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War Remains Nominated for Military Writers Award
» by GI Korea August 20th, 2011 at 6:18 pm » Comments (0)
Congrats to ROK Head Jeffrey Miller for his book "War Remains" being nominated in two categories for the books awards being given by the Military Writers Society of America. more »Picture of the Day: First Train Across the Han River
» by GI Korea August 20th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (0)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Dr. Syngman Rhee, President, ROK, and Mrs. Rhee (foreground) with Non-commissioned officers of the 62nd Engineets and train crew members in front of the first locomotive ...more »USFK Warning About Hanjin Shipbuilding Company Protest
» by GI Korea August 20th, 2011 at 9:39 am » Comments (4)
Here is a message from USFK about a protest this weekend: Some 30,000 people plan to march from Seoul City Hall Plaza to Namdaemun to Seoul Train Station and end up ...more »China Continues Aggressive Behavior, This Time Starting A Basketball Brawl
» by GI Korea August 20th, 2011 at 7:21 am » Comments (31)
I wonder if this is a symptom of the increasing bullying of its neighbors and xenophobia against foreigners by the Chinese government spilling over into sports?: A wild brawl broke out ...more »A List of South Korea’s DMZ Tourism Sites
» by GI Korea August 20th, 2011 at 3:00 am » Comments (0)
In recent years the South Korean government has been working hard to turn the DMZ into a tourism area in their efforts to create the impression that tensions between North ...more »Pro-North Korea Activists Try To Turn Cheju Naval Base Construction Into An Anti-US Issue
» by GI Korea August 19th, 2011 at 4:08 pm » Comments (19)
I knew after I read this Japan Focus article that the protests over the construction of the ROK military's Cheju naval base was going to be hijacked by the usual ...more »Picture of the Day: Clearing Haeundae Beach
» by GI Korea August 19th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (14)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="499" caption="The Haeundae seaside resort in the port city of Busan is vacated after vacationers were evacuated to a designated area during a civil defense drill in ...more »Phony Vietnam Vet Criticizes Pentagon For Suicides
» by GI Korea August 19th, 2011 at 3:20 am » Comments (6)
The military obviously has an issue with the increase in suicides, but someone who is a liar and phony Vietnam veteran is hardly the one who should be lodging criticism: It’s ...more »Kevin Maher Comments On Japanese Response To Nuclear Crisis
» by GI Korea August 18th, 2011 at 5:25 pm » Comments (3)
Kevin Maher is in the Japanese news again this week. ROK Heads may remember that Maher was the State Department official in Okinawa that was sacked when Japanese students conspiring ...more »Picture of the Day: Felix In Daegu
» by GI Korea August 18th, 2011 at 1:04 pm » Comments (2)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="499" caption="U.S. athlete Allyson Felix, a three-time winner of the 200 meters at the world championships, arrives at Daegu Airport on Aug. 18 to take part in ...more »
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