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Monthly Archives: October 2009
Picture of the Day: Ghana Tops South Korea In Under-20 World Cup
» by GI Korea October 10th, 2009 at 12:54 pm » Comments (7)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="499" caption="Oct. 10, SUEZ, Egypt -- South Korea was defeated by Ghana 2-3 in the Under-20 World Cup quarterfinals in Suez, Egypt on Oct. 10, missing a ...more »Japan’s Foreign Minister Says Government Will Renegotiate Okinawa Troop Reduction Plan
» by GI Korea October 10th, 2009 at 1:49 am » Comments (9)
It is going to be interesting to see how this plays out: Japan’s new foreign minister on Wednesday again stressed the need for renewed talks about a long-term plan to realign ...more »Itaewon King Club Brawl Trial Ends with Mistrial
» by GI Korea October 9th, 2009 at 7:00 pm » Comments (10)
What an absolute mess this CID investigation of the King Club brawl in Itaewon has turned into: The court-martial of a military policeman accused of participating in a street brawl ended ...more »Picture of the Day: Mangwolsa Temple
» by GI Korea October 9th, 2009 at 1:38 pm » Comments (0)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Mangwolsa Temple was founded by the great monk Haehohwasang in the 8th year of the reign of King Seondeok (AD639) during the Silla Kingdom as a ...more »South Korea to Decrease Defense Spending
» by GI Korea October 9th, 2009 at 8:37 am » Comments (5)
Even with the spending decrease, a 7.9% increase in defense spending is still a significant increase: South Korea is slowing down its defense spending. Next year, the defense budget will be ...more »Lee Myung-bak Congratulates Obama On Nobel Peace Prize Award
» by GI Korea October 9th, 2009 at 7:06 am » Comments (12)
I think President Obama was as surprised to win this award as most Americans were to hear that he had won it as well: South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Saturday ...more »AFN Two Minute Report On the Incheon Landing
» by GI Korea October 9th, 2009 at 4:22 am » Comments (1)
You can read more about the Incheon Landing Operation here. Plus see what the landing site looks like today here, here, and here. more »Daewoo Rated One of the Worst Cars of the Decade
» by GI Korea October 8th, 2009 at 10:45 pm » Comments (7)
Yahoo Autos has their list out for the worst cars of the decade and unsurprisingly to me, anything made by Daewoo made the list: 9. Daewoo Anything 1999-2002 We had just tested a ...more »USFK Court Martial Results for September 2009
» by GI Korea October 8th, 2009 at 7:44 pm » Comments (10)
This month there was a whole lot of court martial and ROK criminal prosecutions. What I found interesting this month is that another soldier was found not guilty of rape ...more »Is Warrent Buffett the Answer to the North Korean Issue?
» by GI Korea October 8th, 2009 at 4:45 pm » Comments (2)
Forbes has an article out about what countries America's richest billionaires could buy and guess what, Warren Buffett has enough money to buy North Korea: Warren Buffett's net worth equals North ...more »
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