Monthly Archives: June 2011

Should Foreigners Not Be Allowed To Use Taxis To Go To Namsan?

» by GI Korea June 20th, 2011 at 5:48 pm » Comments (6)

It looks like the Korea Times is trying to stir something up between Koreans and foreigners: The rule meant to give foreigners easier access to the top of Mt. Nam in ...more »

Picture of the Day: View From Goseong Unification Observatory

» by GI Korea June 20th, 2011 at 12:59 pm » Comments (0)

Via the Korea Times. more »

Criminal Who Assaulted American In Seoul Gets Little Punishment

» by GI Korea June 20th, 2011 at 3:55 am » Comments (33)

Here is a story from Waygook.org about an assault committed against an expat in Korea. He received a hairline fracture to the skull, a bruised face, and 70-80 percent of the skin on his knees were gone. He ...more »

Strategist Claims North Korea Will Have Ability To Nuke the US By Next Year

» by GI Korea June 19th, 2011 at 5:39 pm » Comments (14)

I find this hard to believe: North Korea will by next year have developed a downsized nuclear warhead that can be attached to ballistic missiles and fired onto the U.S. mainland, ...more »

Major General Cardon To Take Command of 2nd Infantry Division In Korea

» by GI Korea June 19th, 2011 at 5:29 pm » Comments (10)

Here is an announcement on who the new 2nd Infantry Division commander will be this fall: The next commander of the 2nd Infantry Division will be coming here by way of ...more »

NBC’s idiotic golf coverage or where in the world is YE Yang?

» by Bill June 19th, 2011 at 1:43 pm » Comments (17)

Rory McIlroy has a 10-shot lead at the moment in the 2011 U.S. Open. South Korean YE Yang is tied for second. NBC, who is televising this year's U.S. Open, ...more »

Picture of the Day: Kim Heung-guk’s Protest

» by GI Korea June 19th, 2011 at 12:55 pm » Comments (4)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="450" caption="Singer in protest: Singer and radio personality Kim Heung-guk has his head shaved in front of the MBC headquarters in Seoul Friday, to protest the broadcaster’s ...more »

ROK Drop Open Thread – June 19, 2011

» by GI Korea June 19th, 2011 at 3:34 am » Comments (83)

Please leave any comments or story links anyone would like to discuss in the comments section. To start things off this week could the US end up like Greece with ...more »

USFK Plans To Continue With Relocation Plan Despite Congressional Criticism

» by GI Korea June 18th, 2011 at 5:26 pm » Comments (2)

It looks like the Defense Department will continue to follow through on its plans to consolidate US troops on Camp Humphreys despite the recent criticism from Congress: U.S. military officials say ...more »