Monthly Archives: December 2010
US & South Korea Pass Free Trade Agreement
» by GI Korea December 4th, 2010 at 2:54 am » Comments (42)
For everyone that is a fan of Korean cars they are about to get cheaper for those of you living in the US in five years: [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="213" caption="US ...more »Should Military Pay Raises Be Frozen?
» by GI Korea December 3rd, 2010 at 6:33 pm » Comments (31)
The good folks over at This Ain't Hell bring word that military pay may soon be frozen: Fueling speculation on the matter, the co-chairs of the president’s panel on reducing ...more »United States Senate passes private bill for Hotaru Ferschke
» by Bill December 3rd, 2010 at 4:27 pm » Comments (25)
This is fantastic news. On a unanimous consent vote, the U.S. Senate late this afternoon passed a bill honoring the late U.S. Marine Sgt. Michael Ferschke of Maryville - ...more »Picture of the Day: Over Yeonpyeong Island
» by GI Korea December 3rd, 2010 at 1:00 pm » Comments (5)
North Korea’s artillery attack against Yeonpyeong Island on Tuesday left dozens of homes in ruins in the island near the maritime border with the North. [KBS Global] more »Korea Finder 37-10
» by GI Korea December 3rd, 2010 at 3:31 am » Comments (5)
So who knows where this tree is located? Here is this year’s Korea Finder Leader’s board: 1. Mark – 12 2. Leon Laporte – 5 3. Lemmy – 3 4. Kushibo – 3 5. Dr. Yu ...more »USFK Changes Rules for Command Sponsorship Assignments In South Korea
» by GI Korea December 2nd, 2010 at 6:22 pm » Comments (15)
Here is USFK's response to limiting the popularity of the command sponsorship program in South Korea: The U.S. military on Tuesday announced a new policy for troops seeking command sponsorships ...more »Picture of the Day: Groundbreaking Museum
» by GI Korea December 2nd, 2010 at 1:11 pm » Comments (2)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="A groundbreaking ceremony is held for the construction of the National Museum of Korean Contemporary History at the site of the former Ministry of Culture, Sports ...more »Why Obama’s North Korea Policies Have Been So Good
» by GI Korea December 2nd, 2010 at 3:09 am » Comments (20)
As I have been chronicling here on the ROK Drop overall President Obama's North Korea policies have been pretty solid despite the tendencies of the people working underneath him to ...more »USFK Not Going To Evacuate Families
» by GI Korea December 1st, 2010 at 5:28 pm » Comments (31)
I'm sure those of you living in South Korea are not surprised by this, but for people unfamiliar with Korea they tend to think every little thing the North Koreans ...more »Micheal Yon In Korea
» by GI Korea December 1st, 2010 at 1:03 pm » Comments (3)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="459" caption=" Heard a distant rumble and thought we might be under attack. But it was just lightning. The slight storm came closer and the camera got ...more »




