Monthly Archives: August 2010

Hong Kong Tourists Killed by Gunman in Philippines

» by NC47 August 24th, 2010 at 3:10 am » Comments (17)

This was an unfortunate incident that played out on TV. A former police officer took a busload of tourists hostage in downtown Manila on Monday morning, opening a 12-hour standoff that ...more »

Koreans Critical of GI’s That Don’t Know How to Sort Their Garbage

» by GI Korea August 23rd, 2010 at 10:37 pm » Comments (38)

This is actually a common complaint I used to hear from Koreans: Some U.S. servicemembers living off-base in South Korea are routinely violating host-nation trash disposal laws, South Korean authorities ...more »

Taskforce Setup To Look At Korean “Unification Tax”

» by GI Korea August 23rd, 2010 at 5:09 pm » Comments (10)

Here is more on President Lee's plan to implement a Unification Tax: Unification Minister Hyun In-taek says the unification tax proposed by President Lee Myung-bak is not aimed at reunification ...more »

Picture of the Day: Bombed Nitrogen Fertilizer Factory

» by GI Korea August 23rd, 2010 at 1:09 pm » Comments (5)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="447" caption="This machinery shop, part of the ore refinery at the Chosen Nitrogen Fertilizer Factory at Konan, Korea, went out of business after the refinery was hit ...more »

Pentagon for A 2nd Time Cancels USS George Washington Deployment to the Yellow Sea

» by GI Korea August 23rd, 2010 at 2:55 am » Comments (25)

After saying that the USS George Washington would participate in a naval exercise in the Yellow Sea the Pentagon has now come back and for a second time gave in ...more »

Phony Navy Seal Removed From National Guard Job

» by GI Korea August 22nd, 2010 at 5:40 pm » Comments (7)

Yet another phony bites the dust: Second Lt. Douglas Sofranko, a Florida National Guard officer photographed wearing a Navy SEAL Trident insignia he didn’t rate, has been relieved of ...more »

Picture of the Day: Old Glory Flies Again

» by GI Korea August 22nd, 2010 at 1:06 pm » Comments (0)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="392" caption="Old Glory Flies Again. Airmen of the 35th Fighter Group proudly re-raise the same flag they struck in August, when they were forced to retreat from ...more »

Amount of abandoned babies in Malaysia is holding steady

» by Bill August 22nd, 2010 at 5:53 am » Comments (2)

Did BBC's Jennifer Pak ever study statistics? Malaysian authorities are grappling with a growing problem of abandoned babies. Sixty-five infants have been found so far this year, and many were dead by ...more »

Then & Now: Camp Kyle, South Korea

» by GI Korea August 22nd, 2010 at 3:00 am » Comments (50)

From Bruce Richards' great site comes this picture of Camp Kyle in Uijongbu in the late 1960's. Notice Dobongsan Mountain in the background: For those of us that have been stationed ...more »