» by GI Korea January 6th, 2010 at 1:00 pm » Comments (0)

Nice photo from Robert Koehler of the recent snow Seoul's Bukchon neighborhood. Full gallery available here. more »

» by GI Korea January 5th, 2010 at 5:16 pm » Comments (3)

For those of us in the military admission to the War Memorial in Yongsan has long been free, but now it is great to see that the memorial is now ...more »

» by GI Korea November 14th, 2009 at 3:34 am » Comments (1)

For those not familiar Korea, foreigners from western nations do not have a long history in Korea.  The late 19th century was the beginning of the opening of Korea to ...more »

» by GI Korea November 12th, 2009 at 4:59 am » Comments (3)

The destruction of Seoul's various hanok neighborhoods has been a growing issue with people looking to preserve the city's cultural heritage: Stroll through the tangle of alleyways in the Ikseon-dong neighborhood ...more »

» by GI Korea October 31st, 2009 at 1:11 pm » Comments (4)

Here is my vote for the spookiest place in Seoul: Seodaemun prison in Seoul is where enemies of the Japanese colonial government as well as follow on Korean military dictatorships were ...more »

» by GI Korea October 30th, 2009 at 1:00 pm » Comments (1)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="323" caption="Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon, center, and other officials tour Independence Park, which houses Dongnimmun or Independence Gate, in celebration of the completion of a park construction ...more »

» by GI Korea October 29th, 2009 at 7:52 pm » Comments (12)

I think this make sense considering the jobs most foreign workers in Korea work are not in Itaewon: Itaewon may be the hottest hangout spot among foreigners, but the southwestern Seoul ...more »

» by GI Korea October 29th, 2009 at 1:00 pm » Comments (1)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="485" caption="Dream Forest opened this month. The most northeastern part of Seoul was devoid of green space because of its high density of residential buildings. To solve ...more »

» by GI Korea October 25th, 2009 at 5:25 am » Comments (6)

I have been saying this for some time now that it would be a great idea to restore Seoul's fortress walls and it appears that it is closer to happening ...more »

» by GI Korea October 18th, 2009 at 9:53 am » Comments (1)

Congrats to Robert Neff who is well known in the K-blogosphere for being featured in the LA Times: [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="312" caption="Historian Robert Neff at the Yanghwajin Foreigners' Cemetery in ...more »

» by GI Korea September 29th, 2009 at 4:00 pm » Comments (0)

Seoul has a number of royal palaces and Gyeonghuigung is the least significant of all of them, due to its small size, but that doesn't mean that this palace hasn't ...more »

» by GI Korea September 13th, 2009 at 2:50 pm » Comments (1)

Via the Marmot's Hole. Interesting enough the bridge set a Guinness Book World Record for the longest bridge fountain.  World record or not I think this bridge fountain was a great ...more »