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Monthly Archives: May 2008

President Lee Visits Chinese Earthquake Disaster Area

» by GI Korea May 31st, 2008 at 10:59 am » Comments (5)

Korean President Lee Myung-bak has become the first world leader to tour the devastated Chinese Sichuan Province: President Lee Myung-bak has visited China's Sichuan Province, becoming the first foreign leader ...more »

John McCain Promotes League of Democracies

» by GI Korea May 31st, 2008 at 9:57 am » Comments (5)

Now here is an idea I like: Gaining ground this political season is a proposed League of Democracies designed to strengthen support for the next president's overseas agenda and ensure a ...more »

Fox News Employee Sues Over PTSD

» by GI Korea May 30th, 2008 at 7:00 pm » Comments (0)

PTSD is a real issue that the military has been working hard to address. However, stories like this one below show how easy it is for anyone to claim ...more »

Mt. Jiri Featured in Lonely Planet Blue List Book

» by GI Korea May 30th, 2008 at 11:56 am » Comments (1)

I have browsed through these Lonely Planet Blue List books before when I visited the book store but have not found anything in them that makes them really worth buying. ...more »

Was Marine Caught Promoting Christianity in Iraq?

» by GI Korea May 30th, 2008 at 9:00 am » Comments (25)

Let me just tell everyone it would be wise to wait for more information to come out on this before condemning the soldier considering the original report is coming from ...more »

North Korea Looking to Export GPS Jammers

» by GI Korea May 30th, 2008 at 8:08 am » Comments (1)

I have to wonder if these GPS jammers work as well as the ones used during the second Iraq War?: South Korean intelligence authorities have reportedly learned that North Korea has ...more »

A Message from the Queen

» by GI Korea May 30th, 2008 at 6:33 am » Comments (9)

It is not often that I get messages from royalty but I got one today: To the citizens of the United States of America from Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth ...more »

Who to Believe, the CIA or North Korea?

» by GI Korea May 29th, 2008 at 10:50 pm » Comments (9)

Leave it to McClatchy to claim that documents given to the US by North Korea are more credible then CIA intelligence assessments: Thousands of pages of nuclear ...more »

Recommended North Korea Refugee Video

» by GI Korea May 29th, 2008 at 6:44 pm » Comments (0)

I highly recommend that everyone go right now and watch this video documentary via OFK of North Korean refugees escaping North Korea to Thailand via China. more »

Korea Increases Defense Cooperation with Turkey

» by GI Korea May 29th, 2008 at 4:16 pm » Comments (5)

Korea ties with Middle East military power Turkey continues to expand: South Korea and Turkey on Tuesday signed an agreement on mutual logistics support, enabling smooth exchanges of military munitions during ...more »

How to Be A Military Millionaire

» by GI Korea May 29th, 2008 at 10:12 am » Comments (6)

Do you want to be a millionaire one day?  Forget about teaching English in Korea to meet your financial goals, you might just want to consider joining the military: ...more »

Japanese Airport Security Loses Weed

» by GI Korea May 29th, 2008 at 7:18 am » Comments (3)

If people think airport security in the US is incompetent check this out: Customs regulations specify that a training suitcase be used for such exercises, but the ...more »