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Is South Korea Planning On Becoming A Welfare State?
» by GI Korea August 27th, 2011 at 9:23 am » Comments (19)
Over at the Marmot's Hole, "The Korean" has a posting up about how the opposition party in Korea has a platform they are pushing for next year's elections called 3+1: Oh’s ...more »President Lee Has Strong Words For Japan On Liberation Day
» by GI Korea August 16th, 2011 at 4:19 am » Comments (20)
This Liberation Day South Korean President Lee Myung-bak had some strong words for Japan: Japan must acknowledge its past and teach “correct” history to its youth, President Lee Myung-bak demanded yesterday, ...more »Kang Ki-bab Fine for Political Violence to Stand
» by GI Korea September 18th, 2010 at 6:41 pm » Comments (2)
It looks like the face of the Korean left in the National Assembly Kang Ki-bab will in fact have to pay the fine he received for his political violence: A Seoul ...more »U.S. Rejects Re-Sale of M1 Rifles Issued During Korean War
» by NC47 September 4th, 2010 at 8:49 pm » Comments (23)
The Obama Administration blocked South Korea from selling old M1 rifles used during the Korean War back to the U.S.. The South Korean government, in an effort to raise money for its military, ...more »Transcript of Debate Between Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hun & Challenger Han Myung-suk
» by GI Korea June 15th, 2010 at 9:09 pm » Comments (13)
Via the Korea Economic Reader comes this excellent translation of a debate between Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hun and his liberal challenger Han Myung-suk. This has to be the worst performance ...more »Sex Scandals Hits Busan
» by GI Korea April 27th, 2010 at 4:44 am » Comments (9)
These allegations wouldn't be very surprising if they turned out to be true considering South Korea's chummy relationship between businessmen and politicians: Lee Myung-Bak said the service should regain public trust ...more »Do Korean Schools Need A Free Lunch Program?
» by GI Korea March 16th, 2010 at 8:18 am » Comments (7)
I am interested to hear what you English teachers teaching in Korean public schools think of this: The main opposition Democratic Party yesterday stepped up moves to publicize its proposal ...more »Korean Police Raid DLP Headquarters
» by GI Korea February 9th, 2010 at 9:28 pm » Comments (2)
I have no love for these Korean labor unions and apparently President Lee has had enough with their antics as well: Korean law bars public worker and teacher union members from ...more »Picture of the Day: Another National Assembly Fight
» by GI Korea January 24th, 2010 at 12:46 pm » Comments (6)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="520" caption="Democratic Party representative Jeong Gi-yeong, who has some kind of vision disability, wound up being taken off in a stretcher after a physical fight in the ...more »Twitter Account Spoofs President Lee
» by GI Korea January 20th, 2010 at 9:54 pm » Comments (3)
This just goes to show that even with a real-name system people will find ways to get around it: Twitter, which has become a powerful tool in expanding Internet-based and mobile ...more »
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