Koreas
Career Day at South Korea fighter base fuels elementary interest in aviation
Curious, career-minded fourth- and fifth graders spent a recent afternoon collecting information from aviation professionals at the annual Career Day on this U.S. installation south of Seoul.
Yongsan celebrates opening of two new U.S.-operated high-rises
Base officials celebrated the opening of two South Korean-funded housing towers Monday — just two years before U.S. forces are to move out of Seoul.
Koreans know a few GIs who speak their language
Capt. Richardson Blair IV, dressed in U.S. Army camouflage, strutted around the Balboni Theater stage Wednesday, microphone in hand, smoothly crooning “The Southbound Train to Ho-nam,” a classic Korean folk song as hundreds cheered.
Outgoing ambassador says U.S.- South Korea alliance is strong
With full honor guard, U.S. military officials bade farewell Tuesday to Ambassador Thomas C. Hubbard, the top U.S. representative to South Korea during a turbulent three-year period on the peninsula.
Construction of new helo pad at Yongsan to begin
After seven years of sometimes prickly negotiations, construction will start next week on a new landing pad for U.S. and South Korean helicopters.
Legal review sinks housing plan in S. Korea
Military lawyers and local real estate agents sank a housing plan projected to save taxpayers $25 million annually and revamp how U.S. forces pay rent for thousands of off-post apartments.
Landlords, real estate agents protest Korea housing system changes
Hundreds of landlords and real estate agents held placards and chanted in front of Yongsan Garrison on Tuesday, vehemently protesting a new housing system that will slice profits from their rentals.