean Hostage Crisis Day 22 Update

» by August 11th, 2007 at 8:07 am » Comments (6)

UPDATE: The ransom money negotiations must have gone well because the Taliban have reportedly planned to release two female hostages.  The reported going rate for the Korean hostages is $1 ...more »

Korean Hostage Crisis Day 19 Update

» by August 8th, 2007 at 6:23 am » Comments (10)

The summit between President Bush and Afghan President Karzai has made it quite clear, he is not giving into terrorist demands: U.S President George W. Bush and ...more »

Korean Hostage Crisis Day 19 Update

» by August 6th, 2007 at 6:37 am » Comments (7)

The latest development in the Korean hostage crisis is that the Taliban has turned to the United Nations to guarantee the safety of Taliban negotiators.  It is a bit ironic ...more »

Korean Hostage Crisis Day 15 Update

» by August 4th, 2007 at 6:23 am » Comments (6)

I expected the Roh Administration to be consistently incompetent in handling the hostage crisis and so far I have not been disappointed.  The latest incompetency is that the Korean government ...more »

Korea Discovers Taliban are Not “Conscientious Muslims”

» by August 3rd, 2007 at 6:52 am » Comments (17)

Here is some breaking news, the Joong Ang Ilbo has discovered that the Taliban are not "conscientious Muslims": The deep sorrow of Shim’s family is the pain ...more »

Blame America Campaign Picks Up Steam

» by August 2nd, 2007 at 8:56 pm » Comments (14)

UPDATE #2: The anti-US blame game being played in Korea is now making headlines in the US:  (HT: Nomad) South Korea's frustration over the plight of Christian volunteers seized by the ...more »

UPDATE: Hostage Confirmed Killed, Anti-US Movement Hopes to Capitolize

» by July 31st, 2007 at 6:48 am » Comments (7)

UPDATE: The body of the Shim Sung-min has been recovered verifying that two hostages have now been killed.  With the bodies beginning to pile up the anti-US movement in Korea ...more »

Seoul to Push Karzai for Prisoner Swap

» by July 28th, 2007 at 6:09 am » Comments (20)

CBS News was some how able to arrange an interview with one of the Korean hostages.  Here is what the Korean hostage , Im Hyun-joo had to say: ...more »

Taliban Executes First Korean Hostage

» by July 26th, 2007 at 6:06 am » Comments (7)

UPDATE: I just saw on CNN International that it has confirmed that the eight Korean hostages have not been released and are still threatening to kill the others.  Whoever it ...more »

Hostage Crisis Update: If Missionaries Die, America is to Blame

» by July 25th, 2007 at 12:40 pm » Comments (18)

(Note: Prior posting and update here and here) UPDATE: I highly recommend everyone read this posting from Michael Hurt.  As always he offers some good food for thought about the ...more »

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