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Heroes of the Korean War: Lieutenant Colonel William W. Harris – Part 1
» by GI Korea May 31st, 2010 at 2:49 pm » Comments (11)
Background The American territory of Puerto Rico has a long and valiant history of providing soldiers to fight in every American conflict, from the Revolutionary War to the present day War ...more »Pentagon Announces Joint Anti-Submarine Exercise With South Korea
» by GI Korea May 30th, 2010 at 6:38 pm » Comments (22)
This seems more like a political show of creating the appearance of doing something in response to the Cheonan sinking: The U.S. and South Korea are planning two major military ...more »Picture of the Day: Korean Bossam Pork
» by GI Korea May 30th, 2010 at 1:00 pm » Comments (6)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="473" caption="Bossam is thin slices of boiled pork, served (wrapped) with leaf vegetable such as kimchi, lettuce or sesame leaf. It is often accompanied by a condiment ...more »Who the President Should Appoint to Coordinate Oil Spill Response
» by GI Korea May 30th, 2010 at 8:45 am » Comments (28)
As yet another attempt to stop the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has failed the Obama administration is coming under increasing criticism for its response to the oil ...more »Korea Times On the Okinawa Base Issue
» by GI Korea May 30th, 2010 at 3:56 am » Comments (8)
Via a reader tip comes yet another tasteless Korea Times cartoon: The cartoon implies the US military is some big bully on Okinawa and Prime Minister Hatoyama is powerless to stop ...more »Australia to Press Charges Against Japan In International Court Over Whaling
» by GI Korea May 29th, 2010 at 10:00 pm » Comments (3)
Well it looks like the whaling nonsense between Australia and Japan is about to heat up: The Australian government has publicly announced that it will begin formal proceedings at the ...more »Will Shin-Soo Choo Have to Quit Baseball to Do His Military Service?
» by GI Korea May 29th, 2010 at 5:14 pm » Comments (3)
I doubt Shin-Soo Choo will have to do his military service, but considering the current tensions with North Korea maybe President Lee Myung-bak would want to make a point of ...more »Picture of the Day: Korean Peacekeepers In Lebanon
» by GI Korea May 29th, 2010 at 1:00 pm » Comments (13)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="452" caption="A Korean armored vehicle under Dongmyeong Unit in Lebanon patrols major operation locations for the purpose of maintaining security in local regions. "][/caption] more »United Nations Releases Report On North Korean Nuclear Proliferation
» by GI Korea May 29th, 2010 at 9:59 am » Comments (22)
It was obvious for years that North Korea was proliferating nuclear technology considering the Israelis had to bomb a North Korean built nuclear reactor in Syria and the alleged North ...more »Internet Addict Baby Killer Mom Not Sent to Jail In Korea
» by GI Korea May 29th, 2010 at 5:57 am » Comments (4)
Choe Sang-hun writing for the New York Times has a new article published where he writes about Internet addiction in Korea. However, the most interesting part of the article is ...more »
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