» by GI Korea January 31st, 2012 at 3:40 am » Comments (0)

That is what this editorial in the Korea Times is doing in regards to Korean convicted as war criminals in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II: Hiromura Gakurai was ...more »

» by GI Korea October 3rd, 2011 at 10:14 pm » Comments (6)

This is not a surprising response from the Japanese government considering their past stance on this issue: Japan has turned down South Korea’s proposal to hold bilateral talks about Korean women ...more »

» by GI Korea August 6th, 2011 at 5:42 am » Comments (30)

With the ongoing Fukushima crisis this years anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima is a bit different: The Japanese city of Hiroshima on Saturday marked the 66th anniversary of the ...more »

» by GI Korea August 11th, 2010 at 1:00 pm » Comments (76)

Could you imagine the out cry if a sign like this promoting the killing of Taliban was put up in some FOB in Afghanistan?   It just makes you wonder ...more »

» by GI Korea August 8th, 2010 at 2:56 am » Comments (1)

Today is the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the Japanese city of Nagasaki that ultimately led to the end of World War II.  So take a minute and ...more »

» by GI Korea August 6th, 2010 at 9:36 pm » Comments (11)

I don't really have a problem with this as long as the US ambassador doesn't start getting into apology mode:   Today’s ceremony commemorating the 65th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of ...more »

» by GI Korea February 10th, 2010 at 4:29 pm » Comments (9)

Here is an interesting article about the conscripted Korean laborers from World War II that still find themselves for various reasons living on the Russian island of Sakhalin: “So, I have ...more »

» by GI Korea December 28th, 2009 at 4:30 pm » Comments (32)

Yeah this is pretty low sending someone a check for 99 cents after laboring for two years with no pay: The Japanese government fanned anger among Koreans after news came this ...more »

» by GI Korea December 11th, 2009 at 8:29 am » Comments (24)

Incredibly the Taft-Katsura Agreement which Koreans have long used to blame the US for the Japanese colonization of the peninsula in the last century; is now being used to blame ...more »

» by GI Korea August 8th, 2009 at 5:27 am » Comments (3)

Today is the 64th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the Japanese city of Nagasaki that ultimately led to the end of World War II.  So take a minute and ...more »