Monthly Archives: July 2011
Korean Teachers Indicted For Political Activities
» by GI Korea July 21st, 2011 at 10:06 pm » Comments (0)
Could you imagine what the reaction would be if for example the Bush administration in the US tried to do something like this? A total of 244 civil servants, mostly teachers, ...more »General Thurman To Go To Yeonpyeong-do
» by GI Korea July 21st, 2011 at 4:55 pm » Comments (4)
General Thurman continues to get around and see the battlespace he is now responsible for defending: Gen. James Thurman, the new commander of the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK), will visit Yeonpyeong ...more »WTF?
» by USinKorea July 21st, 2011 at 4:37 pm » Comments (21)
A male teenager was arrested Wednesday for sexually violating the corpse of a woman who had fallen from an apartment following an apparent suicide. That is one of the most bizarre ...more »Picture of the Day: Steamy Jongno
» by GI Korea July 21st, 2011 at 1:01 pm » Comments (1)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="450" caption="It’s not fire: Clouds look like steam rising from buildings in Jongno-gu, central Seoul, Thursday, projecting a bizarre scene on the skyline."][/caption] Via the Korea Times. more »Former Marine Dakota Meyer To Receive the Medal of Honor
» by GI Korea July 21st, 2011 at 9:13 am » Comments (3)
Here is someone very deserving to be recognized with the Medal of Honor: A Marine who braved intense enemy gunfire in Afghanistan to recover the bodies of four fallen comrades will ...more »Korea Finder 24-11
» by GI Korea July 21st, 2011 at 5:25 am » Comments (13)
Sorry running a bit late with the Korea Finder today. Anyway, who can name what city this industrial port area is located in? Korea Finder Leader’s Board: Kushibo – 7=8 Leon Laporte – ...more »800 Foreign English Teachers To Be Out Of A Job In Korea
» by GI Korea July 20th, 2011 at 10:00 pm » Comments (37)
Via a reader tip comes this news that some English teachers in Gyeongi-do will be out of a job: A sudden and drastic budget cut will force more than 800 foreign ...more »Lawmakers Want to Add Wall to Korean War Memorial
» by GI Korea July 20th, 2011 at 5:38 pm » Comments (9)
I think the Korean War Memorial is one of the better memorials in Washington, DC,. A wall with names on it like the Vietnam War Memorial I think will only ...more »Picture of the Day: Shopping In Pyongyang
» by GI Korea July 20th, 2011 at 12:53 pm » Comments (16)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="ook at goods at an exhibition at a Pyongyang department store on July 19. (KCNA-Yonhap)"][/caption] more »ROK Drop Movie Review: The Tillman Story
» by GI Korea July 20th, 2011 at 3:12 am » Comments (13)
I have been critical of the way the Pat Tillman case has been handled and really believe that his family is owed a complete investigation into the circumstances of his ...more »





