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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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Western Breakfast at Holiday Inn
Western Breakfast at Holiday Inn
It was a fancy Holiday Inn, we asked how much a room would be on our return from Seoul and it was 1700 HKD=$219 too much for our budget in Asia.
We got up and had the best American breakfast since we have left the USA and it was at the Holiday Inn next to our hostel. I had an omelet and Pete had waffles and bacon with the best coffee, hmmmm. We then made our way to the bus stop that would take us the the Hong Kong Airport. All flights to and from Hong Kong are international, the only airport I have ever been to that is like that. I know Hong Kong is part of China but after traveling there I say "NO WAY" even more. The Chinese say [View Full Entry]

ElyseandPete - Elyse and Pete | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 8th 2009 | 79 Views | [diary=443178]

At Hong Kong Airport
National Day Vacation 031
Our plane from Hong Kong to Seoul

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 “traditional” area of Seoul. It was nice but extremely crowded. Cars are not allowed to drive in the touristy area on weekends which made it a bit better. It is basically an area filled with shops and street vendors selling “traditional” things to tourists. I had been toying with the idea of trying silkworm larvae (a street snack sold in Korea) so my co-teacher bought a cup of [View Full Entry]

Vero3 - Vero in Korea! | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: September 29th 2009 | 82 Views | [diary=440696]

Insadong 013
Me..trying silkworm larvae
Korean performance in Insadong

Count down is now under twenty days until we shove off from the Hermit Kingdom, and it’s starting to hit us that we’re actually leaving. We are leaving Korea on October 5th, officially, and spending a week in Japan, exploring Tokyo and down through Kyoto and beyond (if we have time). Then on the 10th, we will be jumping back on a plane to head back to the western hemisphere, changing planes in Seattle and then to Bozeman. Neither of us can really believe that we are leaving sooo soon! There are all kinds of things creeping up on us, and [View Full Entry]

joncasssouthkorea - Jon Wick | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: September 21st 2009 | 160 Views | [diary=438306]

What's not to love about K-Pop?
Center Stage
The tense moments before the winner is announced

Here are a few videos of my precious monkeys. We have dance parties at random times of the day .. especially when they are sitting quietly doing work and least expect it. I flick the lights on and off and yell Dance PARTYYyyyyyy! They know what to do. Note: the 2 boys in the bottom right hand corner of the 2nd video. That's why I had to stop.. [View Full Entry]

Seoul Seeker - Miss C | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: September 16th 2009 | 31 Views | [diary=436907]


By Vero3
September 13th 2009
Seoul Grand Park Asia » South Korea » Seoul
Today was quite an adventure. We were getting ready to go to Seoul Grand Park, which is about 80 minutes away by subway. Well… I decided to be smart. Looking at the subway map I noticed that we would have had to take the Bundang line all the way to the end, only to hop on the green line to the light blue line. But, the map shows the blue line right next to the Bundang line so I suggested that we take a taxi from our stop to Oido station, which appeared to be right next to the Bundang line. [View Full Entry]

Vero3 - Vero in Korea! | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: September 13th 2009 | 83 Views | [diary=436184]

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sculpture garden
silk worm larvae (you eat them)

By collinsfamily
September 2nd 2009
Seoul Asia » South Korea » Seoul
Guess where we are...
Guess where we are...
Guess where we are.....
It's Tuesday night. Girls are asleep and Ken is having a massage. After a good send off at Wellington airport and repacking the bags after I was paged and told my bag was too heavy (can't beleive it was my bag) we arrived in Auckland, settled in and had a good night out with Ken's old school friend Colin. A good catch up and an early night. We all managed the flight well considering it was a full day flight and no little tvs. I read a whole book and the iPods were great. Seoul is great. We're staying in a [View Full Entry]

collinsfamily - Louise Collins | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: September 2nd 2009 | 63 Views | [diary=433271]

Ken outside the Palace in Seoul

Ellen
Ellen
Old school darts with Ellen.
It's been almost two years since I came to Korea. And sadly it's time to say goodbye and close this chapter in my life and move on to the next. Friday was my last day at work and I moved out of my apartment this afternoon. So technically I'm homeless and unemployed. But I guess I gotta fill you in on life since I last wrote. As I mentioned last time, I made the decision to move back home after visiting a few months ago. After I came back to Korea, life was "easy" knowing what was happening and that I [View Full Entry]

ihavenoideawhattheheckijustgotmyselfinto - Susan Kwon | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
598 Words | 1 Comment(s) | 11 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: August 30th 2009 | 69 Views | [diary=432291]

Busan Trip
Amanda's visit
Kalpesh's visit

By Ami Lou
August 30th 2009
July & August in Seoul. Asia » South Korea » Seoul
It's been 2 months since I last blogged and I have no excuses - ive simply been busy enjoying my summer and time has flown by at a crazy speed. July was HOT!! School was busy and same as usual - the days all merge into one and so once tuesday is done with, the weekend seems to arrive before you know it. The kids are all still adorable and its nice to have taught them for 6 months now as i know them really well and have made closer bonds - the little ones are totally comfortable with me and [View Full Entry]

Ami Lou - Ami Lewis | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 30th 2009 | 114 Views | [diary=432398]

Mudfest carnage.
Festival Gang.
Festival Smile.

... Especially if you got a floor show with dinner each night! On Sunday night I met up with Karl, Florence, Chairman and Mrs. Hong and Dr. and Mrs. Lee of the Korea Customs Service for dinner. And not just any dinner, but a special dinner at a restaurant called Sanchon in Insa-dong. Sanchon offers temple cuisine, as in the cuisine that Buddhist monks would eat. It was all vegetarian, since the monks would pick the food from what was available in nature. Some of the flavors were exotic and a little bitter, others, like the peanut salad, were relatively normal. [View Full Entry]

warpgirl - Sarah Howe | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 27th 2009 | 56 Views | [diary=431564]

Temple food!
Dancer
Bingsu, I love you

Hello again everyone! Before I start this blog I want thank everyone for sending me messages. It's pretty cool to see what you all are thinking and it's nice to know people are keeping up with what I'm doing. Hope everyone is doing well. Jining I must say, my time in Jining was very different from last summer. Although I saw many of the same people, it was as though they treated me even more as a member of their family. Ranran's mom (a yi - aunt) and dad (shushu - uncle) took very good care of me. I had forgotten [View Full Entry]

Rameo - Ramesh Ganesh | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
2206 Words | 7 Comment(s) | 13 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: August 27th 2009 | 84 Views | [diary=431607]

Me and the "Kids"
Me and Weiwei
Sisters