April 23rd, 2013 at 7:42 am » Comments (5)

I guess this just goes to show that even if you are defending yourself from someone attacking you with a knife in Korea, that you will still be charged with a crime: SEOUL — Four U.S. soldiers have been indicted for their roles in a March 16 brawl outside a Dongducheon night club, during which three of them were stabbed and the other hit with a small baseball bat, South Korean prosecutors said Tuesday. The Korean club manager who allegedly stabbed the three soldiers was also indicted, according to the
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March 20th, 2013 at 6:48 am » Comments (87)

The next time a GI gets in trouble after defending himself from a Korean mob we can all now point back to this incident to show he should be let off lightly: SEOUL — A Korean night club manager who police say stabbed three U.S. soldiers during a brawl was in jail Tuesday after being charged with causing injury to others. He was not charged with more serious crimes, such as assault or attempted murder, because he only stabbed the soldiers Saturday after being forced to defend himself, a Dongducheon
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March 16th, 2013 at 6:11 am » Comments (69)

Update: I received an email from the 2ID PAO and this is how he explains the incident: U.S. Soldiers injured in Dongducheon altercation 미군 장병들이 동두천에서 언쟁 중 부상을 입었다 CAMP RED CLOUD, South Korea – Four 2nd Infantry Division Soldiers were injured during an altercation with a male club manager in Dongducheon entertainment district today. 캠프 레드클라우드, 대한민국 — 4명의 미 제2보병사단 소속 장병들이 오늘 동두천시 관광특구 거리에서 한 남성 클럽주와 언쟁 중 부상을 입었다. The Korean male drew a knife injuring three Soldiers and another Soldier was injured
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December 6th, 2012 at 6:43 pm » Comments (13)

Like I said when this incident first was reported, it is best to way and see how things play out when it comes to these types of he said she said incidents in the ville: Prosecutors have dropped the case against a U.S. soldier who was under investigation in the alleged attempted sexual assault of a bar employee near Camp Casey. Officials connected to the case said a financial settlement was paid to the Korean woman on behalf of the 2nd Infantry Division soldier prior to any indictment being issued.
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November 17th, 2012 at 6:07 pm » Comments (8)

It looks like the local governments in Dongducheon and Uijongbu are taking notice as well of the fact that appears that the 2nd Infantry has little interest in closing their installations by 2016: Officials with two cities north of Seoul have expressed concern the U.S. military will not be moving out as scheduled in 2016, which would throw a wrench into the plans they have for the bases to be vacated. “We have no anti-American sentiment — not even 0.1 percent,” said Lim Sang-o, head of the Dongducheon Municipal Assembly’s
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January 11th, 2012 at 5:29 pm » Comments (3)

Something fishy going on with police department in Dongducheon: Police said Tuesday they will reinvestigate the death of a young conscripted policeman who they had announced was killed in a rescue operation during last summer’s massive floods, following allegations that the story was fabricated. The Gyeonggi Provincial Police Agency said the reinvestigation was launched earlier in the day over the death of 21-year-old officer Cho Min-soo, whose body was recovered in late July after he was swept away in flood waters in Dongducheon, north of Seoul. The reexamination followed the
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December 5th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (3)

Via the 2ID Facebook site.

August 5th, 2011 at 3:45 am » Comments (77)

I have written quite a bit before about the TDC Ville which has become one of the most popular postings here on the ROK Drop with over 25,000 people viewing the article leaving behind 310 comments and counting.  You can view this article as well as my profile of USFK camps around Dongducheon at the below links: A Profile of Korea’s TDC Ville A Profile of USFK Camps In Dongducheon Well my recent trip to Korea last month gave me the perfect opportunity to walk through the ville once again
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August 2nd, 2011 at 3:15 am » Comments (14)

Via a reader tip comes pictures taken by the 1st Brigade Public Affair Office of the on going clean up effort of the Dongducheon ville being assisted by Soldiers stationed at Camp Casey.  The work these Soldiers are doing is quite extensive and it is good to see that local ROK Army units, KNP’s, and NGO’s are assisting with the recovery operations as well. Here are some of the pictures from Day 1 of the clean up on July 29, 2011:

August 1st, 2011 at 3:33 am » Comments (7)

ROK Head Scott has kindly shared some pictures of the damage done to the Camp Casey area from the recent heavy rains that have struck Korea on the ROK Drop Facebook page.  The damage is no where near as bad as the flood of 1998, but it still has caused some pretty significant damage: Fortunately no US servicemembers were hurt due to these heavy rains and subsequent landslides.  Thanks once again to Scott for sharing this photos via Facebook. Also just a reminder for those that haven’t already, you can
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