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Monthly Archives: December 2009
Drug Smuggling Principal Shirley Lane Handed Suspended Sentence In Japan
» by GI Korea December 21st, 2009 at 4:25 am » Comments (12)
The Japanese sure are lighter on foreigners who smuggle drugs into the country than Korea is: The Tokyo District Court on Wednesday sentenced Shirley Lane, 59, a former principal at ...more »ROK Drop Weekly Linklets – December 20, 2009
» by GI Korea December 20th, 2009 at 4:30 pm » Comments (11)
The Koreas: I continue to find it interesting how worked up people are about a missing sign at a concentration camp closed decades ago yet could care less about the concentration ...more »Picture of the Day: Sledding Fun In Seoul
» by GI Korea December 20th, 2009 at 1:00 pm » Comments (1)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="477" caption="A snow sledding park for children opened in Neung-dong in Seoul on December 18. Various events such as fishing and ice sculpting are being held. ...more »Army Testing New Camouflage Pattern In Afghanistan
» by GI Korea December 20th, 2009 at 10:19 am » Comments (26)
I thought the purpose of the ACU's was to offer soldiers one uniform for deployments and now four years later we are looking at yet another uniform change?: Soldiers heading to ...more »Bus Crash Kills 17 People In Korea
» by GI Korea December 20th, 2009 at 8:19 am » Comments (2)
This is quite a tragic accident: A tour bus tumbled off a mountain road in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, on Wednesday afternoon, killing 17 passengers and injuring 14 others. The accident occurred ...more »Picture of the Day: Swine Flu Aid Heads to North Korea
» by GI Korea December 19th, 2009 at 2:02 pm » Comments (7)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="323" caption="South Korean soldiers check trucks carrying A(H1N1) flu medication as they leave for North Korea at a checkpoint near the inter-Korean transit office in Paju yesterday. ...more »Poland tightens border in hunt for Auschwitz sign
» by Bill December 19th, 2009 at 7:45 am » Comments (4)
Auschwitz-Birkenau was the largest concentration camp run by the Nazis. From AP- Polish police and border guards stepped up security checks at airports and border crossings Saturday as the search intensified ...more »Places in Korea: Chungju Lake, Chungcheongbuk-do
» by GI Korea December 19th, 2009 at 5:37 am » Comments (4)
If you were to look at a map of South Korea and pointed to the very center of the country, more than likely you will probably being pointing at one ...more »Marmot’s Hole Comments Section Closed
» by GI Korea December 19th, 2009 at 1:31 am » Comments (69)
For those that haven't seen it yet Robert Koehler has closed off the comments section of the Marmot's Hole blog because of trolling comments and here is why: I’ve had to ...more »Wild Times- NHL equipment van catches fire
» by Bill December 18th, 2009 at 8:28 pm » Comments (0)
I won’t make any hot wisecracks*. Only because I can’t of any at this time. From AP- A van carrying equipment for the Minnesota Wild caught fire on Friday afternoon and ...more »
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