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GNP Announces That It Will Reveal Its New Name On Monday
» by GI Korea January 28th, 2012 at 6:48 am » Comments (5)
Are Korean voters really dumb enough to fall for this?: Campaign strategists push for a change in the name of political parties when facing an extremely unfavorable campaign landscape, as they ...more »Vote Buying Allegations Latest Scandal to Hit Korean Ruling Party
» by GI Korea January 9th, 2012 at 9:10 pm » Comments (0)
What surprised me most about the alleged vote buying attempt in the Korean parliament was not that envelopes with cash were being handed out, but that so little money was ...more »Picture of the Day: Korean Parliament Ratifies KORUS FTA After Tear Gas Attack
» by GI Korea November 23rd, 2011 at 12:56 pm » Comments (12)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Rep. Kim Seon-dong of South Korea's progressive minor opposition Democratic Labor Party explodes tear gas in front of the speaker's chair to block the National Assembly's ...more »How Does the Seoul Mayoral Election Effect the US-ROK Relationship
» by GI Korea October 31st, 2011 at 5:05 pm » Comments (40)
Long time journalist Don Kirk who has covered news on the peninsula for decades thinks that it could mean that software guru and motivational speaker Ahn Cheol-soo may be in ...more »Is Seoul Mayoral Election A Sign That South Korea Is Taking A Turn To the Left?
» by GI Korea October 29th, 2011 at 5:09 pm » Comments (1)
It sounds like Korea may be going through its hope and change phase like the US did back in 2008: People in their 20s, 30s and 40s were united in Seoul ...more »President Lee’s Retirement Home Purchase To Be Investigated
» by GI Korea October 20th, 2011 at 6:04 am » Comments (7)
I have been following the story about the controversy over the purchase of land for President Lee's retirement home in Seocho and it appears to me the Korean left is ...more »Minister To Resign Over Nationwide Power Outage In Korea
» by GI Korea September 19th, 2011 at 5:19 pm » Comments (7)
This is one of the things I like about Korea is that government ministers are held responsible when bad things happen like with the recent power outage in Korea: Knowledge Economy ...more »Is Ahn Cheol-soo the 2nd Coming of Roh Moo-hyun?
» by GI Korea September 12th, 2011 at 5:30 pm » Comments (28)
For those that haven't been following Korean politics these past few weeks, Ahn Cheol-soo is an anti-virus software entrepreneur turned academic who has shot to high levels of popularity in ...more »President Lee Replaces Unification Minister
» by GI Korea August 31st, 2011 at 9:29 am » Comments (2)
I have to wonder this all has to do with getting North Korea to behave before next year's election?: President Lee Myung-bak on Tuesday replaced Unification Minister Hyun In-taek, who was ...more »Korean Left Wing Parties Want Unification Minister Dismissed
» by GI Korea August 31st, 2011 at 3:09 am » Comments (1)
The way the Korean left is complaining about the Unification Minister makes me believe that he is actually doing quite a good job: Opposition lawmakers yesterday jointly sponsored a resolution to ...more »
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