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A Google Earth Profile of Uijongbu

» 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 »

A Pictorial History of Camp Stanley

» by GI Korea August 26th, 2008 at 12:54 pm » Comments (9)

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 »

Comparing Red Light Districts in Korea

» by GI Korea January 31st, 2008 at 10:09 am » Comments (22)

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 »

Camp Kyle: “A No Use Area”

» by GI Korea December 23rd, 2007 at 7:26 pm » Comments (21)

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 »

A Profile of USFK Camps in Uijongbu

» by GI Korea July 18th, 2007 at 9:23 am » Comments (65)

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 »

The Battle of Uijongbu

» by GI Korea June 25th, 2007 at 3:46 am » Comments (23)

Wars are often filled with lots of "what ifs" and the Korean War was no different. One of these "what ifs" was a little known battle in the opening ...more »

Things to Do in Korea: Suraksan Mountain

» by GI Korea April 16th, 2007 at 7:08 pm » Comments (14)

Just south of Uijongbu on the opposite side of Dobongsan Mountain and just as accessible to any potential visitors is the lesser known Suraksan Mountain. Suraksan is not as ...more »