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K-9 Self Propelled Howitzer Deal Announced

» by GI Korea November 26th, 2008 at 3:49 am » Comments (1)

I actually attended a firepower demonstration for one of these before and I found the K-9 to be quite an impressive piece of equipment: The South Korean government on Wednesday signed ...more »

ROK Army to Complete Withdrawal from Iraq this Year

» by GI Korea September 23rd, 2008 at 2:49 pm » Comments (4)

I was against the deployment of the ROK Army to Iraq from the very beginning and was glad to see the news that the ROK Army was going to finally ...more »

Korea Military Begins Fielding PATRIOT Missiles

» by GI Korea September 22nd, 2008 at 10:23 am » Comments (9)

The PATRIOT Missiles that the Korean military bought from the Germans are now being deployed around Korea: South Korea has begun installing a billion dollars worth of second hand German Patriot ...more »

ROK Army Finding Plenty of Recruits for Overseas Service, If Mom Approves

» by GI Korea August 28th, 2008 at 9:48 am » Comments (2)

I'm not surprised at all that the Korean military is finding plenty of people to volunteer for overseas service: Applications have been pouring in for overseas military service at the Zaytun ...more »

ROK Drop Review: Bing West’s, The Village

» by GI Korea June 4th, 2008 at 10:06 am » Comments (18)

Bing West is a well respected military writer, especially for his recent books in regards to the war in Iraq. However, until recently I haven’t read the first book ...more »

XK2, Potential Export to Turkey

» by GI Korea March 5th, 2007 at 5:48 am » Comments (19)

I posed the question earlier if the XK2 tank was next generation defense or a potential money maker? Well the answer to this question is emerging: Turkey is considering purchasing ...more »

Next Generation Defense or Potential Money Maker?

» by GI Korea March 3rd, 2007 at 7:21 am » Comments (16)

The ROK Army is getting a defense upgrade with the introduction of the XK2 "Black Panther": Korea's first domestically-made amphibious tank, featuring an auto loaded 120-mm cannon, rolled off the assembly ...more »

ROK Vietnam Veterans Win Agent Orange Lawsuit

» by GI Korea January 30th, 2006 at 9:36 pm » Comments (2)

Former ROK Army veterans who served in the Vietnam War recently won a lawsuit against the US companies responsible for manufacturing the chemical, Agent Orange, that was used to clear ...more »

More Vietnam Era Documents Declassified

» by GI Korea December 3rd, 2005 at 8:32 am » Comments (1)

The Korean government has declassified additional documents highlighting specifics about the ROK Army deployment to Vietnam: Korean president Park Chung-hee in the later 1960s proposed a regional defense body with Japan ...more »