» by GI Korea December 23rd, 2009 at 3:08 am » Comments (7)

Here is something that should really help reduce the traffic in Uijongbu once it is completed: When I came to Uijeongbu in August 2007 a series of cement pillars were being ...more »

» by GI Korea October 9th, 2009 at 1:38 pm » Comments (0)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Mangwolsa Temple was founded by the great monk Haehohwasang in the 8th year of the reign of King Seondeok (AD639) during the Silla Kingdom as a ...more »

» by GI Korea July 30th, 2009 at 8:02 pm » Comments (2)

Here is video of night flight of a helicopter over the South Korean city of Uijongbu from Camp Stanley to Camp Red Cloud: more »

» by GI Korea May 7th, 2009 at 12:52 pm » Comments (6)

This is the sea of apartments that makes up the northern Seoul suburb of Uijongbu.  That is the scenic Mt. Dobong in the background. more »

» by GI Korea May 1st, 2009 at 12:29 am » Comments (0)

The 2ID Band and local Uijongbu musicians have collaborated to record their own CD: more »

» by GI Korea February 28th, 2009 at 7:10 pm » Comments (3)

This is not the ideal way for new soldiers to be welcomed to Korea: Nine soldiers were injured Wednesday when the tour bus they were in struck a second bus ...more »

» by GI Korea August 29th, 2008 at 7:23 am » Comments (3)

In recent months Google Earth has updated their software to now include high resolution footage of the Uijongbu area to the delight of Korea watchers such as myself that have ...more »

» by GI Korea August 26th, 2008 at 12:54 pm » Comments (29)

I have seen some of the veteran sites out there that offer old photographs of Korea but Bruce Richard's site is the best archive of old photographs of USFK facilities ...more »

» by GI Korea January 31st, 2008 at 10:09 am » Comments (43)

With the Chosun Ilbo concerned about the "worsening" sex trade outside US military installations in Korea, I thought it would be interesting to compare what GI and Korean red light ...more »

» by GI Korea December 23rd, 2007 at 7:26 pm » Comments (23)

Or so claims the ever trustworthy Korean media: Handed back to South Korea several months ago, a former American military base, Camp Kyle, remains a no-use area. Only a small group ...more »

» by GI Korea October 15th, 2007 at 5:49 am » Comments (2)

If you live in the Seoul area and our looking for some place to view the changing leaves this fall and experience a little Korean history I highly recommend taking ...more »

» by GI Korea July 18th, 2007 at 9:23 am » Comments (107)

Located just north of Seoul and about an hour south of Dongducheon, is the suburban city of Uijongbu. Besides being nationally famous for serving the best budaechigae in the ...more »