Monthly Archives: June 2011

Village Life in Korea (1911)–Excerpts III

» by USinKorea June 9th, 2011 at 2:38 am » Comments (0)

Village Gentleman At some time (it may be in the very far distant past—yes, as much as ten generations ago) some of his ancestors held office ...more »

Picture of the Day: Korean Memorial Day

» by GI Korea June 8th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (5)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="A woman mourns at the grave of a family member who died in 1953 during the 1950-53 Korean War, at the national cemetery in Seoul, yesterday, ...more »

GI Flashback: Dealing With Slicky Boy In 1958

» by GI Korea June 8th, 2011 at 3:29 am » Comments (18)

Below is an article from the TIME magazine archived that I saw a link for from this Marmot's Hole posting. This article shows that in some ways things have definitely ...more »

Places In Korea: Hwaam-sa Temple

» by GI Korea June 7th, 2011 at 6:03 pm » Comments (0)

Last week's Korea Finder I featured Hwaamsa Temple that is located outside of East Sea port city of Sokcho. The temple itself is not as architecturally spectacular as other temples ...more »

Picture of the Day: Sookmyung University Students Tour JSA

» by GI Korea June 7th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (7)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="720" caption="Sook Myung University International Students JSA Tour"][/caption] Via USFK Facebook page. more »

Village Life in Korea–Book Excerpts II

» by USinKorea June 7th, 2011 at 5:10 am » Comments (0)

Marriage But, in fact, no one is married but once. When a man loses his wife from any cause whatever and he wants another, he simply ...more »

Crime Reportedly Down In 2ID

» by GI Korea June 7th, 2011 at 4:06 am » Comments (6)

It is important to keep in context the GI crime numbers in 2ID, but it is good to see that the statistics are showing an improving trend: Crime is down dramatically ...more »

Admiral Mullen Advocates Cutting Pay & Benefits For the Troops

» by GI Korea June 6th, 2011 at 6:46 pm » Comments (46)

I find it interesting that people are complaining about high health care costs for the US military when the politicians are the ones that have the US military now fighting ...more »

Picture of the Day: Kim Jong-il All Smiles at Fish Farm

» by GI Korea June 6th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (2)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="North Korean leader Kim Jong-il poses with officials during his visit to a fish-farming research center. The (North) Korean Central News Agency released the photo on ...more »