Monthly Archives: April 2011

ROK Drop Weekly Linklets – April 16, 2011

» by GI Korea April 17th, 2011 at 4:29 pm » Comments (7)

The Koreas Anybody interested in wearing these Hitler Walkers? If you are looking for some funky Korean themed shirts, here you go. General Sharp was recently in Washington, DC stating the obvious. First radiation ...more »

Picture of the Day: Kim Il-sung’s Birthday Present

» by GI Korea April 17th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (0)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="437" caption=" Seen here is one of the anti-Pyongyang leaflets that a group of South Korean civic activists sent in balloons toward North Korea from Paju bordering ...more »

ROK Drop Open Thread – April 17, 2011

» by GI Korea April 17th, 2011 at 7:03 am » Comments (25)

Please leave any links to anything you want to discuss in the comments section. To get things started what does everyone think of this story? more »

Donald Trump Blasts China & South Korea Again

» by GI Korea April 16th, 2011 at 10:54 pm » Comments (31)

Trump is once again blasting away at South Korean defense spending at the KORUS-FTA: Under a President Trump, China would be forced to end currency manipulation or face a 25 percent ...more »

Nicolas Cage Arrested for Domestic Abuse In New Orleans

» by GI Korea April 16th, 2011 at 3:46 pm » Comments (28)

Actor Nicolas Cage was arrested recently in New Orleans for domestic abuse of his wife, Korean-American Alice Kim: Sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ ... Nic was "very drunk" on ...more »

Picture of the Day: Soaring Eagle 2011

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

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Korea Air Force combat planes wait yesterday to take off for a 2011 Soaring Eagle air-to-air battle exercise. Soaring Eagle started Monday and runs to April ...more »

President Obama Bashes Republicans On Budget & Deficits

» by GI Korea April 16th, 2011 at 7:21 am » Comments (18)

Normally an unintentional open microphone can lead to people hearing things you don't want them to hear, but I don't think anyone can say that what the President said wasn't ...more »

Korean Satellite Captures Image of Earth’s “Black Hole”

» by GI Korea April 16th, 2011 at 3:16 am » Comments (0)

Korea's Kompsat-2 has been getting a little media love for an interesting image it recently captured: A Korean satellite has caught an eye-catching view of an island in Mexico known ...more »

Shilla Hotel Shifts On Hanbok Ban

» by GI Korea April 15th, 2011 at 9:49 pm » Comments (11)

This is pretty ridiculous to ban hanboks in a restaurant: [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="323" caption="Lee Hye-sun / Lee Boo-jin"][/caption] Lee Boo-jin, the CEO of the Hotel Shilla Company, apologized Wednesday to renowned ...more »

Be A Good Neighbor And Host A Korean High School Student This May

» by GI Korea April 15th, 2011 at 5:11 pm » Comments (29)

Here is something I saw on the USFK Facebook page that may be of interest to some people: Please volunteer to host a Korean Highschool student or two in your home ...more »