Monthly Archives: May 2009
Korea’s Newest War Correspondent
» by GI Korea May 29th, 2009 at 12:44 am » Comments (0)
Well it is good to see that the Korean war zone has a new war correspondent with a fake Australian accent. more »Similarities In Reconciliation Between Korea & Iraq
» by GI Korea May 28th, 2009 at 8:18 pm » Comments (7)
Here is the question many Iraqis are asking themselves: As for Abu Wissam, he doesn't know why the people he cheerily said good morning to for decades all of a sudden ...more »Calling Your Wife Ugly May Become A Crime In Malaysia
» by GI Korea May 28th, 2009 at 4:00 pm » Comments (4)
Could you imagine how many ajushis would be fined if this ever became a law in Korea?: Calling your wife ugly to humiliate her may soon be considered an offence under ...more »Picture of the Day: Riot Police Training
» by GI Korea May 28th, 2009 at 12:32 pm » Comments (1)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="520" caption="Over 600 police officers in Gyeonggi-do spent the 20th practicing how to control protestors attacking them with bamboo sticks and spears."][/caption] Via Korea Beat. more »Should Japan Go Nuclear?
» by GI Korea May 28th, 2009 at 11:02 am » Comments (16)
That is the question being asked over at the Marmot's Hole in regards to this video interview with Charles Krauthammer: This is actually something I have heard before other than from ...more »Roh’s Funeral to Be Held Friday at Gyeongbok Palace In Seoul
» by GI Korea May 28th, 2009 at 8:50 am » Comments (4)
Details of former President Roh Moo-hyun's state funeral have been worked out: The government has finalized the details of the funeral for the late former President Roh Moo-hyun, scheduled to take ...more »Nation Wide Vigil to Be Held for Laura Ling & Euna Lee
» by GI Korea May 28th, 2009 at 8:00 am » Comments (6)
Via One Free Korea comes news that a nation wide vigil will be held for the two journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling being held hostage in North Korea: The Facebook ...more »New York Times Profiles Korea’s Urban Fishing
» by GI Korea May 28th, 2009 at 5:49 am » Comments (1)
Just when I thought I have seen it all in Korea some enterprising ajushi has come up with this idea: Like any good fishing spot, this place is obscure and off ...more »What North Korea Really Means In Regards to Withdrawing from the Armistice
» by GI Korea May 27th, 2009 at 8:43 pm » Comments (7)
As I expected the North Koreans are responding in kind to the decison of the South Korean government to join the Proliferation Security Initiative: North Korea threatened military action Wednesday against ...more »Kimchi Can Cure American Obesity?
» by GI Korea May 27th, 2009 at 3:00 pm » Comments (18)
So says this guy who is even making a movie about it: A movie about Kimchi is filming by a Korean director, which will be released in Hollywood and in Korea ...more »





