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Background: Korea was an independent kingdom under Chinese suzerainty for most of the past millennium. Following its victory in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, Japan occupied Korea; five years later it formally annexed the entire peninsula. After World War II, a republic was set up in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula while a Communist-style government was installed in the north. During the Korean War (1950-53), US and other UN forces intervened to defend South Korea from North Korean attacks supported by the Chinese. An armistice was signed in 1953, splitting the peninsula along a demilitarized zone at about the 38th parallel. Thereafter, South Korea achieved rapid economic growth with per capita income rising to roughly 14 times the level of North Korea. In 1987, South Korean voters elected ROH Tae-woo to the presidency, ending 26 years of military dictatorships. South Korea today is a fully functioning modern democracy. In June 2000, a historic first North-South summit took place between the South's President KIM Tae-chung and the North's leader KIM Jong Il.

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By Miss Cramer
September 12th 2008

Children in Traditional Hanboks at Hanok Village

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Me and the Pear

Today was a most exciting day for all of us at the Hogwan. This morning we went to the Korean cultural center and Hanok Village. Most all of the children wore their traditional Korean Hanboks. When we (the foreign teachers) arrived at the school, we went on a quest for our Hanboks because we were supposed to wear them as well, however they were nowhere to be found. Later, Mrs. Ahn said that they were in storage and old and moldy, but we think they probably forgot. It was okay though, because it was pretty hot to begin with without all [View Full Entry]

By Adventures of a Travel Addict
April 26th 2008

A Dose of Traditional Culture

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bibimbab

My boyfriend David won a day trip through the Korean Tourism Organization (KTO) to the city of Jeonju which is about 2.5 hours south of Seoul. We got to explore the city made famous by creating one of Korea's favourite dish - bibimpap. This dish consists of rice and heaps of vegetables, sometimes meat and egg. It's normally served in a hot dish with a raw egg so the egg cooks as you eat it. It's definetly delicious and one of my faves! We also had the day to explore the Hanok Village in Jeonju which displays life in the old [View Full Entry]

By St3ph
April 15th 2008

Jeonju

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Hanok Village

A weekend in Jeonju Last weekend, I went with a tour group to check out Jeonju. Jeonju Hanok Village This a Korean traditional style village with over 700 Korean houses grouped together. This Hanok village is located in Pungnab-dong in Jeonju city. It's the largest traditional village in Korea. Gyeonggi Jeon Gyeonggi Jeon became famous when it was used as the background for the drama series “Tears of the Dragon.” By the main gate there's a small resting place with chairs. All the seniors in the village gather here every day to socialize and spend [View Full Entry]

By TravellingTandem
August 24th 2007

Historical Hanok {Susan/Mummy}

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Picture perfect
One of the many houses with neat, beautiful gardens

It is amazing how well you can sleep on a marble floor! All the foot-weariness from the previous day's hike gone, we got up and left the jjimjilbang to find a taxi to go to Hanok Village on the outskirts of Jeonju. We had absolutely no sense of where we were so started walking in the direction we thought was correct. We eventually hailed a taxi and found we were going in the wrong direction and were miles from where we wanted to be! Hanok Village is a kind of living museum where all the builings are representative of typical Korean [View Full Entry]

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