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Monthly Archives: February 2010
Picture of the Day: Celebrating the Lunar New Year
» by GI Korea February 20th, 2010 at 1:00 pm » Comments (1)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="459" caption="Republic of Korean Air Force Maj. Soon-Tae Park, 38th Fighter Group shows off Chegi skills a traditional Korean game at the New Years Day Joint Ceremony ...more »New Documentary Recounts Chosin Reservoir Campaign
» by GI Korea February 20th, 2010 at 8:28 am » Comments (17)
Here is an interesting looking documentary about the Chosin Reservoir Campaign during the Korean War that will be released just in time for the 60th anniversary of the Korean War: In ...more »Taliban Alleged to Be Collecting Information On US Bases In Korea
» by GI Korea February 20th, 2010 at 1:11 am » Comments (21)
Considering the people I have seen before hanging around outside US military bases in Korea, I don't find this surprising: A Pakistani man who claims to be a member of the ...more »Expats to See Their Taxes Go Up In Korea
» by GI Korea February 19th, 2010 at 9:00 pm » Comments (15)
For all of you expats working in Korea here is some bad news for you: Expats earning less than 100 million won ($86,133) a year will likely pay more taxes this ...more »Japanese Map Claimed to Show Dokdo Is Korean Territory
» by GI Korea February 19th, 2010 at 5:07 pm » Comments (9)
Here is yet another map that has turned up that is being claimed to be proof that Dokdo is Korean territory: Yet another couple of historic Japanese maps have been discovered ...more »Picture of the Day: Penguin Marriage
» by GI Korea February 19th, 2010 at 1:00 pm » Comments (3)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="447" caption="Korean and Japanese penguins donning traditional Korean attire are "wed" on February 18 at the Busan Aquarium. (Yonhap News)"][/caption] more »Tiger Woods- No set time for his return to golf
» by Bill February 19th, 2010 at 11:41 am » Comments (10)
From his public statement* today- As for coming back to the PGA Tour, the world’s No. 1 player said “I do plan to return to golf one day. I just don’t ...more »ABC News Profiles Apolo Anton Ohno As the “Most Reviled Athlete In South Korea”
» by GI Korea February 19th, 2010 at 10:32 am » Comments (60)
ABC News' Jean H. Lee has written an article about how hated Apolo Anton Ohno is in South Korea after the latest controversy between him and Korean short track speed ...more »Alleged Hate Crime Leads to Death of South Korean In Russia
» by GI Korea February 19th, 2010 at 8:39 am » Comments (3)
This is pretty despicable: South Korea urged Russia on Friday to take steps to curb hate crimes against its citizens in Russia, following the death of a college student attacked earlier ...more »6.9 Magnitude Earthquakes Hits Near North Korea
» by GI Korea February 19th, 2010 at 5:35 am » Comments (0)
Here is something you don't see very often happen in North Korea, a earthquake: A strong underground earthquake registering a magnitude of 6.9 on the Richter scale occurred about 21 km ...more »
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