Monthly Archives: February 2009

Val Kilmer Wants to Replace Bill Richardson as Governor of New Mexico

» by GI Korea February 6th, 2009 at 9:24 am » Comments (5)

UPDATE: This Ain't Hell has more on Val Kilmer and his suggestion he wants to run for governor of New Mexico. ________________________________________ New Mexico Governor Kim Jong-Bill Richardson may have more to ...more »

PD Diary Blames Police for Yongsan Fire

» by GI Korea February 6th, 2009 at 8:13 am » Comments (2)

MBC's PD Diary, the same program behind the creation of the false mad cow fears has now aired a program trying to blame the police for the fire that killed ...more »

Australian golfer Anna Rawson regrets dykes comment

» by Bill February 6th, 2009 at 7:58 am » Comments (6)

What is so controversial that she felt a need to apologize? From the Sydney Daily Telegraph- AUSTRALIAN glamour girl Anna Rawson said she was trying to promote golf in a radio ...more »

Picture of the Day: Japan SDF’s Namdaemun Ice Sculpture

» by GI Korea February 6th, 2009 at 7:50 am » Comments (5)

[caption id="attachment_11098" align="alignnone" width="450" caption="Snow sculpture of Namdaemun: Japan’s Self-Defense Force personnel put the finishing touches on Korea’s historic gate of Namdaemun made of snow in preparation for the 60th ...more »

Kim Jong-il in Search of Love

» by GI Korea February 6th, 2009 at 7:04 am » Comments (0)

Via DPRK Studies comes this news that Kim Jong-il desite his recent health problems would like to find love: more »

Survey: North Koreans Do Not Know About International Food Aid

» by GI Korea February 6th, 2009 at 3:49 am » Comments (1)

This is really not surprising considering how much of the food is confiscated for use by the regime and the military before people even see it: [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="220" caption=""][/caption] A ...more »

Golden Klog Awards Announced

» by GI Korea February 6th, 2009 at 1:28 am » Comments (1)

The Golden Klog award voting has finished and unfortunately the ROK Drop didn't win anything, but I actually did get to find a few new blogs I didn't know about ...more »

Is it Kim Yu-na or Yu-na Kim?

» by GI Korea February 5th, 2009 at 10:42 pm » Comments (4)

That is what people in the figuring skating world are wondering as the Korean figure skating sensation continues to shine: Only when China’s Lu Chen was on the cusp of a ...more »

Zinni Snubbed By Obama Administration to Make Way for Chris Hill

» by GI Korea February 5th, 2009 at 5:31 pm » Comments (8)

Earlier in the week it was announced that failed North Korean nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill would become the US Ambassador to Iraq. This caused wide surprise considering Hill's poor track ...more »