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US soldier accused of raping Korean teen

By Nathan Schwartzman Mon, Oct 03, 2011 6:48AM UTC View Comments

As you have probably heard, a US soldier in Dongducheon is accused of sexually assaulting a high school student as she was studying for the university entrance exams. Korean authorities are either so eager to prosecute or so confident of the evidence that are bringing the indictment a week faster than normal. On October 1...

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10 years later, US troops still ‘fighting terror’ in southern Philippines

By James Cordova Thu, Aug 18, 2011 9:44AM UTC View Comments

Renato Reyes, the secretary-general of the leftist group Bayan Muna in the Philippines, has an interesting blog post on the continued presence of American troops in the Philippines. He notes that while Washington has been drawing down troops from Afghanistan and Iraq, the US government doesn’t seem to have the same action on the more...

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American soldier sexually assaulted in Seoul

By Nathan Schwartzman Wed, Jul 13, 2011 1:09AM UTC View Comments

Original article in Korean is at this link. The Uijeongbu Police Station in Gyeonggi-do is investigating after apprehending 25-year-old Mr. A on July 11 on charges of sexually assaulting a female member of the US military. According to police, at approximately 3am on July 11, Mr. A sexually assaulted 18-year-old Ms. B, a private in...

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One year after the Bangkok Massacre: US Marines train Thai military snipers

By Andrew Spooner Fri, Jun 17, 2011 12:43PM UTC View Comments

Over a year after the Bangkok Massacre it is no longer disputed by anyone, except acting Thai PM Abhisit, a smattering of oddball expat bloggers, extreme rightwing Thai nationalists and various establishment and military stooges, that the Thai Army shot dozens of unarmed civilians in central Bangkok. What is also indisputable is that many of...

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