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General Sharp Answers Questions During Teleconference
» by GI Korea December 22nd, 2009 at 5:00 pm » Comments (28)
Last week USFK Commanding General Walter Sharp had a teleconference with a number of journalists and bloggers. I was actually invited by DOD Public Affairs to participate in the teleconference, ...more »Picture of the Day: Cutting the Wedding Tuna
» by GI Korea December 22nd, 2009 at 1:00 pm » Comments (5)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="490" caption="A company in Kanagawa prefecture has offered tuna-cutting marriage ceremonies for about 10 years now. This particular couple has purchased a 100kg BigEye tuna for their ...more »Environmentalists Recommend Eating Your Dog Before Getting Rid of SUV
» by GI Korea December 22nd, 2009 at 7:36 am » Comments (24)
Maybe the alarmists can use this to explain the Miedeval Warm Period, civilizations back then just owned a lot of dogs! [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="213" caption=" A man walks his dog ...more »A Historical Look at English Teaching In Korea
» by GI Korea December 22nd, 2009 at 3:00 am » Comments (12)
Matt over at Gusts of Popular Feeling has a very interesting look at English teaching in Korea in the 1980's: If memory serves me right there was a Frenchman who was ...more »South Korean Pool Champ Cha Yu-ram Says She Is Not Pursuing Modeling Career
» by GI Korea December 21st, 2009 at 10:29 pm » Comments (11)
If you haven't had your daily dose of tabloid headlines for the day, here you go: South Korea's pin-up pool player Cha Yu-ram has insisted she has no plans to switch ...more »Army Captain Convicted for Corruption
» by GI Korea December 21st, 2009 at 4:57 pm » Comments (6)
It is amazing how many people have been gettting busted in recent years for corruption in contracting in Iraq: An Army captain from Oregon pleaded guilty Monday to charges that he ...more »Picture of the Day: Political Shoving Match
» by GI Korea December 21st, 2009 at 1:00 pm » Comments (2)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="About 40 lawmakers from the main opposition Democratic Party occupied the conference room of the Budget and Account Committee of the National Assembly yesterday morning to ...more »Drunken Swedes face deportation from Thailand
» by Bill December 21st, 2009 at 10:25 am » Comments (6)
The man didn't have his passport and his companion's hair was tangled. A homeless couple from Sweden face imminent deportation for overstaying their permits to stay. Lt Col Boonlert Onklang of the ...more »Starting Next Year Foreign Brides Will Need to Learn Korean to Marry
» by GI Korea December 21st, 2009 at 7:22 am » Comments (67)
If you are a foreign bride looking to marry a Korean you best start learning the language: South Korea wants foreign women planning to marry local men learn Korean well enough ...more »Auschwitz sign thieves detained
» by Bill December 21st, 2009 at 6:27 am » Comments (1)
January marks the 65th anniversary of the Soviets liberating the concentration camp. From Reuters- Polish police detained five men on Monday for stealing the metal sign that hung over the former ...more »
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