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North Korea Releases Kidnapped Canadian Citizen

» by GI Korea January 28th, 2008 at 5:53 am » Comments (4)

Does anyone else find it interesting that Canada can get their kidnapped citizens released from North Korea, but South Korea cannot?
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Unqualified English Teacher Sent to Prison

» by GI Korea July 17th, 2007 at 6:50 am » Comments (5)

If the authorities send the low quality foreign English Teachers to prison shouldn’t they also send the people that are employing them to jail as well?
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Popularity: 13%



Canadian Parliament Joins Comfort Women Dispute

» by GI Korea April 2nd, 2007 at 6:21 am » Comments (6)

From the Chosun:

The Canadian Parliament is pushing for the passage of a resolution calling for Japan to apologize for its "comfort women" atrocities and compensate the victims. The bill was submitted by New Democratic Party Rep. Wayne Marston. A motion passed Tuesday in a vote of four to three by the Subcommittee on International Human […]

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Heroes of the Korean War: LTC J.R. Stone

» by GI Korea January 1st, 2007 at 9:00 pm » Comments (10)

Canada’s Contributions to the Korean War

The United States has a long history of sharing the sacrifices of war with our northern neighbor of Canada and the Korean War was no different. With the outbreak of the Korean War the Canadian government did not immediately deploy troops to fight in the Korean War. The […]

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Canadian Resolve

» by GI Korea December 31st, 2006 at 7:28 pm » Comments (2)

Is there any doubt about the Canadian military’s resolve in Afghanistan?  Canadian soldiers are reenlisting in droves to go back to Afghanistan and to keep taking the fight to the enemy.
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Canada’s Very Own Dokto Crisis

» by GI Korea April 15th, 2006 at 11:14 pm » Comments (0)

In the spirit of the current mission of the Dokto Riders to bring awareness to all the globe about the greatest international dispute of the modern era that could ultimately lead to the destruction of the entire world, fellow K-Blogger Gangwonbrian has decided to bring awareness to quite possibly the second most greatest threat to […]

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Canadian Lottery Scam Making Headlines in Korea

» by GI Korea April 8th, 2006 at 8:36 am » Comments (1)

First Canadians were involved in the Spectrum Gate scandal, then visa fraud, and now this lottery scam:
The NIS says the international lottery scammers purport to be representatives of the Vancouver branch of Australian Lotto 6/45, an actual lottery, and lure the gullible with the chance to win up to $140 million ? provided they buy […]

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North Korean Defectors Leave Canadian Embassy

» by GI Korea December 23rd, 2005 at 10:49 am » Comments (0)

44 North Korean refugees are now departing China for an undisclosed third country. Most likely Mongolia or Vietnam before heading to South Korea. Read Here for more information.
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Canadians No Longer on the Run; Their In Jail

» by GI Korea October 19th, 2005 at 8:37 am » Comments (0)

It looks like this group of mostly Canadians didn’t take my advice seriously:
In an ongoing investigation of forged diplomas, prosecutors have busted some 70 people including unqualified English language instructors and the brokers who supplied their fake documents.
Southern Seoul prosecutors arrested a Korean-American identified as Kang on suspicion of brokering the jobs and an accomplice […]

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Canadians On the Run

» by GI Korea October 11th, 2005 at 8:58 am » Comments (1)

I can still remember the good old days when GI’s would try to disguise their appearance as an English teacher in Itaewon to avoid curfew, well now the English teachers may need to start disguising their appearance as GIs:
Nearly 50 English teachers from Canada have been detained, deported or investigated on allegations of visa […]

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