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Korean Government Denies Cost Sharing Deal Reached with USFK

» by GI Korea March 17th, 2008 at 9:09 pm » Comments (2)

Yesterday United States Forces Korea Commander B.B. Bell testified to Congress that a deal had been reached with the Korean government to equally fund the USFK transformation costs.  I suspected ...more »

Update on Corps of Engineers Protest

» by GI Korea March 3rd, 2008 at 2:18 am » Comments (1)

The Stars & Stripes has a follow up report on the protest outside the Corps of Engineers Far East District headquarters.  USFK is now treating this dispute like I suggested ...more »

Koreans Protest Far East District Corps of Engineers

» by GI Korea March 1st, 2008 at 11:10 am » Comments (9)

Is there a construction project in Korea that isn't running rampant with fraud?: Ahn Byeong-chul has supplied gasoline to construction vehicles at Camp Humphreys for 10 months. But he says a ...more »

Report Claims US to Reduce Troops Below 20,000 on Korean Peninsula

» by GI Korea February 11th, 2008 at 3:53 am » Comments (8)

It seems like every year someone says USFK is going to Hawaii and the 2nd Infantry Division is moving to Ft. Lewis and yet every year there is USFK sitting ...more »

The Next Anti-US Cause?

» by GI Korea June 5th, 2007 at 6:57 pm » Comments (4)

The news of an expansion to the Kunsan Air Force Base may become another front in the anti-US movement in Korea: U.S. Forces Korea and South Korea are planning a ...more »

Nine More USFK Camps to be Handed Over

» by GI Korea June 3rd, 2007 at 10:39 pm » Comments (8)

It is about time these camps were finally handed over: South Korea has concluded its negotiations with the United States on the relocation of nine U.S. military bases in its country, ...more »

Bell Hints at USFK Transformation Review

» by GI Korea April 25th, 2007 at 4:37 pm » Comments (9)

As many of you may remember, last year South Korea decided they would rather send a over a billion dollars to North Korea this year rather than properly fund the ...more »

Dance for Daechu-ri

» by GI Korea April 1st, 2007 at 10:13 am » Comments (0)

Courtesy the Metropolitician, comes news of a dance this weekend to raise money and support the farmers of Daechu-ri.  Daechu-ri is the village that was annexed by the Korean government ...more »

USFK Announces War Time Control Handover By 2010

» by GI Korea February 20th, 2007 at 5:33 am » Comments (4)

From Yonhap: The United States has strongly indicated that it will allow South Korea to get back the wartime command of its troops, currently held by the ...more »

Korean Government Warns USFK Commander Over “Undiplomatic” Remarks

» by GI Korea January 31st, 2007 at 7:51 pm » Comments (9)

Here is another sign that USFK Commander General Bell has been doing his job exceedingly well, he has officially pissed off the Korean Foreign Ministry: South Korea ...more »

SK Government Continues to Delay USFK Relocation

» by GI Korea January 30th, 2007 at 4:24 pm » Comments (8)

The South Korean government is trying to smooth things over with General Bell by saying they will only delay the Camp Humphreys relocation until 2012 now: South ...more »

Korean Government Responds to General Bell’s “Fighting” Words

» by GI Korea January 10th, 2007 at 10:19 pm » Comments (6)

The Korean government has begun to respond to USFK commander General Bell's criticism of the South Korean foot dragging over the USFK relocation to Camp Humphreys: Seoul ...more »
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