Monthly Archives: July 2009
Documentary About Life In North Korean Gulag
» by GI Korea July 21st, 2009 at 3:31 pm » Comments (3)
Via DPRK Forum comes this video from Journeyman Pictures that features the stories of North Korean defectors such as Shin Dong-hyuk who was born into and escaped from North Korea's ...more »Elclipse to Happen In Korea Wednesday
» by GI Korea July 21st, 2009 at 3:12 pm » Comments (3)
Take not that a eclipse is set to happen Wednesday night in Korea: The longest solar eclipse this century will result in midday twilight Wednesday as the moon passes between ...more »Picture of the Day: Walking On Water
» by GI Korea July 21st, 2009 at 1:00 pm » Comments (1)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Two women walk down a set of stairs in front of the Yeongwol county office in Gangwon Province on July 14. A painting of a waterfall ...more »Five AAFES Employees Busted In Multi-Million Dollar Blackmarketing Scheme
» by GI Korea July 21st, 2009 at 11:22 am » Comments (69)
The annual bust of one high profile USFK blackmarketing scheme has been announced: Almost $8 million in goods were stolen from Camp Stanley over the course of a year in ...more »Lockheed-Martin & South Korea to Jointly Export AEGIS Ships
» by GI Korea July 21st, 2009 at 9:49 am » Comments (0)
The defense sector continues to be a big growth industry for the South Korean economy: South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries and Lockheed Martin of the United States plan to build a ...more »Camp Humphreys Warrant Officer Jailed for Elaborate Fraud Scheme
» by GI Korea July 21st, 2009 at 7:12 am » Comments (1)
This is the first time I have seen a scam like this pulled off before, interestingly enough it was done by a warrant officer: An Army helicopter pilot in South Korea ...more »British Documentary About the Korean War – Summer of 1950
» by GI Korea July 21st, 2009 at 2:01 am » Comments (1)
Episode 8 - Summer of 1950: This episode outlines the great expansion of the US defense budget in response to a new US policy outlined in NSC-68; an expansion that made ...more »John Kerry & Al Gore to Head to Pyongyang?
» by GI Korea July 20th, 2009 at 6:46 pm » Comments (28)
Via a reader tip comes news that two failed US Presidential candidates could be heading to Pyongyang to secure the release of the two US hostages there: The U.S. and North ...more »Lee Myung-bak Featured On South Park
» by GI Korea July 20th, 2009 at 3:03 pm » Comments (4)
Its official, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has made the big time by being featured on a recent episode of South Park: Via ROK Sojourn. more »Picture of the Day: Haeundae Beach Horse Racing
» by GI Korea July 20th, 2009 at 1:00 pm » Comments (3)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Jockeys race horses owned by the Korea Racing Authority along a 1 km Haeundae Beach track in Busan Wednesday to mark the beach's summer opening. Nine ...more »





