ROK Drop Stats for June 2007

[…] ROK Drop Stats for June 2007 I have decided to start doing monthly update on how well the ROK Drop blog has been doing and recognizing my top referrers.  Since I moved my site over to WordPress last December traffic to site has slowly been building month by month.  I appreciate everyone who stops by and reads what I have to […] Discovering President Roh?s Priorities So what was President Roh doing while the memorial ceremony was going on for the six sailors murdered by North Korea during the West Sea Naval Battle?  Kim Dae-joong from the Chosun Ilbo has the answer: Despite being supreme commander of the armed forces, the president did not show up at a memorial service honoring the […] Japan?s Defense Minister: US Atomic Bombing ?Couldn?t Be Helped? This is some surprising news coming out of Japan concerning an issue from World War II that doesn’t involve comfort women for a change: Japan’s defense minister said Saturday that the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States during World War II was an inevitable way to end the war, drawing […] MP Convicted and Sentenced Another MP this time a sergeant is convicted of a crime: A court-martial jury found an Army sergeant guilty Friday of indecently assaulting a private earlier this year on Camp Casey. The nine-member jury found Sgt. Anthony Medellin Jr. guilty of the indecent assault and two specifications each of maltreatment and disobeying orders, but cleared him of […] NK Reactor Shutdown Needs More Six Way Talks This is all so predictable: The U.N.’s nuclear watchdog has clarified how to monitor the shutdown of North Korea’s nuclear facility and it is now up to Pyongyang and its five negotiating partners to decide on a date, an official said on Saturday. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) official Olli Heinonen said negotiations in North Korea had […] Wild Nomad I you haven’t seen them yet, Jack Hanna Nomad has some great pictures of a wildlife encounter during one of his fishing trips. Prime Minister Attends Ceremony This is actually quite incredible, the Korean Prime Minister has attended the memorial yesterday of the six sailors murdered by the North Koreans during the West Sea Naval Battle five years ago: Navy sailors who survived a sea battle with North Korea’s navy on June 29, 2002 pay tribute yesterday at a memorial service in Pyeongtaek, […] The Michelle Wie Meltdown Continues Michelle Wie’s abysmal play continues in the US Open: Michelle Wie was in good company at the U.S. Women’s Open, but in the worst way. In a rugged start to the biggest event in women’s golf, the 17-year-old from Hawaii continued her free fall Thursday by hitting only four fairways and matching her highest score ever in […] Transformers Opens in Korea The Transformers movie has finally opened in Korea and the turn out and reception according to the AP have both been positive: Steven Spielberg’s "Transformers" premiered Thursday in theaters in South Korea, after notching up the country’s highest online ticket bookings of any movie this year.  The action film — featuring vehicles that transform into warring […] Tax Probes Aimed at Major Media Outlets The Korean government is using one of its favorite political weapons by targeting four major media outlets with tax probes: The National Tax Service has sent notices on the investigation to the media outlets – the JoongAng Ilbo, MBC, BBS and the weekly Ilyo Shinmun, the sources said.  The office is planning to start the investigation […] All times are GMT +9. The time now is 05:31 AM. […]