Comments on: The Taepodong 2: Your tax money at work http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/11/the-taepodong-2-your-taxpayer-money-at-work/ Korea... in Blog Format Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:47:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: slim http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/11/the-taepodong-2-your-taxpayer-money-at-work/#comment-43208 slim Tue, 11 Jul 2006 20:29:21 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/11/the-taepodong-2-your-taxpayer-money-at-work/#comment-43208 Roh's dong is in Kim Jongil's pocket. Roh’s dong is in Kim Jongil’s pocket.

]]> By: Japundit » A friend indeed http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/11/the-taepodong-2-your-taxpayer-money-at-work/#comment-43115 Japundit » A friend indeed Tue, 11 Jul 2006 11:04:01 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/11/the-taepodong-2-your-taxpayer-money-at-work/#comment-43115 [...] Read it here. [...] [...] Read it here. [...]

]]> By: Sperwer http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/11/the-taepodong-2-your-taxpayer-money-at-work/#comment-43072 Sperwer Tue, 11 Jul 2006 06:20:26 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/11/the-taepodong-2-your-taxpayer-money-at-work/#comment-43072 What's that you say. It's Roh's dong? Heaven help us when KJI gets wind of that! What’s that you say. It’s Roh’s dong? Heaven help us when KJI gets wind of that!

]]> By: Robert Koehler http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/11/the-taepodong-2-your-taxpayer-money-at-work/#comment-43071 Robert Koehler Tue, 11 Jul 2006 06:16:10 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/11/the-taepodong-2-your-taxpayer-money-at-work/#comment-43071 Well I'll be damned, Antti. Well I’ll be damned, Antti.

]]> By: judge judy http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/11/the-taepodong-2-your-taxpayer-money-at-work/#comment-43070 judge judy Tue, 11 Jul 2006 05:57:27 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/11/the-taepodong-2-your-taxpayer-money-at-work/#comment-43070 i'd like to khow much of the US dollars used to purchase said missile equipment and technology is actually printed in DPKR? i’d like to khow much of the US dollars used to purchase said missile equipment and technology is actually printed in DPKR?

]]> By: Antti http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/11/the-taepodong-2-your-taxpayer-money-at-work/#comment-43069 Antti Tue, 11 Jul 2006 05:55:28 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/11/the-taepodong-2-your-taxpayer-money-at-work/#comment-43069 Here comes the language cavalry. Judging from an <a href="http://www.mediatoday.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=30800" rel="nofollow">article in Mediatoday</A>, Lirelou is correct. Both are names of places where the missiles were first spotted, used originally by the ROK army. The Chinese characters for Ro-dong are 蘆洞; 蘆 misses the character of president Roh's surname (盧) only by two strokes. (<a href="http://www.mediatoday.co.kr/news/photo/200602/30800-2-27261.jpg" rel="nofollow">A map showing the places</A> on the eastern coast) Here comes the language cavalry.

Judging from an article in Mediatoday, Lirelou is correct. Both are names of places where the missiles were first spotted, used originally by the ROK army. The Chinese characters for Ro-dong are 蘆洞; 蘆 misses the character of president Roh’s surname (盧) only by two strokes.
(A map showing the places on the eastern coast)

]]> By: Robert Koehler http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/11/the-taepodong-2-your-taxpayer-money-at-work/#comment-43052 Robert Koehler Tue, 11 Jul 2006 01:24:14 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/11/the-taepodong-2-your-taxpayer-money-at-work/#comment-43052 Taepodong is, in fact, named after the launch site (as far as I know), but the R(N)odong's name means "Labor" in Korean. Taepodong is, in fact, named after the launch site (as far as I know), but the R(N)odong’s name means “Labor” in Korean.

]]> By: lirelou http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/11/the-taepodong-2-your-taxpayer-money-at-work/#comment-43050 lirelou Tue, 11 Jul 2006 01:16:12 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/11/the-taepodong-2-your-taxpayer-money-at-work/#comment-43050 It is my understanding that the ROK defence establishment names Nork missiles after the first place (usually a launch site) that they were spotted and confirmed. Thus No-dong and Taepo-dong would be place names. It is my understanding that the ROK defence establishment names Nork missiles after the first place (usually a launch site) that they were spotted and confirmed. Thus No-dong and Taepo-dong would be place names.

]]> By: Zhang Fei http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/11/the-taepodong-2-your-taxpayer-money-at-work/#comment-43046 Zhang Fei Tue, 11 Jul 2006 00:51:30 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/11/the-taepodong-2-your-taxpayer-money-at-work/#comment-43046 Anyone know what the name Taepodong stands for? Is it something like "big crater on a beach"? Anyone know what the name Taepodong stands for? Is it something like “big crater on a beach”?

]]> By: MrChips http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/11/the-taepodong-2-your-taxpayer-money-at-work/#comment-43044 MrChips Tue, 11 Jul 2006 00:47:39 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/11/the-taepodong-2-your-taxpayer-money-at-work/#comment-43044 I forgot to mention that the above payments were made annually from '99 - '05 I forgot to mention that the above payments were made annually from ‘99 - ‘05

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