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Picture of the Day: Winter Comes Early to Korea
» by GI Korea November 5th, 2009 at 1:00 pm » Comments (0)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="A heavy snow warning was issued for Yeongdong, Gangwon Province on Monday with one week ahead of the onset of winter. A rare scene was featured ...more »US Air Force Personnel Unhappy with Wearing Reflective Belt
» by GI Korea November 5th, 2009 at 9:38 am » Comments (0)
It is pretty humorous to see Air Force personnel griping about the reflective belts: Airmen concerned about becoming glow-in-the-dark targets are sounding off about those shiny Air Force safety belts ...more »Metropolitician Opines on Racism in Korea
» by GI Korea November 5th, 2009 at 4:07 am » Comments (23)
The NY Times article about the bus racism incident in Korea has generated plenty of opinions in the comments section and now Michael Hurt from the Metropolitician has now opined ...more »“Quiet Progress” Supposedly Made with North Korea Negotiations
» by GI Korea November 4th, 2009 at 11:33 pm » Comments (2)
According to the Foreign Policy blog quiet progress is supposedly being made with negotiations with the North Koreans: Despite initial reports that next to nothing was accomplished during last week's discussions ...more »Obama Administration Warns Japan Over Reneging On Okinawa Base Deal
» by GI Korea November 4th, 2009 at 4:39 pm » Comments (6)
It will be interesting to see if the Obama administration has the wherewithal to play hardball against the Japanese or not: The United States warned Tuesday that Japan reneging on a ...more »Picture of the Day: The Daegu Arboretum
» by GI Korea November 4th, 2009 at 12:46 pm » Comments (1)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="The Daegu Arboretum opened in 2002. From 1986-90 the area was an active landfill. Supposedly it sat open and dormant for 6 more years until 1996, ...more »France to Send Delegation to Negotiate with North Korea
» by GI Korea November 4th, 2009 at 8:13 am » Comments (12)
It looks like France wants to make themselves look more relevant in international affairs: Nicolas Sarkozy is once again wading into international diplomacy. After trying a hand at Mideast peace, ...more »USFK Spends Over $1 Million to Install New Gates at Yongsan
» by GI Korea November 4th, 2009 at 2:07 am » Comments (10)
Some of you who work at Yongsan Garrison may now have a new way of entering the facility: Officials are installing seven unmanned pedestrian gates in Area II that will ...more »Korean Punk Kicks Ajumma for Internet Laughs
» by GI Korea November 3rd, 2009 at 9:45 pm » Comments (14)
As you can see Korea has plenty of its own jerks looking to make a name for themselves on the Internet: 10 Korean youths seen in broad daylight kicked an old ...more »Bongsudae Tradition Restarts In Seoul
» by GI Korea November 3rd, 2009 at 4:50 pm » Comments (0)
If you see some smoke coming from the top of Namsan hill in Seoul, now you know what it means: Republic of Korea - The city of Seoul offers many cultural ...more »
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