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04 Sep 2010 20:15

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Offbeat: South Korean woman turns bad luck with driving tests into free car

This unlucky woman here, Cha Sa-soon, gained notoriety because it took her 960 tries to get her driver’s license. But by golly, she did it. She got a free car. source
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09 Aug 2010 09:39

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World: Uh, what were they shooting at? North Korea fires its weapons

  • 100 rounds of artillery shot into the sea for some reason source
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24 Jul 2010 10:47

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World: North Korea and their famous style of overreaction fail to disappoint

  • The army and people of the [North] will legitimately counter with their powerful nuclear deterrence the largest-ever nuclear war exercises.
  • A message from North Korea’s National Defense Commission • Regarding the building tension over the United States’ war exercises with South Korea. Yeah, they want to pull nukes out just because the U.S. and South Korea plan to begin Operation Invincible Spirit, a series of troop exercises, starting tomorrow. Of course, if North Korea had kept a cool head over the last however many years, would the war exercises even be necessary? source
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12 Jun 2010 16:46

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World: World Cup game yet another bone for South Korea to pick

  • yes North Korea aired last night’s World Cup opening game on a local broadcaster … It wasn’t live.
  • no They legally did not have the right to air the game; a South Korean broadcaster had the rights. source
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05 Jun 2010 12:01

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World: Could a full-scale war break out between North and South Korea?

  • NO but only if South Korea’s President isn’t wrong source
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25 May 2010 11:16

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World: Twitter worries about North Korea’s latest cage-rattling move



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25 May 2010 11:13

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Music, World: Quick hits: Two fairly obvious things destined to happen

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24 May 2010 11:02

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World: North, South Korea really freaking pissed at one another

The guy on the TV looks pretty angry. If you look at the soldiers, ten to one, also angry. If you look at North Korean soldiers right now, they’re probably angry too. source
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25 Apr 2010 10:04

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World: FYI: North Korea not shooting torpedoes at South Korea

After an investigation, they now know that the South Korean warship was brought down by a close-range blast, not a torpedo from North Korea. source
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31 Mar 2010 11:07

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Tech: Want fast internet access? Move to South Korea, kids

  • $45.50 cost of your average interweb connection in the U.S.
  • $28.50 cost of a much-faster interweb connection in South Korea source
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