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The Sunshine Policy is Officially Dead
» by GI Korea January 8th, 2008 at 3:07 am » Comments (16)
There is quite a big difference currently on the way on how presidential transitions are being conducted in South Korea. Here is quite an unsurprising tale from the presidential transition ...more »Lee Warns Roh Over Shredding Files
» by GI Korea December 31st, 2007 at 5:46 am » Comments (0)
I think it is pretty much guaranteed the shredders are working over time at the Blue House now a days: President-elect Lee Myung-bak’s Transition Committee on Thursday ...more »Lee Myung Bak Vowing Tough Stance with North Korea
» by GI Korea December 22nd, 2007 at 10:48 am » Comments (6)
These early statements by South Korean president elect Lee Myung-bak are encouraging, but I would have to see real action before I believe them: South Korea's President-elect Lee Myung-bak said Thursday ...more »Lee Myung-bak Elected Next President of Korea
» by GI Korea December 20th, 2007 at 4:40 am » Comments (9)
Lee Myung-bak as expected has won the presidential election of South Korea in a landslide: Former Hyundai CEO Lee Myung-bak, known as "The Bulldozer" for his determination ...more »The Real Threat to Democracy in Korea
» by GI Korea December 17th, 2007 at 6:23 am » Comments (6)
This article gave me a good laugh when I read it this morning: Five years ago, that same group - known as the "386" generation for being in their 30s, educated ...more »Voter Apathy Before Presidential Election in Korea
» by GI Korea November 29th, 2007 at 7:07 pm » Comments (2)
Welcome to how we feel in the United States: Kim Min-kyeong, 30, says she is not sure whether she will "bother" to vote in the upcoming presidential ...more »Chung Dong-young’s “Unwavering Pro-US Stance”
» by GI Korea October 30th, 2007 at 9:12 am » Comments (15)
The Korea Times has published an interview from one of my all time useful idiots of Korea, Chung Dong-young. The Marmot has passed on a challenge for anyone to read ...more »Lee Myung-bak A Threat to Hagwons?
» by GI Korea October 10th, 2007 at 6:53 am » Comments (6)
Favored South Korean Presidential candidate Lee Myung-bak has a plan to improve English language proficiency and it appears the plan may not be a good thing for English hagwon owners: ...more »Canal or No Canal?
» by GI Korea October 8th, 2007 at 1:39 pm » Comments (14)
I guess it was only a matter of time, but Lee Myung-bak is reported to be contemplating changing his plan to build a canal from Seoul to Pusan: ...more »Lee Myung-bak to Meet Bush
» by GI Korea October 2nd, 2007 at 12:23 am » Comments (4)
I think this month couldn't make things any more clearer what the state of relations between the US and South Korea are currently at: In a rare diplomatic event, Grand National ...more »Will the Korean Voters Buy It?
» by GI Korea September 10th, 2007 at 11:37 am » Comments (4)
This is a predictable election tactic: North Korea will likely boycott multilateral talks on its nuclear disarmament if a conservative candidate wins the December presidential election, former ...more »Lee Myung-bak Wins GNP Primary
» by GI Korea August 21st, 2007 at 12:54 pm » Comments (0)
It looks like that the next President of Korea will be former Mayor of Seoul Lee Myung-bak after he won his party's primary over rival Park Guen-hye. This isn't surprising ...more »
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