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Marine Corps Puts Haunted Hotel Off Limits

» by GI Korea June 30th, 2009 at 2:15 am » Comments (1)

I don't know which building is uglier, the Ryugyong Hotel in North Korea or this unfinished hotel in Okinawa: One of Okinawa’s most popular haunts — the ruins of an ...more »

$57 Million Awarded By Japanese Court for US Air Force Noise Complaints

» by GI Korea February 28th, 2009 at 4:05 pm » Comments (0)

It is going to be interesting to see if this Japanese ruling will have impact on noise complaints against US airbases in Korea as well: A Japanese court here Friday ordered ...more »

Okinawa Sees Sharp Increase in Military Crime

» by GI Korea February 17th, 2009 at 7:32 pm » Comments (0)

This steep increase in military related crime on Okinawa reminds me that I need to compile my USFK crime stats again like I did last year.  It will be interesting ...more »

Update on Okinawa Juicy Girl Rape Case

» by GI Korea October 7th, 2008 at 8:33 pm » Comments (4)

The Article 32 hearing for the soldier involved in the alleged rape of an Filipina juicy girl on Okinawa Island has completed and a decision on whether to proceed with ...more »

Okinawa Juicy Girl Rape Case Opens with a Bombshell

» by GI Korea October 3rd, 2008 at 2:23 am » Comments (13)

Talk about a bad day, not only is this servicemember on Okinawa being accused of rape by a juicy girl there, but he also found out the woman he susposedly ...more »

Comfort Woman Memorial Opens on Okinawa

» by GI Korea September 8th, 2008 at 6:37 pm » Comments (2)

I wonder if this will get any notice in the Korean media: About 100 people from Japan and South Korea attended the unveiling Sunday of a cenotaph commemorating wartime sex slaves ...more »

Rape Charges Dropped On Okinawa Based Soldier

» by GI Korea May 19th, 2008 at 5:39 am » Comments (5)

This rape case on Okinawa has been greatly overshadowed by the Marine rape case, but ended with the same conclusion, rape charges being dropped: Charges were dropped late Thursday against a ...more »

Explaining Anti-Americanism on Okinawa

» by GI Korea May 12th, 2008 at 6:45 am » Comments (1)

The Stars & Stripes this past weekend had a good series of articles about how the system of anti-Americanism operates on the Japanese island of Okinawa works.  Similar to Korea, ...more »

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