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Monthly Archives: January 2005
History of Hof
» by GI Korea January 31st, 2005 at 8:53 am » Comments (4)
All over Korea you see Hof bars (I would use Hangul but my blog software won't support it) that serve a variety of mainly Korean beers. I always thought the ...more »Update on ROK Army Iraq Deployment
» by GI Korea January 31st, 2005 at 8:50 am » Comments (0)
The Oranckay had a link to an interesting article in the St. Petersburg Times about the ROK Army's deployment to Iraq. Korea has just 3,600 soldiers in Iraq compared ...more »Show Girls Not a New Thing in Korea
» by GI Korea January 31st, 2005 at 8:49 am » Comments (0)
Andrei Lankov North Korea Zone has written another interesting article, but this time it is for the Korea Times. This article is about the development of the Korean bus industry ...more »Weekend Snow Storm
» by GI Korea January 30th, 2005 at 8:53 am » Comments (0)
Saturday morning opened up with a needed snow storm. In the 2ID area we have had snow flurries so far this year but nothing significant. This weekend's storm actually ...more »Japan Gripped by Jun-al
» by GI Korea January 29th, 2005 at 8:55 am » Comments (0)
The theme the past year in Japan has been "Pure Love" or Jun-al in Japanese. According to the Japan Times this crazes was started by the hit Korean drama ...more »Exotic Ins and Outs of Marrying a Foreigner
» by GI Korea January 29th, 2005 at 8:54 am » Comments (3)
This Japan Times article about relationships between Japanese women and westerners is quite interesting given the fact that Japan has actually published manuals about meeting foreign men. Some of the magazines ...more »Ville Memories: Suicide Bomber Ajushi
» by GI Korea January 28th, 2005 at 8:56 am » Comments (3)
Here is a only in 2ID story for you. Last night a drunk Korean man made threats to some soldiers about a suicide bombing in the ville. The MP's then ...more »UN Food for Missiles Program
» by GI Korea January 25th, 2005 at 8:56 am » Comments (0)
North Korea is going around making inflammatory claims about possessing nuclear weapons again according to a Korea Times report. The North made the claim to an American congressional delegation which visited ...more »Economic Impacts of US Troop Pullout in South Korea
» by GI Korea January 23rd, 2005 at 8:59 am » Comments (1)
The Asia Times is running an article about the impacts of the US troop withdrawal from South Korea. The most interesting part of the article I found was the ...more »They Should Have Put It Behind Glass
» by GI Korea January 23rd, 2005 at 8:59 am » Comments (1)
A sculpture by Salvador Dali was damged in Pusan by to many spectators touching the sculpture. Misfortune has befallen a priceless sculpture by Spanish artist Salvador Dali paying homage to the ...more »
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