Monthly Archives: April 2011
Intense Debate Comment System Installed, Let Me Know What You Think
» by GI Korea April 30th, 2011 at 7:04 pm » Comments (12)
Many of you may have noticed that I installed the Intense Debate comment system today. I am trying this out to see if I.D. reduce the amount of bandwidth the ...more »Picture of the Day: Iraqi PM Meets with President Lee
» by GI Korea April 30th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (0)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="499" caption="- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (R) poses with visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki prior to their talks at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae ...more »Video of Anti-Kim Jong-il Protest In South Korea
» by GI Korea April 30th, 2011 at 9:07 am » Comments (7)
Via a reader tip comes this video posted on YouTube recently of South Koreans protesting against the Kim Jong-il regime: Hundreds of North Korean defectors and civic group members gathered at ...more »Is Donald Trump A Draft Dodger?
» by GI Korea April 30th, 2011 at 5:17 am » Comments (37)
It sure appears that he was: When asked how he avoided service in Vietnam, Trump replied: Well, I actually got lucky because I had a very high draft number... I was ...more »Sri Lankan Buddhist Monks to Translate Tripitaka Into Korean
» by GI Korea April 29th, 2011 at 9:18 pm » Comments (4)
This will be a lot of work for these Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka to do: "One hundred Sri Lankan Buddhist monks will be provided with opportunity to learn the ...more »Picture of the Day: The Admiral Yi Sun-shin Memorial Opens
» by GI Korea April 29th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (7)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="The Memorial Hall of Admiral Yi Sun-shin opens in Asan, South Chungcheong Province, on the 466th anniversary of his birth on April 28, with Prime Minister ...more »Did Donald Trump Call South Korea A “Struggling” Country?
» by GI Korea April 29th, 2011 at 8:03 am » Comments (43)
I'm not sure if those are the exact word that Donald Trump used or alibiing by the reporter, but regardless of what he actually said South Korea is far from ...more »North Koreans Alleged to Be Running Gambling Operation In Moscow Embassy
» by GI Korea April 29th, 2011 at 3:05 am » Comments (6)
It looks like the North Koreans have found yet another scam to run out of their embassies: A Russian company is facing charges of operating a gambling room in the North ...more »Kim Jong-il Proposes Intra-Korean Summit In Wake of Carter Visit
» by GI Korea April 28th, 2011 at 5:51 pm » Comments (18)
This announcement from Jimmy Carter's meeting with the North Koreans is pretty much to be expected: North Korean leader Kim Jong-il on Thursday proposed holding a summit meeting with South ...more »Picture of the Day: Stuck Bus
» by GI Korea April 28th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (4)
Even in 1968 Korea the bus drivers had issues. more »




