Monthly Archives: April 2011

USFK Court Martial Results for March 2011

» by GI Korea April 13th, 2011 at 8:52 am » Comments (0)

Pretty slow month in regards to incidents this past month in the March USFK Court Martial Results which is good to see, but still there was two more DUI cases ...more »

US Set Cut $377 Million In United Nations Funding

» by GI Korea April 13th, 2011 at 5:52 am » Comments (17)

The reputation of the United Nations must be getting increasingly bad under Ban Ki-moon's watch considering that both Democrats and Republicans in the US Congress were able to agree that ...more »

Chinese national created fake Army special forces unit

» by Bill April 13th, 2011 at 5:49 am » Comments (2)

I try to tell people immigrants aren't naive . Then a story like this comes along. A Chinese national living in California allegedly created a false Army special forces unit, ...more »

ROK Air Force Looks To Add Stealth Capabilities

» by GI Korea April 12th, 2011 at 5:59 pm » Comments (12)

It makes me wonder with North Korea's antiquated air defense systems if stealth capabilities are really needed for the ROK Air Force or does this announcement have more to do ...more »

Picture of the Day: Birthday Time In Pyongyang

» by GI Korea April 12th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (5)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="April 12, SEOUL, South Korea -- A group of youth attends an event to mark the birthday of the late founder of North Korea, Kim Il-sung, ...more »

Petraeus: From Commander to Top Spy?

» by GI Korea April 12th, 2011 at 3:55 am » Comments (2)

This is an interesting story to see that General Petraeus is reportedly being considered as the director of the CIA: The Obama administration is considering Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. ...more »

Should Students Be Forced To Eat School Lunches?

» by GI Korea April 11th, 2011 at 11:41 pm » Comments (13)

I can understand having kids eat healthy school lunches, in fact I support it, but preventing kids from bring their own home made school lunches seems a bit extreme. Some ...more »

Interview with Russian Korean War Veteran

» by GI Korea April 11th, 2011 at 5:08 pm » Comments (9)

Korean War historian and journalist Andrew Salmon has an interesting interview on Yonhap with a Russian military veteran that fought on the side of the North Koreans during the Korean ...more »

Picture of the Day: Marriage Immigrants Plant Trees

» by GI Korea April 11th, 2011 at 12:51 pm » Comments (41)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="442" caption="Marriage migrants in Korea plant trees at Gyenam Neighborhood Park in Yangcheon District, western Seoul, yesterday, to celebrate Arbor Day. [YONHAP"]"[/caption] more »

Despite Spy Scandal, Indonesia Decides To Purchase Korean T-50′s

» by GI Korea April 11th, 2011 at 8:23 am » Comments (1)

It must have been quite a good deal for the Indonesians considering how pissed off they had to have been from catching Korean NIS agents spying on them: Indonesia is to ...more »