» by GI Korea December 3rd, 2009 at 8:26 pm » Comments (3)

More details about the deployment of ROK forces to Afghanistan have been released: Korea has narrowed down the number of civilian aid workers to be sent to Afghanistan to less than ...more »

» by GI Korea October 30th, 2009 at 3:49 pm » Comments (35)

It is now official, South Korea is redeploying troops back to Afghanistan: South Korea has announced it will send troops and police to Afghanistan to protect an expanded civilian reconstruction team. The ...more »

» by GI Korea October 27th, 2009 at 4:16 pm » Comments (21)

I like how this decision had nothing to do with helping the people of Afghanistan, it was all about "US pressure": In response to U.S. pressure, the government wants to boost ...more »

» by GI Korea October 23rd, 2009 at 7:42 am » Comments (6)

As I have stated previously, this is a bad move for South Korea to deploy troops to Afghanistan: South Korea's defense chief said Friday that his military is readying for "any ...more »

» by GI Korea June 22nd, 2009 at 3:38 pm » Comments (4)

It just goes to show that it doesn't matter who is in the White House to keep this dumb idea going: South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said Saturday his country will ...more »

» by GI Korea May 8th, 2009 at 6:02 am » Comments (3)

So does anyone think US troops are just air raiding villages and killing civilians in Afghanistan? more »

» by GI Korea May 8th, 2009 at 5:38 am » Comments (33)

I have to wonder if these guys are linked back to the recent Al Jazeera story?: The Pentagon was involved in the production of a cable program that featured two so-called ...more »

» by GI Korea May 5th, 2009 at 11:28 pm » Comments (14)

Granted Al Jazeera is trying to stir up trouble in Afghanistan with sensational journalism of an incident that happened a year ago, but still the chaplain involved is an idiot: A former ...more »

» by GI Korea May 5th, 2009 at 9:22 am » Comments (1)

For the love of god lets hope this is true: The government says it is not considering redeploying troops to Afghanistan. Foreign Ministry spokesman Moon Tae-young dismissed a media report that the ...more »

» by GI Korea April 20th, 2009 at 3:51 am » Comments (7)

Introduction For people looking to get a deeper understanding of the War in Iraq and the decisions that led up to it there are plenty of books out there that provide ...more »

» by GI Korea February 19th, 2009 at 11:43 am » Comments (3)

The Hankyoreh doesn't like the fact that President Obama is sending an additional 17,000 troops to Afghanistan: United States President Barack Obama approved a plan to send an additional 17,000 troops ...more »

» by GI Korea February 11th, 2009 at 4:42 pm » Comments (5)

It looks like the Obama administration despite the campaign rhetoric is finding it just as hard to get allied troop increases in Afghanistan as the Bush administration did: The government has ...more »