ROK Drop’s Most Viewed Stories of 2023

Happy New Year to all my readers of the ROK Drop! As part of starting out 2024 I figured I would pull my blog stats and take a look back at the most read postings from 2023. As can be seen below the Overall Top 25 most read postings last year on ROK Drop is pretty well spread out across the past two decades. However, the passing of convicted USFK murderer Kenneth Markle in 2023 was easily the most read story of the year.

Yeonmi Park, juicy girls, room salons, and criminal cases are also popular postings. Some of my older longer form blog posts about USFK camps and GI incidents are still doing very well on Google as well. What is interesting is that despite all the headlines North Korea makes, it is not something people are using Google to look up information for. In my top 25 only one posting made it that was North Korea related. Many years ago North Korea postings were very popular, which shows how numb this topic has become with many people. ICBM launches and nuclear threats used to be big news and now no one really cares because they happen so frequently. What this means is that North Korea is really going to have to up their provocation strategy if they want to capture the world’s attention in 2024.

Top 25 Overall Most Read Postings of 2023

1. INFAMOUS CONVICTED USFK MURDERER, KENNETH MARKLE PASSES AWAY AT AGE 50 (2023)
2. HAS YEONMI PARK BEEN EXAGGERATING HER CLAIMS ABOUT HER LIFE IN NORTH KOREA? (2014)
3. SOUTH KOREA TO “TOUGHEN” SEX CRIME PENALTIES (2011)
4. GI FLASHBACKS: THE 1992 PRIVATE KENNETH MARKLE MURDER CASE (2015)
5. PICTURE OF THE DAY: KIM JONG-UN MAKES KIDS CRY (2023)
6. “BLING RING” LEADER RACHEL LEE DAUGHTER OF NORTH KOREAN IMMIGRANT (2010)
7. WHAT ROOM SALONS ARE LIKE IN SOUTH KOREA (2015)
8. KOREA TIMES PROFILES JUICY GIRLS WORKING TDC VILLE OUTSIDE OF CAMP CASEY (2018)
9. ANYONE WANT TO DATE THIS WOMAN? (2005)
10. A PROFILE OF US MILITARY BASES IN SOUTH KOREA SERIES ARCHIVE (2016)
11. WHAT IS A “TENPRO” GIRL IN SOUTH KOREA? (2017)
12. CONVICTED USFK MURDERER SPEAKS OUT (2006)
13. GI FLASHBACK: THE 1981 INGMAN RANGE MASSACRE (2014)
14. AAFES PLANS TO PHASE OUT ANTHONY’S PIZZA BRAND (2021)
15. A PROFILE OF KOREA’S TEOKGEO-RI VILLE (2011)
16. A PROFILE OF THE BOSAN-DONG VILLE IN DONGDUCHEON, KOREA (2011)
17. A PROFILE OF THE “TDC VILLE”, SOUTH KOREA (2007)
18. KOREAN WOMAN ACQUITTED OF SWITCHING 3-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WITH HER OWN GRANDDAUGHTER WHO WAS FOUND MURDERED (2023)
19. PLAYBOY RANKS THE TOP 10 HOTTEST KOREAN WOMEN (2015)
20. “BIKINI BIKER COUPLE” FACE POSSIBLE CHARGES AFTER RIDING MOTORCYCLE THROUGH GANGNAM (2022)
21. A PROFILE OF CAMP RED CLOUD, SOUTH KOREA (2005)
22. DMZ FLASHBACKS: THE 1970 JAL 351 “YODOGO HIJACKING” (2018)
23. GI FLASHBACKS ARTICLE ARCHIVE (2015)
24. A PROFILE OF CAMP PAGE, SOUTH KOREA (2015)
25. A PROFILE OF USFK CAMPS IN DONGDUCHEON, SOUTH KOREA (2007)

Top 10 Posts from Only 2023

1. INFAMOUS CONVICTED USFK MURDERER, KENNETH MARKLE PASSES AWAY AT AGE 50
2. PICTURE OF THE DAY: KIM JONG-UN MAKES KIDS CRY (2023)
3. KOREAN WOMAN ACQUITTED OF SWITCHING 3-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WITH HER OWN GRANDDAUGHTER WHO WAS FOUND MURDERED
4. ROK DROP OPEN THREAD – AUGUST 18, 2023
5. PICTURE OF THE DAY: CAMBODIAN BOY WHO MET WITH FIRST LADY HAD HEART SURGERY IN SOUTH KOREA
6. PICTURE OF THE DAY: NAKED MARATHON
7. ROK DROP OPEN THREAD – SEPTEMBER 01, 2023
8. PICTURE OF THE DAY: AERIAL REFUELING DRILL
9. SERGEI SHOIGU TURNS UP IN PYONGYANG FOR KOREAN WAR ARMISTICE CELEBRATION
10. DEATH TOLL FROM KOREAN FLOODS RISES TO 40 PEOPLE