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Monthly Archives: February 2009
Korean ‘Ghost Airports’ Abandoned
» by Bill February 9th, 2009 at 5:15 am » Comments (2)
What is it about North Asia countries building airports nobody will fly to. On the afternoon of Feb. 2, cold winds swept into the passenger terminal of Yangyang International Airport in ...more »Richard Holbrooke Appointed As US Envoy to South Asia
» by GI Korea February 8th, 2009 at 5:58 pm » Comments (0)
It is becoming clearer why Richard Holbrooke interceded to get failed North Korean nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill appointed as the US Ambassador to Iraq: President Barack Obama has taken great care ...more »Picture of the Day: A.Q. Khan Released
» by GI Korea February 8th, 2009 at 1:09 pm » Comments (0)
The man that was responsible for smuggling nuclear technology to advance the North Korean nuclear program has been released: The US Congress will weigh Pakistan's decision to release nuclear scientist Abdul ...more »Hillary Clinton is Coming to Korea this Month
» by GI Korea February 8th, 2009 at 11:04 am » Comments (0)
Not before visiting Japan first though: Japan on Friday welcomed U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's decision to visit from Feb. 16 to 18, the first stop on her maiden ...more »ATEK Lobbies for Equal Hiring Standards for English Teachers
» by GI Korea February 8th, 2009 at 4:30 am » Comments (50)
There has been a recent campaign by the Association for Teachers of English in Korea for equal treatment of foreign English teachers in Korea. Here is an ATEK press release ...more »Kim Jong-il Says He Wants Space Program
» by GI Korea February 7th, 2009 at 3:47 pm » Comments (6)
The North Koreans are taking a cue from the Iranians, when you want to test fire your long range missiles, just say they are part of your space program: NORTH Korea ...more »Picture of the Day: USFK Servicemembers Hit the Slopes
» by GI Korea February 7th, 2009 at 1:01 pm » Comments (0)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="450" caption="Ski lessons for friendship: Service members of the Korea-U.S. Combined Forces Command (CFC) pose at a ski resort in Hoengseong, Gangwon Province. The CFC organizes a ...more »Army Staff Sergeant Jailed for BAH Fraud
» by GI Korea February 7th, 2009 at 11:45 am » Comments (31)
For all you idiots out there trying to commit housing fraud, don't do it, especially if you put San Francisco as your home of record: An Army staff sergeant was sentenced ...more »$40.8 Million of USFK Contact Funding Lost as Waste Army Audit Finds
» by GI Korea February 7th, 2009 at 6:51 am » Comments (18)
For anyone who spent any length of time serving in USFK, this recent report of the spending waste going on within USFK should not be surprising: Army commands in South Korea ...more »Why Not to Get Drunk at the Subway
» by GI Korea February 6th, 2009 at 10:38 pm » Comments (7)
Via Gusts of Popular Feeling comes this video of a drunk man nearly killing himself at a subway station in Seoul: Yes this guy was extremely lucky that the people at ...more »
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