Monthly Archives: May 2010

Picture of the Day: Unknown Lady of the Korean War

» by GI Korea May 7th, 2010 at 12:59 pm » Comments (5)

This is another image I found from the set of Korean War era photograph on the Huanqiu website via Adam Cathcart. Since there is no caption I am wondering if ...more »

LTC Yingling Thinks It Is Time For the US Military To Return to the Draft

» by GI Korea May 7th, 2010 at 11:36 am » Comments (8)

That is what Lieutenant Colonel Paul Yingling advocates for in this article in the Armed Forces Journal: In many ways, the prosecution of the war in Iraq is a cautionary tale ...more »

Eel Anal Probe Prank Kills Chinese Man

» by GI Korea May 7th, 2010 at 9:38 am » Comments (29)

Via the ROK Drop Forums comes this story about a Chinese man that definitely proves the old saying of, with friends like this who needs enemies?: A man has died after ...more »

Will “71 – Into the Fire” Be the Top Korean War Film this Year?

» by GI Korea May 7th, 2010 at 4:53 am » Comments (13)

Via a reader tip comes news of a Korean War movie, 71 - Into the Fire, that at least at first glance appears to be a much better movie than ...more »

Picture of the Day: Don’t Jump to Conclusions

» by GI Korea May 6th, 2010 at 12:49 pm » Comments (13)

This is a Life magazine image from the Korean War from the Chinese Huanqiu news site. There is no caption with the image so I am left to guess that ...more »

Japanese Prime Minister Admits Okinawa US Military Base Oppostion was “Ill Conceived”

» by GI Korea May 6th, 2010 at 5:26 am » Comments (5)

I think I have been wrong about Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama being the 2nd coming of Roh Moo-hyun. Instead I now think that he is even more incompetent than ...more »

Opinion: A Nation of Crooks

» by NC47 May 6th, 2010 at 4:54 am » Comments (4)

An article in the JoongAng Daily sarcastically suggests sending the corrupt to the Maldives. Desperate situations call for desperate measures. President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives held the world’s first underwater ...more »

Lee Government Cuts Full Time Union Jobs

» by GI Korea May 6th, 2010 at 1:44 am » Comments (4)

This is sure to piss off the usual suspects in the labor unions: A new law on unions will greatly cut the work hours for full-time union officials who are paid ...more »

Korean Women Increasingly Prefer Foreign Husbands

» by GI Korea May 5th, 2010 at 5:27 pm » Comments (299)

Here is some red meat for everyone to chew over: Koo Hee-ok, a 29-year-old office worker in Sydney, has been in a relationship with the Australian man she met there a ...more »