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Remembering the Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki

» by GI Korea August 8th, 2008 at 8:36 am » Comments (0)

Today is the 63rd anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Nagasaki that played a critical role in eventually ending World War II.  I highly recommend everyone read my prior posting ...more »

Remembering the Hiroshima Atomic Bombing

» by GI Korea August 6th, 2008 at 8:32 am » Comments (1)

Today is the 63rd anniversary of the nuclear bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima.  I recommend everyone read my prior posting where I trace how the bomb went from ...more »

Another Land of Four Seasons

» by GI Korea July 21st, 2008 at 4:23 pm » Comments (0)

Just further evidence that Japanese and Koreans have more in common then they each care to admit to include their affinity for four seasons. more »

Korean Teachers Want Better Dokdo “Educastion”

» by GI Korea July 21st, 2008 at 11:11 am » Comments (1)

Check out the title to this KBS article that is quite humorous considering what they are advocating. more »

Privatizing of Korean Utilities May Be Scrapped

» by GI Korea July 18th, 2008 at 11:32 pm » Comments (1)

It looks like Korea's attempts to privatize public utilities is about as likely to happen as over 30 month year old US beef being sold in Korea. more »

Korea Bans Japanese Condoms

» by GI Korea July 18th, 2008 at 11:29 pm » Comments (0)

I guess it was only a matter of time before something extremely stupid happened in order to brand this latest round of Dokdo absurdity. more »

US Army Remembers the Korean War

» by GI Korea June 30th, 2008 at 12:05 pm » Comments (0)

Over on the Army webpage the US Army Center for Military History has posted a slide show of Korean War pictures worth checking out in honor of the 58th anniversary ...more »

Missiing the Point of US Beef Protests

» by GI Korea June 22nd, 2008 at 5:58 am » Comments (0)

I read news articles like this AP story currently on the front page of Yahoo and the International Herald Tribune's Choe Sang-hun's article and I just continued to be amazed ...more »

ROK Army Tank Accident

» by GI Korea June 21st, 2008 at 11:04 am » Comments (1)

A ROK Army tank was involved in a rollover accident tragically killing two soldiers yesterday. more »

English Teacher Dies in Cheollabuk-do

» by GI Korea June 21st, 2008 at 5:29 am » Comments (1)

An American English teacher was found dead in his apartment under mysterious circumstances in Cheollabuk-do. more »

Brian Deutsch in the Korea Times

» by GI Korea June 20th, 2008 at 5:41 pm » Comments (0)

It will be interesting to see if Brian Deutsch the K-blogger who raised the ire of Korean netizens due to his objection to the Crazy Cow Madness, with his latest ...more »

US Women Soccer Team Visits DMZ

» by GI Korea June 20th, 2008 at 4:40 pm » Comments (0)

The US Women's soccer team is in Korea for a tournament and took time out to visit with soldiers up on the DMZ. more »