Monthly Archives: January 2011

Picture of the Day: ROK Army Basic Training

» by GI Korea January 13th, 2011 at 12:44 pm » Comments (21)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="New recruits are undergoing training in the Army’s training camp in Nonsan on Monday. The Army has extended the training period for new soldiers from five ...more »

ROK Drop Korean Movie Review: Mother

» by GI Korea January 13th, 2011 at 3:30 am » Comments (3)

I have had multiple people over the past few months recommend that I check out the 2009 critically acclaimed Korean movie “Mother” and I am glad I did. The movie is ...more »

Picture of the Day: Snowy Jongmyo

» by GI Korea January 12th, 2011 at 1:12 pm » Comments (1)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="The Jongmyo royal shrine in downtown Seoul is covered in snow Monday. "][/caption] Via KBS Global. more »

Seoul Bus Driver Convicted For Helping Passenger Being Sexually Assaulted

» by GI Korea January 11th, 2011 at 7:17 pm » Comments (44)

Here is an article that came my way via this week's Open Thread which just goes to show that being a good samaritan in Korea can have consequences: A bus driver ...more »

Wall Street Journal On Superior Chinese Moms

» by GI Korea January 11th, 2011 at 6:59 pm » Comments (42)

So did any of you have Mom's like this?: A lot of people wonder how Chinese parents raise such stereotypically successful kids. They wonder what these parents do to produce ...more »

Picture of the Day: Samsung’s New Smart TV

» by GI Korea January 11th, 2011 at 1:08 pm » Comments (0)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Visitors look at Samsung Electronics Co.'s new smart TV at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas on Jan. 6. The show runs from Jan. ...more »

New York Times On Korean Economic Recovery

» by GI Korea January 11th, 2011 at 3:03 am » Comments (2)

Here is an interesting read in the New York Times When the global financial crisis struck more than two years ago, customers disappeared from the Dongdaemun market, a cramped maze ...more »

Foot and Mouth Disease Leading to Slaughtering of Korean Cows

» by GI Korea January 10th, 2011 at 7:18 pm » Comments (21)

The anti-US leftists in Korea were able to create a huge mad cow scare back in 2008 and it turns out the sickest cows continue to be Korea's own cows: “Their ...more »

Canadian police mistake skunk for a marijuana grow-op

» by Bill January 10th, 2011 at 1:12 pm » Comments (8)

Oliver MacQuat is raising a stink about it too. A rural Gatineau, Que., family is angry at police who raided their home armed with loaded guns looking for a marijuana ...more »

Picture of the Day: A North Korean Economic Rally

» by GI Korea January 10th, 2011 at 1:01 pm » Comments (13)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="A mass rally with about 100,000 people attending is held in Pyongyang on Jan. 3 to support North Korea's economic goals outlined in a New Year's ...more »