» by GI Korea February 13th, 2012 at 3:13 am » Comments (3)

This really isn't a surprise but the Korean left who is desperate to win the next Presidential election is threatening to withdraw for the US-ROK FTA that was recently ratified ...more »

» by GI Korea October 22nd, 2011 at 4:58 am » Comments (5)

Here is the transcript from a speech the USFK Commanding General James Thurman gave to the East Asia Institute conference on the ROK-U.S. Alliance at the Westin Chosun Hotel on October 21, ...more »

» by GI Korea September 4th, 2010 at 10:09 pm » Comments (4)

The long awaited anti-submarine drill between the US and South Korea has been put to a hold due to yet another typhoon that could be bearing down on the Korean ...more »

» by GI Korea August 28th, 2010 at 5:02 pm » Comments (22)

It looks like 2017 is the date that USFK can no longer be a place for people to hide out from deployments down range: The U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) will start ...more »

» by GI Korea July 27th, 2010 at 8:11 am » Comments (17)

Via the Marmot's Hole comes this interesting contrast in Naval power.  First are the two aircraft carriers the US George Washington and the South Korean Dokdo at port in Busan ...more »

» by GI Korea July 8th, 2010 at 6:34 am » Comments (10)

That is what the Hankyoreh says: United States Forces Korea (USFK) Commander Gen. Walter Sharp has reportedly expressed his virtual opposition to the South Korean Army’s plan to restart ...more »

» by GI Korea June 26th, 2010 at 7:25 pm » Comments (19)

As I have been saying for the past year, the Obama administration would give in on the OPCON transfer to South Korea: South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and his American counterpart ...more »

» by GI Korea April 24th, 2010 at 8:50 am » Comments (1)

It is always interesting to conduct training with the ROK Army and I'm sure this large live fire exercise had its share of challenges, but it looks like it was ...more »

» by GI Korea April 22nd, 2010 at 4:35 pm » Comments (34)

I sure hope this is true: Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan says South Korea and the United States have not discussed or agreed to delay the U.S. transfer of wartime operational ...more »

» by GI Korea April 20th, 2010 at 3:53 am » Comments (15)

That is what the Stars & Stripes is looking at in this recent article: In two years, South Korea and the United States will make one of the biggest changes in ...more »