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Monthly Archives: September 2008
Korean-Americans Who Matter: Michelle Rhee
» by GI Korea September 30th, 2008 at 11:10 am » Comments (18)
Often times we think of public servants such as policemen, firemen, and paramedics as heroes. However, a profession of public servants that does get overlooked for the many heroes it ...more »Movie Review: Pork Chop Hill (1959)
» by USinKorea September 30th, 2008 at 12:41 am » Comments (3)
Pork Chop Hill is a traditional war film - (unlike Steel Helmet (1951)). (I am not suggesting any more or less value in either film by saying that....) Pork Chop ...more »27 Sep – 2 Oct 1904 Russo-Japanese War News
» by USinKorea September 29th, 2008 at 4:25 pm » Comments (0)
27 Fourth Army Forming to Strike Kuropatkin It is now evident that as soon as the fourth Japanese army at Sian-chan is sufficiently strong the Japanese intend to resort ...more »Command Sponsorship Increase Announced in 2ID
» by GI Korea September 29th, 2008 at 4:51 am » Comments (21)
This is great news for some people getting stationed in 2ID: For the first time, the majority of servicemembers in parts of U.S. Army Garrison-Red Cloud will be able to ...more »Movie Review: Steel Helmet (1951) – Korean War
» by USinKorea September 29th, 2008 at 12:27 am » Comments (15)
This is not your typical war movie. There isn't much fighting action in it, and it's a 1951 black&white, artsy film. It is also the first Korean War movie made - which makes ...more »ROK Drop Weekly Linklets – 28SEP08
» by GI Korea September 28th, 2008 at 10:20 am » Comments (0)
The Koreas: Korea Beat has the Top 10 Naver news stories of the week. Speaking of Naver they are officially the top email service in Korea now. Long time K-blogger Michael Hurt currently ...more »Air Force Introduces New Uniform Requirement
» by GI Korea September 27th, 2008 at 8:38 pm » Comments (2)
Enjoy wearing your dress uniforms you Air Force guys!: Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz is requiring most airmen to wear their blue uniforms every Monday beginning Sept. 8, ...more »1st Presidential Debate & North Korea Policy
» by GI Korea September 27th, 2008 at 8:09 am » Comments (28)
Like many Americans I watched the Presidential debate last night and my overall impressions of the debate was that John McCain was more knowledgeable then Barack Obama on the issues, ...more »Korea Signs Oil Contracts with Iraq
» by GI Korea September 27th, 2008 at 2:53 am » Comments (0)
Like have always said, 2,300 Korean businessmen would do more for Iraq then the 2,300 Korean soldiers they sent: South Korea, Asia's third-biggest oil buyer, agreed to explore for petroleum ...more »11 Chinese Fishermen Arrested After Murder of Korean Coast Guard Official
» by GI Korea September 26th, 2008 at 10:05 pm » Comments (12)
I have posted before about Chinese fishermen intruding into Korean waters and the impotence of the Korean Coast Guard to do anything about it. Well now the Chinese fishermen may ...more »
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