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Picture of the Day: Return of the Pueblo Crew
» by GI Korea May 4th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (0)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="240" caption="Kimpo Air Base, South Korea, December 24, 1968: Cmdr. Lloyd M. Bucher, front left, skipper of the USS Pueblo, says goodbye to Gen. Charles H. Bonesteel ...more »South Korean Man Found Crucified, Was This Suicide or Murder?
» by GI Korea May 4th, 2011 at 4:46 am » Comments (29)
This guy must have really pissed somebody off or is part of some wacky religious cult to go out like this: South Korean police say they've found the body of a ...more »Archival Sources: Digging Up Bones of Korean Royalty
» by USinKorea May 3rd, 2011 at 6:56 pm » Comments (3)
Digging through Google Books for contemporary (1860s) material on Korea (Corea back then) related to the General Sherman Incident, I came across this interesting piece from the US foreign policy ...more »Tourists Slowly Return to Fukushima Despite Nuclear Fears
» by GI Korea May 3rd, 2011 at 5:55 pm » Comments (8)
It is good to see that at least a few people are not afraid to visit Fukushima, Japan: "It's a very difficult time right now," said Sanae Watanabe, manager of ...more »Picture of the Day: Changgyeonggung Palace At Night
» by GI Korea May 3rd, 2011 at 12:54 pm » Comments (1)
Robert Koehler on his photoblog has some nice photos of Changgyeonggung Palace when it specially opened at night. Gregory Curley even has more pictures at his site. Kim Sungjin’s who ...more »Osama Bin Laden’s Abbottabad Hideout As Seen From Google Earth
» by GI Korea May 3rd, 2011 at 8:17 am » Comments (18)
For those wanting to find Osama Bin Laden's hideout on Google Earth in Abbottabad,Pakistan below are screenshots of imagery taken in 2005 when the house was constructed. In the below ...more »North Korean Regime Begins Seizing Cell Phones
» by GI Korea May 3rd, 2011 at 4:24 am » Comments (27)
This news shouldn't be surprising considering the uprisings in the Middle East in addition to the recent killing of Osama Bin Laden which I'm sure the Kim Jong-il regime would ...more »More Details Released About Intelligence Gathering & Operation That Killed Osama Bin Laden
» by GI Korea May 2nd, 2011 at 5:34 pm » Comments (26)
A lot more details today is coming out about the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden. The intelligence that led to the raid actually happened years ago when Khalid Sheikh ...more »Al Qaeda Leader Osama Bin Laden Has Been Killed In Pakistan
» by GI Korea May 1st, 2011 at 8:31 pm » Comments (183)
If you haven't heard already Osama Bin Laden has finally been killed: The founder and spiritual figurehead for al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, is dead. Several officials confirmed the report ...more »Archival Sources: General Sherman Investigation
» by USinKorea May 1st, 2011 at 6:40 pm » Comments (3)
Here is a long article (NY Times May 27, 1868) on the expedition of the US military vessel Shenandoah to Korea (Corea) to find out details about the ...more »
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