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Child Murderer & Rapist On the Run In Busan

» by GI Korea March 8th, 2010 at 8:26 pm » Comments (15)

This crime is just vile: A 13-year-old girl was found dead in Busan 11 days after she was kidnapped, police said Saturday. According to officers, the remains of the girl, identified as ...more »

Korean Immigrant to Become Honduran Ambassador to Korea

» by GI Korea March 8th, 2010 at 4:25 pm » Comments (1)

This is an interesting story of a Korean immigrant returning to South Korea as the ambassador of Honduras: The government of Honduras has reportedly appointed Kang Young-shin as ambassador to Korea. ...more »

Parents Let Baby Starve to Death While They Play Video Games

» by GI Korea March 7th, 2010 at 5:21 am » Comments (2)

This is seriously jacked up and hopefully this couple sees some serious jail time: Sometimes, stories about video game addiction are alarmist malarkey to bump up ratings. Other times, they're just ...more »

Have Korean Researchers Discovered Alcohol That Doesn’t Give You A Hangover?

» by GI Korea March 5th, 2010 at 4:17 pm » Comments (6)

That is at least what they are claiming: Booze, for all its magical wonder, still has big drawbacks: You can't sober up quickly, and you often get a hangover. Now Korean ...more »

Picture of the Day: Spring Snow Slams Korea

» by GI Korea March 2nd, 2010 at 1:03 pm » Comments (2)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Cars driving back to Seoul after the last day of the March 1 Independence Movement Day holidays sit in traffic amid heavy snow yesterday along the ...more »

President Lee Appears to Urge Koreans to Move Forward On Japanese Ties

» by GI Korea March 1st, 2010 at 8:43 pm » Comments (4)

It is good to see South Korean President Lee Myung-bak trying to urge Koreans to move forward with a future oriented relationship with Japan, which is actually in the best ...more »

Korea Finishes 5th In Winter Olympics Medal Standings

» by GI Korea March 1st, 2010 at 3:52 pm » Comments (24)

Considering South Korea has a population of roughly 50 million they did pretty good for themselves at the 2010 Winter Olympics: Korea had an impressive medal haul at the Vancouver Olympics ...more »

Korean Speed Skaters Disqualification Leads to Chinese Gold

» by GI Korea February 25th, 2010 at 6:25 am » Comments (46)

Here we go again, what will be interesting to see is if Korean netizens will either blame the Australian referee as being behind a Chinese or US conspiracy: Eight years after ...more »

Did Kenneth Markle or Jason Lambert Kill Korean Prostitute In 1992?

» by GI Korea February 24th, 2010 at 6:41 am » Comments (1)

Over at the Marmot's Hole, contributor Robert Neff has an interesting posting up about the murder of 26 year old prostitute Yun Kum-i in the ville outside of Camp Casey ...more »

Group to Submit Bill to Ban Smoking In Korea

» by GI Korea February 23rd, 2010 at 9:27 pm » Comments (4)

I don't smoke, but the possibility of it being banned in South Korea is concerning to me: A group of health experts and civic activists Monday called for the government to ...more »

Dokdo Jihad Coming to Shimane Prefecture?

» by GI Korea February 22nd, 2010 at 8:52 am » Comments (10)

Here is some more Dokdo nonsense for everyone: Members of a domestic organization promoting Korea’s territorial rights over the Dokdo islets are demanding that Japan abolish the “Takeshima Day” that Shimane ...more »

Taliban Alleged to Be Collecting Information On US Bases In Korea

» by GI Korea February 20th, 2010 at 1:11 am » Comments (21)

Considering the people I have seen before hanging around outside US military bases in Korea, I don't find this surprising: A Pakistani man who claims to be a member of the ...more »
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