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See, Americans Believe It Too…

» by August 15th, 2009 at 9:02 pm » Comments (0)

I was googling for images to add to the August review of the New York Times archives on the Russo-Japanese War when I stumbled upon this gem from the NY ...more »

Koreans Arrested for Human Trafficking In the Phillipines

» by July 25th, 2009 at 7:32 pm » Comments (1)

Via a reader tip comes news of Korean human traffickers busted in the Phillipines: The Task Force Against Illegal Recruitment rescued 14 Filipino women from suspected South Korean human traffickers and ...more »

Is South Korea Colonizing the Philippines?

» by June 27th, 2009 at 9:31 am » Comments (22)

It looks like some people in the Philippines are a bit upset about the influx of Koreans in their country: The people I refer to, of course, are none other than ...more »

Marine Acquitted of Rape Charges in the Philippines

» by April 28th, 2009 at 8:36 am » Comments (7)

This guy has spent three and half years locked up in the US Embassy in the Philippines and his Marine career ended because of a false rape allegation: The family of ...more »

US Navy Sailor Rescues Drowning Child in the Philippines

» by April 12th, 2009 at 7:32 am » Comments (0)

I wonder how much news in the Philippines this is making compared to other incidents? A U.S. Navy corpsman is being lauded as a hero for saving a toddler who ...more »

Filipino Senator Demands Investigation of GI’s for Prostitution

» by April 6th, 2009 at 7:24 pm » Comments (10)

You would think this Filipino Senator would have better things to do considering the current state of his country than harassing the US military to determine if one of their ...more »

Women’s Rights Groups Challenge Rape Recanting

» by March 8th, 2009 at 1:30 am » Comments (1)

The story of the Filipina woman who recanted her rape accusations against a US Marine is now being challenged by women's rights groups in the Philippines: Women’s rights groups in the ...more »

Korean Missionaries Criticized in the Philippines

» by January 7th, 2009 at 5:47 pm » Comments (411)

It looks like the criticism of Korean missionaries is continuing to grow: [caption id="" align="alignright" width="210" caption="The All for Christ Theological Seminary in central Mindoro. (Photo: M. Gibb)"][/caption] Korea’s aggressive Christian missionaries, ...more »

Heroes of the Korean War: Lieutenant Colonel Dionisio Ojeda – Part 3

» by May 9th, 2008 at 9:07 am » Comments (8)

Rescue of the Gloucestershire Battalion After the fight on the Battle of the Yultong, the PEFTOK soldiers once again found themselves in the reserve. However, the rest for the Filipinos ...more »

Heroes of the Korean War: Lieutenant Colonel Dionisio Ojeda – Part 2

» by May 8th, 2008 at 9:09 am » Comments (6)

The Chinese Enter the War On Thanksgiving of 1950 the Chinese military launch their massive sneak attack against the allied forces which found the PEFTOK soldiers retreating south with the rest ...more »

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