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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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A weekend of SEOUL searching
32 days ago: mike dano published a blog
A weekend of SEOUL searching
October 8th 2009  Asia » South Korea » Seoul » Insadong
Hello folks! First off, we would like to wish a big Happy Thanksgiving to all our friends and family celebrating back home this weekend! We will certainly be thinking of you this weekend and the delic ... 119 photos [full story]

42 days ago: Vero3 published a blog
Some sightseeing updates around Seoul
September 29th 2009  Asia » South Korea » Seoul » Insadong
Yes, it has been a while. In my defense I haven’t really done anything blog-worthy in the past few weeks. Last weekend my co-teacher took us foreign teachers to Insadong, which is a “tradi ... [full story]

131 days ago: chek published a blog
Gyeongbokgung Palace
July 2nd 2009  Asia » South Korea » Seoul » Insadong
We decided to try and experience some authentic Korean culture and made our way to the Gyeonbokgung Palace. the palace is filled with animal statues representing the different months and are said to p ... [full story]

186 days ago: Tara A Wanderlust published a blog
Long trip back to reality....
May 1st 2009  Asia » South Korea » Seoul » Insadong
Seoul was great. We did our best to stay dry (it rained all day) it was really easy to get around the city. And we took advantage of the tourist information booths they have everywhere. In fact we w ... [full story]


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