Monthly Archives: January 2011

Picture of the Day: Son Yeon-jae Flies Out

» by GI Korea January 20th, 2011 at 12:46 pm » Comments (12)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="350" caption="Rhythmic gymnast Son Yeon-jae poses at Incheon International Airport on Sunday before leaving for training in Russia. /Newsis"][/caption] more »

Iranian Bank In Seoul Linked To North Korean Arms Sales

» by GI Korea January 20th, 2011 at 3:50 am » Comments (5)

This really shouldn't be surprising news to anyone: A U.S. diplomatic cable provided to WikiLeaks suggested that North Korea likely received payment for weapons sales to Iran via a Seoul-based ...more »

South Korea Wants to Increase Range of Missiles

» by GI Korea January 19th, 2011 at 7:12 pm » Comments (6)

The South Koreans are still busy trying to get their missile agreement with the US revised: Seoul and Washington have started talks to revise a bilateral accord that limits South ...more »

Picture of the Day: Korean Air Celebrates Lunar New Year

» by GI Korea January 19th, 2011 at 12:43 pm » Comments (4)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="350" caption="Korean Air crew pose with straw rice strainers or bokjori at Incheon International Airport on Monday, ahead of the Lunar New Year. Hanging a bokjori at ...more »

Nearly A Quarter of All North Korean Funds Goes To the Military

» by GI Korea January 19th, 2011 at 3:06 am » Comments (14)

While people continue to starve the North Korean regime has been busy providing nearly $9 billion in funding to their military: North Korea's actual military spending is believed to be about ...more »

What People Leave In the Seoul Subway

» by GI Korea January 18th, 2011 at 7:46 pm » Comments (5)

Fortunately for me I have never left anything on the subway before, but quite a few other people have according to this article: ewelry, dentures - and a pet snake. These are ...more »

Picture of the Day: Lee Seo-young Looking Good In Red

» by GI Korea January 18th, 2011 at 12:39 pm » Comments (29)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="350" caption="TV Presenter Lee Seo-young poses during a shoot for her photo album in Seoul on Thursday. "][/caption] More pictures can be viewed at the link. more »

JP Morgan Chase overcharged troops on mortgages

» by Bill January 18th, 2011 at 8:49 am » Comments (7)

So what are they going to do about it? One of the nation's biggest banks — JP Morgan Chase — admits it has overcharged several thousand military families for their ...more »

Korea Finder 01-11

» by GI Korea January 18th, 2011 at 3:20 am » Comments (26)

It is a new year and thus a new Korea Finder season for those of you that didn't win last year's competition. Last year's winner is Mark who won for ...more »

Seoul Bans Corporal Punishment In Schools, But Alternative Offered

» by GI Korea January 17th, 2011 at 7:18 pm » Comments (6)

I wonder if English teachers will be allowed to tell students to do push ups? Teachers in Seoul may no longer be able to slap misbehaving students, but they will ...more »