Monthly Archives: April 2011

Two US Soldiers Sentenced In Taxi Beat Down

» by GI Korea April 4th, 2011 at 6:18 am » Comments (25)

I wonder if there is more to this story?: A South Korean local court on Monday sentenced two soldiers of the U.S. Forces Korea to two-year suspended prison terms for ...more »

ROK Drop Weekly Linklets – April 3, 2011

» by GI Korea April 3rd, 2011 at 4:23 pm » Comments (7)

The Koreas Did Eric Clapton play in Pyongyang? Has Ask A Korean gone subscription only? Japan set to renounce claims to Dokdo? Does anyone want silicon breast implants that look like Dokdo? Is this the ...more »

Picture of the Day: Subversive Balloon Launch

» by GI Korea April 3rd, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (3)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="409" caption="Activists launch balloons yesterday carrying tens of thousands of anti-North Korean regime leaflets across the border into the North, defying threats from Pyongyang to open fire ...more »

Explaining ClimateGate’s “Hide the Decline”

» by GI Korea April 3rd, 2011 at 7:18 am » Comments (47)

For those that haven't noticed there has been an ongoing debate about global warming and ClimateGate on this thread here. For those that make excuses for the ClimateGate scientists Richard ...more »

ROK Drop Open Thread – April 3, 2011

» by GI Korea April 3rd, 2011 at 3:47 am » Comments (23)

I have been meaning to do some updating to ROK Drop so I am opening up the comments section this week to everyone to add their thoughts on features they ...more »

Korean Protesters Tear Up Japanese Flag During Latest Dokdo Nonsense

» by GI Korea April 2nd, 2011 at 11:41 pm » Comments (9)

Via a Facebook reader tip comes this video of a recent anti-Japanese protest in regards to the latest Dokdo Nonsense: This protest is pretty tame compared to past Dokdo protest, but ...more »

Ex-ROK Air Force Colonel Arrested For Leaking Information

» by GI Korea April 2nd, 2011 at 8:33 pm » Comments (6)

It would help if Yonhap published who he was leaking information to?: Prosecutors said Saturday that they have arrested a retired Air Force colonel on charges of stealing confidential information ...more »

Picture of the Day: Spring is Here?

» by GI Korea April 2nd, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (0)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="People enjoy the blossoms in Apricot Village, Gwangyang County, South Jeolla, yesterday. The Korea Metrological Administration said yesterday that the temperature will rise to 15 degrees ...more »

President Lee Announces One Less Ghost Airport for Korea

» by GI Korea April 2nd, 2011 at 5:27 am » Comments (13)

At least some common business sense won out on this decision: President Lee Myung-bak apologized yesterday for having failed to keep his campaign pledge to build a new airport in ...more »

US Soldiers Participate In Korean Historical Re-Enactment

» by GI Korea April 1st, 2011 at 5:15 pm » Comments (74)

Now this a Good Neighbor activity I have never seen before: Soldiers from the 6th Battalion, 52nd Air Defense Artillery, along with members of the Republic of Korea Army 700th ...more »