Monthly Archives: May 2009
Picture of the Day: Communist Uprising at Goje POW Camp
» by GI Korea May 13th, 2009 at 1:00 pm » Comments (0)
[caption id="attachment_13199" align="alignnone" width="500" caption=""Riotous POWs in compound 76 on Koje Island are shown with bundles of personal belonging as if they are ready to move. The POWs hold up ...more »Roh Moo-hyun Used Bribe to Buy Manhattan Apartment
» by GI Korea May 13th, 2009 at 10:42 am » Comments (6)
Isn't it amazing how all the Korean anti-American politicians always seem to have no problem going to the US and in former Korean President Roh Moo-hyun's case even buying an ...more »The Differences Between Stephen Bosworth & Chris Hill
» by GI Korea May 13th, 2009 at 8:37 am » Comments (0)
The Chosun Ilbo today has an article up that is pretty critical of failed North Korea nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill: The only thing U.S. special envoy on North Korea Stephen Bosworth ...more »Courageous Channel Exercise to Kick Off
» by GI Korea May 13th, 2009 at 6:33 am » Comments (0)
The execution of this exercise is going to be real interesting once the full number of military families arrive in Korea with the increase in command sponsorship: The number of participants ...more »Places In Korea: Ulleungdo Island – Part 2
» by GI Korea May 12th, 2009 at 8:31 pm » Comments (2)
Prior Posting: Ulleungdo Island - Part 1 __________________________________ The Dodong-ri Cable Car From the Dokdo Museum my wife and I headed over to the nearby cable car station to catch a ride up ...more »Remembering the Goje Island Incident
» by GI Korea May 12th, 2009 at 4:10 pm » Comments (6)
Seoul based historian Robert Neff who sometimes posts over at the Marmot's Hole has a good article posted over on Oh My News in regards to the Goje Island POW ...more »Picture of the Day: Foreign Women at Haeundae Beach
» by GI Korea May 12th, 2009 at 1:00 pm » Comments (2)
[caption id="attachment_13121" align="alignnone" width="350" caption="Foreign tourists sunbathe at Haeundae Beach in Busan on Wednesday. "][/caption] Via the Chosun Ilbo. By the way isn't this picture illegal? more »US Army War Games North Korean Attack Scenario
» by GI Korea May 12th, 2009 at 7:03 am » Comments (5)
So how likely do people think this US Army war game is to happen: North Korean forces are invading South Korea. Drug gangs along the U.S.-Mexican border are seizing parts of ...more »46 Cents Lost for Every Dollar the US Government Spends
» by GI Korea May 12th, 2009 at 3:20 am » Comments (9)
Considering all the demonization lately of credit card companies, I find this factoid quite interesting: The government will have to borrow nearly 50 cents for every dollar it spends this year, ...more »Places In Korea: Ulleungdo Island – Part 1
» by GI Korea May 11th, 2009 at 8:13 pm » Comments (7)
Background Korea has many islands that are scattered mostly along its southwestern coast line with the nation's most popular vacation island Jejudo sitting even further out to sea. Korea's east coast ...more »





