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Video of Korean Riot Police Conducting Realistic Training Exercise
» by GI Korea February 8th, 2012 at 8:28 am » Comments (0)
Via a reader tip comes this interesting video of the Korean riot police conducting a very realistic training drill: I had to chuckle at some of the comments left on YouTube ...more »English Teaching Business Linked To Cheating Scandal In Korea
» by GI Korea February 7th, 2012 at 10:08 am » Comments (9)
What I am most surprised about in regards to the below article is not the cheating because cheating scandals are numerous in Korea; what I am most amazed about is ...more »Nation of Islam & NAACP Protest Korean-American Gas Station Owner In Dallas
» by GI Korea February 1st, 2012 at 11:32 pm » Comments (70)
I know that a few ROK Heads live in Dallas so I am curious to how much media attention this racial dispute in the city is having?: An ongoing racial dispute ...more »US To Import M1 Rifles From South Korea
» by GI Korea January 27th, 2012 at 3:40 am » Comments (20)
For those of you who collect classic firearms it appears that you may have a good shot of buying a Korean War era M1 soon: The U.S. is set to import ...more »Korean-American Man Lost On Mt. Rainier Burns Money To Stay Alive
» by GI Korea January 24th, 2012 at 4:15 pm » Comments (10)
What this guy went through probably wasn't extreme enough to be featured on the "I Shouldn't Be Alive" series, but nevertheless he is lucky to be alive: - A snowshoer who ...more »Ex-South Korean Spy’s Asylum In the US Confirmed
» by GI Korea January 24th, 2012 at 11:59 am » Comments (3)
A US court has confirmed a previous asylum ruling that an ex-South Korean intelligence official who disclosed to the US how former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung got the North ...more »Korean Men Arrest For Smuggling Gold Shoved Up Their Butts
» by GI Korea January 17th, 2012 at 9:13 am » Comments (6)
They must make a decent profit from doing this to convince someone to shove gold up their butts: South Korean customs officials say they have arrested eight men over a scheme ...more »Korean Immigrants Own Half of All Dry Cleaners In the US
» by GI Korea January 16th, 2012 at 7:42 am » Comments (26)
I knew Koreans owned a lot of dry cleaners in the US but I will still a bit surprised to learn how many they actually owned: For Korean immigrants, dry cleaners ...more »Korea May Scrap Real Name System For the Internet
» by GI Korea January 12th, 2012 at 7:03 pm » Comments (13)
It looks like Korea's real name system could become a thing of the past: The Korea Communications Commission on Thursday reported its plans for the New Year to President Lee Myung-bak. ...more »Drowning Death of Dongducheon Policeman Being Reinvestigated
» by GI Korea January 11th, 2012 at 5:29 pm » Comments (3)
Something fishy going on with police department in Dongducheon: Police said Tuesday they will reinvestigate the death of a young conscripted policeman who they had announced was killed in a rescue ...more »





