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Monthly Archives: January 2010
Twitter Account Spoofs President Lee
» by GI Korea January 20th, 2010 at 9:54 pm » Comments (3)
This just goes to show that even with a real-name system people will find ways to get around it: Twitter, which has become a powerful tool in expanding Internet-based and mobile ...more »North Korean Spy Interrogated Over Aduction of Reverend Kim Dong-shik
» by GI Korea January 20th, 2010 at 5:19 pm » Comments (5)
So does anyone remember the Reverend Kim Dong-shik? You know the guy that both the former President George W. Bush and then Senator Barack Obama both sold out? Well now ...more »Picture of the Day: Kim Jong-il Observes Recent Military Drills
» by GI Korea January 20th, 2010 at 1:00 pm » Comments (5)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="447" caption="» In this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korea Central News Agency (KCNA) on Jan. 17, Kim Jung-il, chairman of North Korea’s National Defense Commission, ...more »Is This the End of Outback Steakhouse In Korea?
» by GI Korea January 20th, 2010 at 8:21 am » Comments (35)
It appears that those Outback Steakhouses you see around Korea and other Asian nations may have their days numbered due to lagging sales: The parent of Outback Steakhouse has decided to ...more »Recession Leading to Increase In Korean-American Suicides
» by GI Korea January 20th, 2010 at 3:35 am » Comments (5)
South Korea has long been known as one of the world leaders in suicide and now it appears this penchant for suicide has spread among Koreans living in New York ...more »Hagwon Teacher Charged In SAT Fraud
» by GI Korea January 19th, 2010 at 9:42 pm » Comments (24)
What jumped out at me about this story was not the fraud but how much this guy was making teaching students how to take the SAT: Police are investigating whether a ...more »Korea Finder 03-10
» by GI Korea January 19th, 2010 at 5:04 pm » Comments (25)
So who knows where this aircraft is located?: Here is this year’s Korea Finder Leadersboard: Leon Laporte – 1 Lemmy - 1 The person with the most points at the end of the year ...more »Picture of the Day: Korean Rescue Team Looks for Survivors
» by GI Korea January 19th, 2010 at 1:00 pm » Comments (0)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="430" caption="Korean rescuers search for possible survivors under the debris of Haiti’s central bank yesterday. The South Korean government announced yesterday it will provide over $10 million ...more »Korea Possibly Sending Peacekeepers to Haiti, While the US Criticized for Aid Response
» by GI Korea January 19th, 2010 at 8:10 am » Comments (20)
Korea is currently debating whether or not to send troops to Haiti to increase the UN presence in the country: The government yesterday said it was considering sending forces to Haiti ...more »Stars & Stripes On the Korean Truth & Reconciliation Commission
» by GI Korea January 19th, 2010 at 3:05 am » Comments (2)
First we had the usual suspects at the Associated Press and New York Times trying to make excuses for the demise of the Korean Truth & Reconciliation Commission, but I ...more »
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