Monthly Archives: April 2011

North Korea Demands Hyundai Asan Restart Kumgang Tours

» by GI Korea April 11th, 2011 at 4:51 am » Comments (7)

The North Koreans have been whinging about the Mt. Kumgang tours for months and this recent whinging is probably a sign that they can't find anyone else willing to take ...more »

Picture of the Day: Pirate Hunting

» by GI Korea April 10th, 2011 at 12:50 pm » Comments (19)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Sailors of the Cheonghae Naval Unit of South Korea, whose mission is to rescue South Korean vessels from attacks by Somali pirates, attend a departure ceremony ...more »

Masters Sunday Update- K.J. Choi tied for 2nd, 1 shot behind Rory McIlroy with 9 holes to go

» by Bill April 10th, 2011 at 9:17 am » Comments (5)

Update- The Masters has heated up all right. Rory McIlroy's 4-shot lead has shrunk to 1 over K.J. Choi, Angel Cabrera, and Charl Schwartzel . Tiger Woods and two other ...more »

Regime Succession Is Far From Being Decided In North Korea

» by GI Korea April 9th, 2011 at 6:14 pm » Comments (36)

Kushibo has a good posting up about how the conventional wisdom in the media of Kim Jong-un becoming the next ruler of North Korea is in fact not a done ...more »

Picture of the Day: Crossing Freedom Bridge

» by GI Korea April 9th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (3)

I like looking at old pictures of Korea and I came upon a nice Facebook photo album of Korea from 1969-1970. This is a picture from the album of what ...more »

US Military Seeing Even Higher Quality Recruits Than Before

» by GI Korea April 9th, 2011 at 9:10 am » Comments (38)

It must be a great time to be a US military recruiter right now because I am sure meeting the recruiting mission is much easier now a days compared to ...more »

Confirmed, Bob Hope Took Wonsan Before the Marines Did

» by GI Korea April 8th, 2011 at 11:55 pm » Comments (10)

Here is an interesting read from the Stars & Stripes Rumor Doctor about how Bob Hope beat the Marines to Wonsan, North Korea during the Korean War: From World War II ...more »

Historical Tsunami Markers Ignored In Northern Japan

» by GI Korea April 8th, 2011 at 6:50 pm » Comments (53)

I thought this was a pretty interesting article about how Japanese from centuries past had developed a system of markers to warn people where not to build due to tsunamis, ...more »

Picture of the Day: Admiral Yi’s City

» by GI Korea April 8th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (4)

Robert Koehler over at his photo blog has a nice collection of night time photos of Gwanghwamun and the Cheonggyecheon. I liked the one above of the Admiral Yi Sun-shin ...more »

Does Donald Trump Really Believe His Birther Claims?

» by GI Korea April 8th, 2011 at 7:54 am » Comments (86)

I hope Donald Trump runs for President, not because he would have any actual chance of winning but because the blogging material will be priceless such as this latest interview ...more »