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Monthly Archives: January 2009
China Announces Crackdown on Google
» by GI Korea January 6th, 2009 at 4:35 am » Comments (1)
It looks like Google has run afoul of the Chinese government: CHINA announced today that it was cracking down on major websites, including search engine giants Google and Baidu, over ...more »Korea Finder 01-09
» by GI Korea January 6th, 2009 at 2:23 am » Comments (7)
Here is a little different Korea Finder for a New Year; who can answer this question?: Who is the Korean King who is described as being seven feet tall? Here are this ...more »Gay Korean Movie Star Rescues USFK Soldier Who Burned Down His Restaurant
» by GI Korea January 5th, 2009 at 10:56 pm » Comments (3)
This has to be one of the weirdest GI crime headlines I have read yet: An 8th Army soldier allegedly set fire to an Itaewon restaurant after a night of ...more »Korean Opposition Ends National Assembly Sit In
» by GI Korea January 5th, 2009 at 7:20 pm » Comments (0)
It appears a Korean version of a filibuster has ended similarly to how filibusters in the US are ended: South Korea's opposition party ended a 10-day sit-in protest at the National ...more »Kathleen Stephens Most Popular US Ambassador in History?
» by GI Korea January 5th, 2009 at 3:10 pm » Comments (2)
It looks like US Ambassador to Korea Kathleen Stephens is making a good first impression in Korea: As soon as I asked Ambassador Kathleen Stephens “what’s the secret to your apparently ...more »Picture of the Day: Soedaemun Prison
» by GI Korea January 5th, 2009 at 12:39 pm » Comments (0)
One of the most unusual things to do in the Seoul area, is a trip to the Soedaemun Prison. I say unusual simply because you wouldn’t think of a former ...more »USFK to Complete Camp Humphreys Move By 2014
» by GI Korea January 5th, 2009 at 10:45 am » Comments (6)
So does anyone think this latest deadline to complete the USFK transformation going to hold?: [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="265" caption="Artists depiction of new barracks facilities at Camp Humphreys"][/caption] South Korea and the ...more »Sex Crimes in South Korea
» by USinKorea January 5th, 2009 at 9:22 am » Comments (0)
``He committed sexual assaults against his daughter continuously with the abuse getting worse which left indelible psychological damage during the important period for personality development,'' the court said in the ...more »Question Regarding LQA in Korea
» by GI Korea January 5th, 2009 at 7:43 am » Comments (30)
I had an e-mail request to start a thread about LQA (Living Quarters Allowance) for US civilians working in Korea. The e-mailer made a good point about how LQA has ...more »Will South Korea Buy Global Hawks from the US?
» by GI Korea January 5th, 2009 at 3:48 am » Comments (4)
After initially denying Korea the ability to buy Global Hawks now it appears with the election of Lee Myung-bak that the US is now interested again in selling the UAV ...more »
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