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Korea Continues to Delay Cost Sharing Deal
» by GI Korea July 23rd, 2008 at 1:44 am » Comments (13)
The Korean government is once again playing their delay games: South Korea and the United States have failed to narrow differences over how to share joint defense costs to maintain ...more »Should USFK Hold An Auction to Pay for Relocation Expenses?
» by GI Korea June 23rd, 2008 at 9:39 pm » Comments (11)
In yet another sign of the desperation of the Korean government to stop the USFK relocation to Camp Humphreys: South Korea will likely start paying its share ...more »USFK Confirms Talks of 8th Army Headquarters Move
» by GI Korea June 9th, 2008 at 11:22 pm » Comments (4)
It looks like the move of the 8th Army Headquarters to Hawaii is coming closer to one day being a reality: South Korean and U.S. defense officials are discussing a possible ...more »US Seeking to Relocate 8th Army Command to Hawaii
» by GI Korea June 5th, 2008 at 1:19 pm » Comments (11)
Secretary Gates has been in Seoul this week for talks with his Korean counterparts in regards to the future of the US-ROK alliance. Today it was announced what the ...more »Secretary Gates Agrees to Maintain USFK Troop Levels
» by GI Korea June 4th, 2008 at 6:00 am » Comments (7)
This really isn't surprising considering President Bush said the same thing last month while meeting with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, but US Defense Secretary Robert Gates who is in ...more »US Defense Secretary in Seoul for Alliance Talks
» by GI Korea June 2nd, 2008 at 12:02 pm » Comments (12)
US Defense Secretary will be in Seoul this week for talks with his Korean couterpart: The defense chiefs of Korea and the United States will hold talks ...more »China Calls US-ROK Alliance “Cold War Product”
» by GI Korea May 28th, 2008 at 6:50 pm » Comments (4)
China has had some critical words to describe the US-ROK Alliance: China Tuesday said it believed the military alliance between the US and South Korea was a 'Cold War product' as ...more »Drawdown of US Troops to Stop on Korean Peninsula
» by GI Korea April 23rd, 2008 at 6:31 am » Comments (9)
It looks like this is the concession President Bush gave to South Korean President Lee Myung-bak during their summit this week in order to resume the sale of US beef ...more »South Korean Perceptions of the US Military Presence in Korea
» by GI Korea April 22nd, 2008 at 6:19 am » Comments (13)
Stars & Stripes journalist Ashley Rowland last week published a four part series of articles exploring the perceptions South Koreans have of the US military presence in their country. I ...more »USFK Confirms Air Force Withdrawals, Sort Of…
» by GI Korea April 18th, 2008 at 10:08 am » Comments (6)
The Korean media has recently reported that the United States military plans on redeploying a sizeable proportion of the Air Force's F-16's stationed in Korea: The U.S. ...more »US Senators Criticize OPCON Transfer Date
» by GI Korea April 5th, 2008 at 8:31 am » Comments (16)
This is interesting because this is the first time I have read about US Senators criticizing the transfer of wartime control to South Korea: Senior U.S. senators ...more »New Korean Defense Minister Supports Operational Control Handover Timeline
» by GI Korea March 27th, 2008 at 4:57 am » Comments (1)
New ROK Defense Minister Lee Sang-hee and USFK Commander General Burwell Bell review troops in Yongsan. Here is the best news of the week so far: The scheduled ...more »
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