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ROK Drop Open Thread, June 5, 2011
» by GI Korea June 5th, 2011 at 4:12 am » Comments (34)
Please leave any story links or anything you want to discuss in the comments section. To start things off what does everyone think of sex parties in Hongdae? more »Village Life in Korea–Book Excerpts Part I
» by USinKorea June 5th, 2011 at 1:28 am » Comments (3)
Here is a link to download a Kindle-friendly version of the book. This book was published in 1911 – which is when Japan formally annexed Korea after virtually taking it over ...more »Andrew Salmon Releases New Book: Scorched Earth, Black Snow: Britain and Australia in the Korean War, 1950
» by GI Korea June 4th, 2011 at 5:16 pm » Comments (1)
Korea based author and journalist Andrew Salmon who wrote the award winning book "To the Last Round", which I listed as one of my Top 10 Korean War books, has ...more »Picture of the Day: Turtle Ship On Display
» by GI Korea June 4th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (3)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Seen here is a three-floor Geobukseon (Turtle Ship) that was recently restored using historical research at a shipyard in Seocheon, South Chungcheong Province. Commissioned on June ...more »Sung Kim To Replace Kathleen Stephens as Next Ambassador to Korea
» by GI Korea June 4th, 2011 at 6:40 am » Comments (6)
Sung Kim has a very tough act to follow replacing the popular US Ambassador Kathleen Stephens: The Barack Obama administration has tapped Sung Kim, the State Department's top Korea expert, as ...more »Korean War Vet Dies Doing What He Loved
» by GI Korea June 4th, 2011 at 1:47 am » Comments (1)
Via the good folks at This Ain't Hell: A neighbor saw Catron slumped over atop the tower and called 911. Catron’s body was brought down by fire department paramedics. Perry Township Fire ...more »North Korea Threatens South Over Target Practice Photos
» by GI Korea June 3rd, 2011 at 5:43 pm » Comments (12)
Just when you thought the threats of war from North Korea couldn't get any more ridiculous they come up with something even more outlandish to threaten war over: North Korea's military ...more »Picture of the Day: Busan Sand Festival
» by GI Korea June 3rd, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (0)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="A sand festival opens on Haeundae beach in Busan on June 3. (Yonhap)"][/caption] more »USFK Vows To Clean Up Any Contaminants On Camp Carroll
» by GI Korea June 3rd, 2011 at 6:28 am » Comments (11)
According to the Hankyoreh the US is bickering with Korean investigators in regards to taking soil samples from Camp Carroll: Conflict has reportedly erupted between United States Forces Korea (USFK) and ...more »General Odierno To Become the Next Army Chief of Staff
» by GI Korea June 2nd, 2011 at 11:55 pm » Comments (3)
With General Dempsey being promoted to be the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff after only a few weeks as the Army Chief of Staff this opened up ...more »
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