Monthly Archives: July 2010

Comparing US, South Korean, & North Korean Navies as Massive Naval Exercise Continues

» by GI Korea July 27th, 2010 at 8:11 am » Comments (17)

Via the Marmot's Hole comes this interesting contrast in Naval power. First are the two aircraft carriers the US George Washington and the South Korean Dokdo at port in Busan ...more »

A Korean Progressive On Marxism

» by GI Korea July 27th, 2010 at 3:08 am » Comments (8)

If you can believe it, there is a Korean progressive that doesn't follow Marxism: Choi Jang-jip, one of the most well-known progressive political philosophers in Korea, didn’t include Karl Marx ...more »

Walter Reed Command Sergeant Major Stoney Crump Brought Up On Stolen Valor Charges

» by GI Korea July 26th, 2010 at 9:29 pm » Comments (13)

I saw this story about the stolen valor case involving a Walter Reed Command Sergeant Major in the Army Times last week, but the article didn't say what the CSM ...more »

Former CNN Reporter Takes Job With the Blue House

» by GI Korea July 26th, 2010 at 5:07 pm » Comments (16)

Sohn Jie-ae has been the Seoul CNN bureau chief for as long as I can remember and I guess she has finally gotten tired of only reporting on the latest ...more »

Picture of the Day: CIGNA Volunteers

» by GI Korea July 26th, 2010 at 1:00 pm » Comments (0)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="450" caption="CIGNA Day: Employees of LINA Korea, the Korean arm of U.S. insurance giant CIGNA, visit a child-care center in Seoul on CIGNA Day, a day set ...more »

Did Osama Bin Laden Buy Weapons From the North Koreans?

» by GI Korea July 26th, 2010 at 9:09 am » Comments (8)

That is what classified documents released on the WikiLeaks website says: There are fleeting — even taunting — reminders of how the war began in the occasional references to the elusive ...more »

Servicemember’s Son Faces Adult Trial for Stringing In Japan

» by GI Korea July 26th, 2010 at 4:52 am » Comments (9)

Here is an update on the punk kid who seriously injured a Japanese moped rider by tying a rope across the road: There is no doubt that the son of an ...more »

ROK Drop Weekly Linklets – July 25, 2010

» by GI Korea July 25th, 2010 at 4:43 pm » Comments (2)

The Koreas A gay, drug ring infected with HIV has been busted in Korea. The Korean on the infamous yellow fever. Well here is an interesting idea, should we try and kick North ...more »

Picture of the Day: Dongmyeong Off to Lebanon

» by GI Korea July 25th, 2010 at 1:00 pm » Comments (0)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="450" caption="Korea’s peacekeeping mission: Members of the South Korean Army’s “Dongmyeong” unit salute the national flag during a send-off ceremony in Incheon, Thursday, ahead of their departure ...more »