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Monthly Archives: January 2009
If You Need a Good Laugh Today — NK Peacekeepers
» by USinKorea January 22nd, 2009 at 3:32 pm » Comments (13)
The North Korean army should form part of peacekeeping forces to help reconstruct war-ravaged Afghanistan ? if Pyongyang normalizes relations with the United States, an opposition lawmaker said Thursday. In ...more »More of Gyeongbok Palace to Be Open to the Public
» by GI Korea January 22nd, 2009 at 3:20 pm » Comments (0)
This is good news for everyone that likes to walk around Korea's old palaces: The rear garden and surrounding mansions of Seoul's Gyeongbok Palace will be opened to the public for ...more »Picture of the Day: A Snow Covered Village
» by GI Korea January 22nd, 2009 at 1:15 pm » Comments (0)
[caption id="attachment_10686" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Between the clouds, a village in the South Jeolla Province covered in snow on Friday, January 16. (Yonhap News) "][/caption] more »New Whitehouse.gov Website Says Little About North Korea Policy
» by GI Korea January 22nd, 2009 at 10:28 am » Comments (2)
Over at Whitehouse.gov they have a new spiffy website promoting President Barack Obama's agenda. There is little specific about North Korea policy on the site but here is what I ...more »Korea Will Not Renegotiate US-ROK FTA
» by GI Korea January 22nd, 2009 at 8:19 am » Comments (2)
I'm surprised anyone still thinks the ROK-US Free Trade Agreement still stands a chance of happening: Trade Minister Kim Jong-hoon says the government won't have to comply with a request for ...more »Korean Blogger Indicted for Spreading Rumors
» by GI Korea January 22nd, 2009 at 7:19 am » Comments (1)
This is a strange case where a Korean Internet blogger is being indicted for spreading false rumors: South Korean prosecutors indicted a blogger on Thursday who had warned of financial ...more »AWOL Soldiers in Canada Face Deportation
» by GI Korea January 22nd, 2009 at 3:44 am » Comments (10)
It looks like guys like ROK Drop certified useful idiot Joshua Key may end up in a US jail after all: [caption id="" align="alignright" width="160" caption="Joshua Key"][/caption] Liberal and New Democrat parliamentarians ...more »National Geographic On Escaping North Korea
» by GI Korea January 21st, 2009 at 11:34 pm » Comments (3)
I recommend everyone go and read the article in this month's National Geographic written by Tom O'neill and photographed by Chien-chi Chang, that shows in great detail the plight of ...more »North Koreans Caught Again with Equipment Tainted with Uranium
» by GI Korea January 21st, 2009 at 9:05 pm » Comments (0)
Yes, the North Koreans never do learn as yet again they were caught with equipment tainted with uranium: The U.S. found particles of highly enriched uranium on a component used in ...more »Korean Students Alleged to be Illegally Enrolled in USFK Schools
» by GI Korea January 21st, 2009 at 3:52 pm » Comments (11)
Well now it appears that not only is fraudulent adoption going on to get Korean students into schools on USFK military bases, but at least four students are Korean nationals ...more »
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