Monthly Archives: August 2011

USFK Court Martial Results for July 2011

» by GI Korea August 8th, 2011 at 3:09 am » Comments (7)

Here are the USFK court martial results for July 2011 for everyone to start their perusing through. Strangely the much discussed Andre Fisher appears again in these court martial results. ...more »

Interview With the New Defender of Dokdo

» by GI Korea August 7th, 2011 at 4:44 pm » Comments (1)

Here is an interview in the Donga Ilbo with the new chief of the Ulleung-do Coast Guard: “My family has had a calling to defend this country for generations. I want ...more »

Picture of the Day: Miss Korea 2011

» by GI Korea August 7th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (15)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="265" caption="The 2011 Miss Korea pageant was held Wednesday at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in Seoul. The top honor went to Lee Seong-hye. (Yonhap ...more »

ROK Drop Open Thread – August 07, 2011

» by GI Korea August 7th, 2011 at 6:16 am » Comments (33)

Another month and another Open Thread. Please any article links or anything you want to talk about in the comments section. more »

US Army To Change Deployments to 9 Months

» by GI Korea August 7th, 2011 at 3:37 am » Comments (37)

It is about time that these deployments became shorter: It is official: Nine-month deployments begin January, and the change will be fully implemented by April. The new policy does not affect ...more »

Picture of the Day: Tornado In Korea

» by GI Korea August 6th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (10)

This picture is via Landing Lunkers which Nomad was nice enough to send a link to. Check out the complete gallery on the site of the tornado. Pretty impressive pictures. more »

Soil Testing Shows No Evidence of Agent Orange at Camp Mercer & Camp Carroll

» by GI Korea August 6th, 2011 at 9:43 am » Comments (8)

It appears that the chemicals that were buried all those years ago was cleaned up pretty well considering what the soil testing is showing: A joint investigation team said Thursday that ...more »

Hiroshima Marks 66th Anniversary of Nuclear Bombing

» by GI Korea August 6th, 2011 at 5:42 am » Comments (30)

With the ongoing Fukushima crisis this years anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima is a bit different: The Japanese city of Hiroshima on Saturday marked the 66th anniversary of the ...more »

New Science Fiction Movie to Feature the Korean DMZ

» by GI Korea August 5th, 2011 at 4:48 pm » Comments (15)

Here is a new movie in the works centered around the Korean DMZ: A multi-million-dollar blockbuster is being produced featuring Seoul and the demilitarized zone that separates the two Koreas. The ...more »