» by GI Korea September 4th, 2007 at 2:26 am » Comments (2)

The Taliban can definitely smell weakness: Afghanistan's rebel group Taliban on Sunday threatened to attack South Korean facilities, accusing Seoul of not pulling out all its citizens as promised in exchange ...more »

» by GI Korea September 3rd, 2007 at 6:13 am » Comments (7)

The Korean National Intelligence Services (NIS) director Kim Man-bok was spotted at a hotel in Kabul and would not out right deny that a ransom payment had been made: ...more »

» by GI Korea September 2nd, 2007 at 8:31 am » Comments (9)

The Korean hostages are now safely back in Korea but the controversy around their release continues to boil.  Via Nomad, comes this news of the amount of the suspected ransom ...more »

» by GI Korea September 1st, 2007 at 3:24 am » Comments (3)

With the Korean hostage crisis concluded, more reports are coming out about the under the table payment given to the Taliban which as I have posted was probably laundered by ...more »

» by GI Korea August 31st, 2007 at 6:33 pm » Comments (5)

The remaining Korean hostages have been released and already international reaction to the Korean government's handling of the crisis has been extremely critical with Canada leading the way: In a move ...more »

» by GI Korea August 29th, 2007 at 6:03 pm » Comments (4)

UPDATE #3: The South Korean government is coming under increasing criticism for their handling of the hostage crisis: South Korea's Munhwa Ilbo newspaper wrote that the handling ...more »

» by GI Korea August 27th, 2007 at 8:35 am » Comments (11)

There are now reports that a deal has been reached between the Korean government and the Taliban to release the remaining 19 hostages in Afghanistan: The South Korean government remained calm ...more »

» by GI Korea August 25th, 2007 at 6:59 am » Comments (12)

There has been few developments since the release of the two female hostages as the crisis enters its 36th day. The only big changes has been how this crisis ...more »

» by GI Korea August 13th, 2007 at 9:13 pm » Comments (7)

Two Korean hostages have been released. Many developments as the Korean hostage crisis moves into its 25th day. After the conflicting reports of the release and then reimprisonment of two ...more »

» by GI Korea August 13th, 2007 at 6:50 am » Comments (4)

Unsurprisingly the Taliban promise to release two female Korean hostages has been broken: In the first face-to-face negotiations with South Korean officials on Saturday, Taliban leaders reportedly ...more »