Monthly Archives: August 2005
Saturday Showdown at Camp Humphrey’s
» by GI Korea August 31st, 2005 at 11:19 am » Comments (3)
You might not want to head over to Camp Humphreys on Saturday: South Korean civic groups are banding together to press the U.S. military to deny a request from a U.S. ...more »Then and Now: Chorwon Worker’s Party Building
» by GI Korea August 31st, 2005 at 7:07 am » Comments (1)
Then: 1951 North Korean Worker's Party Building in Chorwon Now: The Worker's Party Building Today more »No More Ajushi
» by GI Korea August 31st, 2005 at 6:36 am » Comments (14)
This is going to be a tough practice to change: The name tags would help avoid the common practice of soldiers addressing South Korean base workers as “ajoshi†(uncle) or ...more »Defense Minister Speaks Up on MacArthur Controversy
» by GI Korea August 31st, 2005 at 4:59 am » Comments (3)
The South Korean Defense Minister defends the MacArthur statue in Incheon: On his one-year anniversary as the head of the Defense Ministry, Defense Minister Yoon Kwang-ung publicly opposed yesterday the removal ...more »Deceased ROK Soldiers Honored
» by GI Korea August 31st, 2005 at 4:59 am » Comments (2)
Deceased ROK soldiers were honored yesterday in a ceremony in Seongnam. The soldiers drowned during training near the Imjim River near the DMZ. This isn't the first time soldiers ...more »The Media and Nogun-ri
» by GI Korea August 31st, 2005 at 4:58 am » Comments (2)
Here is an article by Yonhap that chronicles a visit to Korea by a group of California college students who during their trip visited the site of the Nogun-ri ...more »6 Way Talks and Human Rights
» by GI Korea August 31st, 2005 at 4:58 am » Comments (1)
The One Free Korea site has a great posting about the current status of the 6 way talks and the refusal of South Korea to back the US's stance ...more »Pedestrians Leading Cause of Fatal Car Accidents
» by GI Korea August 30th, 2005 at 7:08 am » Comments (6)
Thanks to Nomad for pointing this unsurprising piece of information out: Nearly four out of 10 persons who died from car accidents last year were pedestrians, a much higher figure than ...more »Korea and the US Agree On Something
» by GI Korea August 30th, 2005 at 5:49 am » Comments (0)
At least Korea and the US agree on one thing, the ineffectiveness of the Kyoto protocol: It will be impossible for emerging industrial powers such as China and South Korea ever ...more »This is Why the US Won’t Fight A War With China
» by GI Korea August 30th, 2005 at 5:01 am » Comments (4)
Boeing signs $6 billion deal with China: China plans to sign a deal next month to buy 50 Boeing 787 Dreamliner jetliners in a deal worth $6 billion (€4.5 billion), the ...more »




