Posts Tagged With: Australia

“Korea Suburb” To Be Constructed In Hobart, Tasmania

» by GI Korea February 8th, 2012 at 5:45 pm » Comments (5)

I am real curious to see if this nearly billion dollar development ever gets built: WORK on a $900 million Korean suburb on Hobart's Eastern Shore will start within a year ...more »

Okinawa Plan Modified To Base Marines In Australia, Philippines, & Guam

» by GI Korea February 4th, 2012 at 5:04 pm » Comments (0)

It looks like at least the US Marines are going to have a base in the Philippines again: The Obama administration is preparing to scale back a stalled U.S. military plan ...more »

Picture of the Day: G’day From Korea

» by GI Korea December 9th, 2011 at 1:06 pm » Comments (5)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Private (Pte) Chris Bell-Chambers, a member of the Sniper Section, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), smiles and waves to a group of Korean children ...more »

Korean Women Arrested In Australia For Prostitution

» by GI Korea November 17th, 2011 at 5:59 pm » Comments (25)

For those that don't know prostitution is legal in Australia, but it appears these girls were trafficked thus the concern from authorities: Eleven South Korean nationals were reported to have been ...more »

US Military To Station Marines In Australia

» by GI Korea November 12th, 2011 at 6:02 am » Comments (58)

With all the problems facing the US Marines as they try to reposition forces on Okinawa and Guam, they have at least found one more place to put a few ...more »

Could A Muslim Woman Get Away With This Crime In Korea?

» by GI Korea June 22nd, 2011 at 4:11 am » Comments (156)

I wonder if this same ridiculous legal loop hole could happen in America? Better yet I wonder what the reaction of the Korean police would be if a Muslim woman made ...more »

Learning Korean A National Priority In Australia

» by GI Korea February 1st, 2011 at 9:04 pm » Comments (43)

Teaching children Korean has become a national priority in Australia: EVERY student will be required to study a second language for at least 300 hours before year 7, with ...more »

Who Wouldn’t Want Co-ed Showers With Dutch Soldiers?

» by GI Korea August 24th, 2010 at 3:48 am » Comments (12)

So how many people agree with this Staff Sergeant's assessment?: Unisex showers? Raw herring for breakfast? Australian Rules football? Must be Multinational Base Tirin Kot.Soldiers with 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker ...more »

Interview With Australian POW From the Korean War

» by GI Korea July 19th, 2010 at 4:37 am » Comments (2)

Via the ROK Drop Open Thread comes this very interesting video of an interview with an Australian pilot who was held as a prisoner of war during the Korean War: Escape ...more »

Australia to Press Charges Against Japan In International Court Over Whaling

» by GI Korea May 29th, 2010 at 10:00 pm » Comments (3)

Well it looks like the whaling nonsense between Australia and Japan is about to heat up: The Australian government has publicly announced that it will begin formal proceedings at the ...more »