Category Page for: Korean History

Picture of the Day: Shilla Era Statues Found In Mungyeong

» by GI Korea April 26th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (2)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="250" caption="Gilt-bronze Buddha statues from the eighth century found at an old temple site in Mungyeong, North Gyeongsang Province /Courtesy of the Yeongnam Institute of Cultural Heritage ...more »

Picture of the Day: Chemulpo Harbor In 1905

» by GI Korea August 31st, 2010 at 1:03 pm » Comments (4)

This is a picture of Chelmulpo (Incheon) in 1905 via Robert Neff who also shares a story about the first western ascent of Halla Mountain on Cheju Island. more »

A German Merchant, A French Priest, & Body Snatching In Korea

» by GI Korea August 1st, 2010 at 10:44 pm » Comments (4)

Interesting story in the Korea Times by historian Robert Neff who always seems to find strange and interesting tales from Korea's past. This one is about a historical incident in ...more »

Why People Should Not Join the Alliance of Scholars Concerned About Korea (ASCK)

» by GI Korea May 28th, 2010 at 11:08 pm » Comments (2)

I guess it is better late than never that K.M. Lawson who blogs over at Frog In A Well realized what any group that blindly support the Korean Truth & ...more »

Picture of the Day: 49th Anniversary of Park Chung-hee’s Coup

» by GI Korea May 16th, 2010 at 1:00 pm » Comments (6)

Popular Gusts has a whole lot more pictures from the 1961 coup posted over at his site that are worth checking out. more »

Osan AB (1952): Photos of Robert Evilsizor

» by Kalani January 12th, 2010 at 6:08 pm » Comments (2)

Have finally posted to my historical website for Osan AB the photos of Robert Evilsizor, former Commander, Co A, 839th Engineering Aviation Battalion (EAB) (SCARWAF). "SCARWAF" stands for Special Category ...more »

Picture of the Day: Year of the Tiger

» by GI Korea January 1st, 2010 at 1:39 pm » Comments (0)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="200" caption=""Jakhodo," the painting of a magpie and a tiger, shows the joy of the New Year and the warding off evil spirits. "][/caption] You can read more ...more »

Taft-Katsura Agreement Blamed for Starting World War II

» by GI Korea December 11th, 2009 at 8:29 am » Comments (24)

Incredibly the Taft-Katsura Agreement which Koreans have long used to blame the US for the Japanese colonization of the peninsula in the last century; is now being used to blame ...more »

A1C Reed Shane: An Airman’s Tour at Osan AB (1965-1966)

» by Kalani December 3rd, 2009 at 4:27 am » Comments (8)

A1C Reed Shane spent a year at Osan and shared his photos with us. He stated, I was there from May 1965 thru July 1966." Reed lamented that he made ...more »

Bongsudae Tradition Restarts In Seoul

» by GI Korea November 3rd, 2009 at 4:50 pm » Comments (0)

If you see some smoke coming from the top of Namsan hill in Seoul, now you know what it means: Republic of Korea - The city of Seoul offers many cultural ...more »