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ROK to Consider Dispatching Navy to Somali Waters

» by GI Korea October 15th, 2008 at 10:49 am » Comments (0)

It is about time the ROK government looked at doing this considering all the hijackings of Korean ships in recent years off the Somali coast: The government will send a delegation ...more »

South Korea Plans to Build Wheeled Rapid Response Brigades

» by GI Korea October 6th, 2008 at 8:20 am » Comments (2)

Here is another sign that times are changing in South Korea because the former President Roh Moo-hyun in his own words would never have agreed to such a change in ...more »

KDX III Destroyers Prepare for Fleet Review

» by GI Korea October 4th, 2008 at 2:24 am » Comments (1)

Here is a pretty cool picture of Korea's first line of defense against any Japanese research vessels trying to invade Dokdo: Fleet review rehearsal: The Navy’s 7,600-ton KDX-III Aegis destroyer, forefront, ...more »

ROK Army to Complete Withdrawal from Iraq this Year

» by GI Korea September 23rd, 2008 at 2:49 pm » Comments (4)

I was against the deployment of the ROK Army to Iraq from the very beginning and was glad to see the news that the ROK Army was going to finally ...more »

Korea Military Begins Fielding PATRIOT Missiles

» by GI Korea September 22nd, 2008 at 10:23 am » Comments (9)

The PATRIOT Missiles that the Korean military bought from the Germans are now being deployed around Korea: South Korea has begun installing a billion dollars worth of second hand German Patriot ...more »

ROK Army Finding Plenty of Recruits for Overseas Service, If Mom Approves

» by GI Korea August 28th, 2008 at 9:48 am » Comments (2)

I'm not surprised at all that the Korean military is finding plenty of people to volunteer for overseas service: Applications have been pouring in for overseas military service at the Zaytun ...more »

Kunsan AB “Open House” — FINALLY

» by Kalani August 22nd, 2008 at 11:38 am » Comments (0)

FINALLY...Kunsan AB has an Open House ... well, kind of ... er, sort of.  It's really a ROKAF "open house" on Kunsan AB.  It's NOT a USAF open house -- but the USAF is ...more »

Three ROK Marines Die in Pohang

» by GI Korea July 25th, 2008 at 1:19 am » Comments (19)

Here is something I think Koreans should show a bit of outrage about: Three enlisted marines were killed Wednesday while standing guard at their base in the southeastern city of Pohang ...more »

Andre Kim Dresses ROK Pilots

» by GI Korea July 7th, 2008 at 8:21 pm » Comments (4)

Here is another one of those only in Korea moments: Scarf for pilots: Fashion designer Andre Kim ties a red neck scarf round Capt. Ha Jeong-mi, the first South Korean female ...more »

Korean Government Memorializes Sixth Anniversary of the West Sea Naval Battle

» by GI Korea June 30th, 2008 at 9:27 am » Comments (6)

The new presidential administration of Lee Myung-bak had announced back in April that they would do something the prior government failed to do and properly memorialize the six South Korean ...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 »

ROK Drop Review: Bing West’s, The Village

» by GI Korea June 4th, 2008 at 10:06 am » Comments (12)

Bing West is a well respected military writer, especially for his recent books in regards to the war in Iraq. However, until recently I haven’t read the first book ...more »
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