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US Court of Appeals Reviewing Questionable Military Rape Cases

» by December 5th, 2011 at 3:03 am » Comments (2)

Via a reader tip from the Open Thread comes this article that shows how the US Court of Appeals has decided to get involved in cases involving male military servicemembers ...more »

GI Flashback: The 2005 Osan Shakedown Scandal

» by November 28th, 2011 at 5:48 pm » Comments (33)

Anyone familiar with the villes in South Korea outside the US military bases knows that these areas are pretty seedy and filled with questionable characters.  Most of these questionable characters ...more »

Sex Offenders Caught Working Illegally Near Youths

» by November 11th, 2011 at 10:30 pm » Comments (16)

Well this isn't good: Police have uncovered dozens of convicted sex offenders working at schools and other educational facilities for minors in violation of a law banning their employment at such ...more »

Have Gang Members Infiltrated USFK?

» by November 9th, 2011 at 9:40 am » Comments (28)

It looks like the Korea Times has found something else to bash USFK with: A number of American gang members have sneaked into Korea as service members of the U.S. forces, ...more »

Was the 10 Year Sentence for Rapist Kevin Flippin Unfair?

» by November 4th, 2011 at 5:38 pm » Comments (40)

This is something I have seen people complaining about in regards to the Korean man that raped a US soldier in Uijongbu this year who received a 3.5 year sentence ...more »

Korean Man Sentenced To Over 3 Years In Jail For Sexually Assaulting US Soldier

» by October 22nd, 2011 at 5:10 pm » Comments (4)

The Marmot's Hole has an update on the USFK soldier who was sexually assaulted by a Korean man in Uijongbu back in July: A court in Uijeongbu has sentenced a 26-year-old man ...more »

Itaewon Supposedly Quieter After USFK Curfew is Imposed

» by October 14th, 2011 at 10:07 pm » Comments (15)

Here is another Korean media translation from Robert Koehler in regards to the recent GI crime in issue in Korea: The Kukmin Ilbo reports that since USFK slapped a curfew back ...more »

USFK Soldier Denies Raping Woman In Seoul

» by October 13th, 2011 at 10:54 pm » Comments (15)

Robert Koehler has the translation of a Korean media article that says the USFK GI accused of raping a woman in Seoul is proclaiming his innocence: The 21-year-old GI accused of ...more »

Exposing the Donga Ilbo’s GI Crime Lies

» by October 11th, 2011 at 3:23 am » Comments (26)

Thanks to the ROK Heads who have shared this article with me which is one of the biggest examples of shoddy journalism I have seen in quite a while in ...more »

South Korea to “Toughen” Sex Crime Penalties

» by October 10th, 2011 at 4:54 pm » Comments (13)

It is always interesting to read articles like this shortly after Koreans are complaining about GI sex offenders getting off light when in fact in Korea all sex offenders get ...more »

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