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Monthly Archives: January 2009
Picture of the Day: Kids Enjoy Hwacheon Trout Festival
» by GI Korea January 21st, 2009 at 1:42 pm » Comments (1)
[caption id="attachment_10674" align="alignnone" width="500" caption=" Many visitors are enjoying barehanded fishing and ice fishing at the 7th Trout Festival in Hwacheon, Gangwon Province. Over the weekend, some 200-thousand people took ...more »Pocheon Officials Angered By Forest Fire at Rodriguez Range
» by GI Korea January 21st, 2009 at 10:22 am » Comments (5)
A recent forest fire out at Rodriguez Range has some local Pocheon city officials pissed off: [caption id="" align="alignright" width="180" caption="An Apache helicopter fires a rocket at the Korea Training Center."][/caption] A ...more »Investigation Into Deadly Building Fire Continues
» by GI Korea January 21st, 2009 at 9:22 am » Comments (1)
The building fire that killed six people in Seoul has now made it on to CNN as the investigation into the fire continues: [caption id="" align="alignright" width="292" caption="Six people including a ...more »Busan Man Convicted of Marital Rape Commits Suicide
» by GI Korea January 21st, 2009 at 7:22 am » Comments (0)
Last week a man in Busan became the first person convicted of marital rape in South Korea. He of course didn't receive any jail time which isn't suprising for rape ...more »Sixteen Asiatic Black Bears Survive On Mt. Jiri
» by GI Korea January 20th, 2009 at 11:38 pm » Comments (2)
Well it is good to see the black bears are doing well on Mt. Jiri: An Asiatic black bear in Mt. Jiri National Park demonstrated a new way of hibernating by ...more »Where I Was When Barack Obama Became President, & Other Comments
» by GI Korea January 20th, 2009 at 10:27 pm » Comments (52)
Today was one of those days that people are supposed to remember for the rest of their lives with the inauguration of America's first minority President, Barack Obama. Well if ...more »Park Chan-ho Announces Retirement from National Team
» by GI Korea January 20th, 2009 at 4:00 pm » Comments (0)
It is sad to see Park Chan-ho nearing the end of his pitching career because he really has been a great sporting legend for South Korea: [caption id="" align="alignright" width="200" caption="Philadelphia ...more »Picture of the Day: Foreigners Learn About Seollal
» by GI Korea January 20th, 2009 at 1:21 pm » Comments (2)
[caption id="attachment_10667" align="alignnone" width="450" caption="‘Charye’: Foreign nationals on their knees bow at “charye,” or worshiping of ancestors, at an event to give them the opportunity to learn about Seollal or ...more »Tom Cruise In South Korea Saying He Wants to Kill Hitler
» by GI Korea January 20th, 2009 at 10:39 am » Comments (3)
Look who is in South Korea promoting his latest movie: [caption id="" align="alignright" width="226" caption="Tom Cruise in his latest movie Valkyrie"][/caption] Tom Cruise says playing an anti-Hitler plotter in his latest movie ...more »Six Die In Fire During Building Protest
» by GI Korea January 20th, 2009 at 8:27 am » Comments (7)
Considering how violent protests in Korea can be, I find it amazing at times that more tragic incidents like this don't happen: [caption id="" align="alignright" width="220" caption="Apartment Fire in Seoul that ...more »
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