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Korean Hostage Crisis Day 22 Update
» by GI Korea August 11th, 2007 at 8:07 am » Comments (6)
UPDATE: The ransom money negotiations must have gone well because the Taliban have reportedly planned to release two female hostages. The reported going rate for the Korean hostages is $1 ...more »Korean Hostage Crisis Day 19 Update
» by GI Korea August 8th, 2007 at 6:23 am » Comments (10)
The summit between President Bush and Afghan President Karzai has made it quite clear, he is not giving into terrorist demands: U.S President George W. Bush and ...more »Korean Hostage Crisis Day 19 Update
» by GI Korea August 6th, 2007 at 6:37 am » Comments (7)
The latest development in the Korean hostage crisis is that the Taliban has turned to the United Nations to guarantee the safety of Taliban negotiators. It is a bit ironic ...more »Korean Hostage Crisis Day 15 Update
» by GI Korea August 4th, 2007 at 6:23 am » Comments (6)
I expected the Roh Administration to be consistently incompetent in handling the hostage crisis and so far I have not been disappointed. The latest incompetency is that the Korean government ...more »Korea Discovers Taliban are Not “Conscientious Muslims”
» by GI Korea August 3rd, 2007 at 6:52 am » Comments (17)
Here is some breaking news, the Joong Ang Ilbo has discovered that the Taliban are not "conscientious Muslims": The deep sorrow of Shim’s family is the pain ...more »Blame America Campaign Picks Up Steam
» by GI Korea August 2nd, 2007 at 8:56 pm » Comments (14)
UPDATE #2: The anti-US blame game being played in Korea is now making headlines in the US: (HT: Nomad) South Korea's frustration over the plight of Christian volunteers seized by the ...more »UPDATE: Hostage Confirmed Killed, Anti-US Movement Hopes to Capitolize
» by GI Korea July 31st, 2007 at 6:48 am » Comments (7)
UPDATE: The body of the Shim Sung-min has been recovered verifying that two hostages have now been killed. With the bodies beginning to pile up the anti-US movement in Korea ...more »Seoul to Push Karzai for Prisoner Swap
» by GI Korea July 28th, 2007 at 6:09 am » Comments (20)
CBS News was some how able to arrange an interview with one of the Korean hostages. Here is what the Korean hostage , Im Hyun-joo had to say: ...more »Taliban Executes First Korean Hostage
» by GI Korea July 26th, 2007 at 6:06 am » Comments (7)
UPDATE: I just saw on CNN International that it has confirmed that the eight Korean hostages have not been released and are still threatening to kill the others. Whoever it ...more »Hostage Crisis Update: If Missionaries Die, America is to Blame
» by GI Korea July 25th, 2007 at 12:40 pm » Comments (18)
(Note: Prior posting and update here and here) UPDATE: I highly recommend everyone read this posting from Michael Hurt. As always he offers some good food for thought about the ...more »




