Monthly Archives: November 2008
ROK Drop Weekly Linklets – 30NOV08
» by GI Korea November 30th, 2008 at 12:53 pm » Comments (1)
The Koreas Korean pop singer Rain's "Magic Stick" has been banned by Korean authorities. A new English only radio station in Seoul is going to premier next month and one of the ...more »Kunsan Commander Lost His Job Due to Inspection Failure
» by GI Korea November 30th, 2008 at 7:05 am » Comments (6)
Well the details on why former 8th Fighter Wing Commander Colonel Bryan Bearden lost his job have now come out: The former commander of Kunsan Air Base was relieved of his ...more »South Koreans Escape Mumbai Terrorists
» by GI Korea November 29th, 2008 at 10:33 pm » Comments (9)
This group of South Korean diplomats and businessmen were lucky to escape this terrorist attack: All 26 South Koreans escaped unharmed from a Mumbai hotel where a group of heavily-armed terrorists took ...more »US Beef On Shelves of All Major Korean Supermarkets
» by GI Korea November 29th, 2008 at 6:20 pm » Comments (10)
It is interesting how people's pocketbooks ultimately have a way of overcoming irrational paranoia: South Korea's supermarket chains resumed selling U.S. beef Thursday, nearly five months after the government lifted an import ban ...more »Winter Weather Hits Gangwon-do
» by GI Korea November 29th, 2008 at 3:14 pm » Comments (0)
Here is a nice picture of the snow covered Hangyeryeong Pass in Gangwon-do: Nov. 28, YANGYANG, South Korea -- A steep section of the Hangyeryeong Pass in Gangwon Province is covered ...more »Artillerymen Raise Thousands of Dollars for Korean Orphanage
» by GI Korea November 29th, 2008 at 12:14 pm » Comments (1)
Here was a great idea implemented by this platoon of artillerymen in 2ID to help out a Korean orphanage: South Korea — The next time the Big Three automakers need fundraising ...more »Video of Kim Jong-il’s Dancing Girls
» by GI Korea November 29th, 2008 at 1:16 am » Comments (2)
Who knows if this video is authentic or not but it has been fairly well documented that Kim Jong-il kept a special detachment of dancing girls for his own private ...more »New Essay Contest
» by GI Korea November 28th, 2008 at 2:09 pm » Comments (0)
One Free Korea has word on another Why Are These Worthless Islands Korean Land Essay Contest. more »Old Chinese Army Photographs from the Korean War
» by GI Korea November 28th, 2008 at 12:51 pm » Comments (4)
Via the Marmot's Hole comes this link to some great photographs of the Chinese People Liberation Army (PLA) during the Korean War. Here is a sample of some of these ...more »Court Rules that Family Can Keep Teenager they Raped
» by GI Korea November 28th, 2008 at 8:09 am » Comments (12)
Some how I missed this from earlier in the week but what a horrible story this is: A court handed down suspended jail terms to four family members who repeatedly raped ...more »




