Monthly Archives: February 2011

Picture of the Day: People Actually Fish Off This Ship?

» by GI Korea February 16th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (6)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="410" caption="A South Korean fishing vessel, the Geummi 305, which was recently freed after four months of seizure by Somali pirates, enters the Kenyan port of Mombasa ...more »

What I Like About Korea: #18 – Good, Affordable Hotels

» by GI Korea February 16th, 2011 at 3:22 am » Comments (13)

The majority of the hotels here in Korea are surprisingly very accommodating and affordable. If you are traveling on a budget it is easy to find a ...more »

USS Aircraft Carrier Scheduled for Foal Eagle Exercise

» by GI Korea February 15th, 2011 at 6:16 pm » Comments (4)

This really isn't big news considering carriers have long participated in exercises with South Korea long before the recent provocations with North Korea. What would be news is if this ...more »

Picture of the Day: Snow Relief

» by GI Korea February 15th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (4)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="438" caption="A helicopter from the National 119 Rescue Services (NRS) drops relief goods to a villager isolated by days of heavy snowfall in Gangwon Province on Feb. ...more »

60th Annivesary of the Battle of Chipyong-ni

» by GI Korea February 15th, 2011 at 5:20 am » Comments (7)

This weekend is an important one in regards to the history of the Korean War, as the key battle that turned the tide against the Chinese entry into the war ...more »

Is It Time To Arm A North Korean Partisan Force?

» by GI Korea February 14th, 2011 at 7:42 am » Comments (21)

This is interesting but I don't think creating an armed force of North Korean partisans is the best use of the North Korean refugee community: But there’s at least one group ...more »

Picture of the Day: Village Bombing

» by GI Korea February 13th, 2011 at 1:05 pm » Comments (3)

Thatched huts go up in flames after B-26 bombers unload napalm bombs on an enemy supply collection point near Hanchon in North Korea on May 10, 1951. (AP Photo) # ...more »

What I Like About Korea: #19 – No Tipping

» by GI Korea February 13th, 2011 at 3:16 am » Comments (36)

For the most part, there is no tipping in Korea. I remember when I first went to Korea and was ignorant about the place I tried to leave a ...more »

Picture of the Day: East Sea Erosion

» by GI Korea February 12th, 2011 at 12:50 pm » Comments (3)

Seen here is a beach in South Korea's eastern resort city of Sokcho, which suffers serious coastal erosion. The nation's east coast has faced erosion problems every ...more »

ROK Drop Book Review: The Expediter By David Hagberg

» by GI Korea February 12th, 2011 at 3:49 am » Comments (1)

It seems like in recent years Korea has become the subject of more and more fictional books which is good to see. The latest fictional book I’ve read that was ...more »