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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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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
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Published: August 30th 2009 | 70 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 | 123 Views | [diary=432398]

Mudfest carnage.
Festival Gang.
Festival Smile.

Trying something new is always an experience. Whether it's a good or bad experience is quite another matter! Take for example food: Thursday night me and my colleagues went out to dinner and had Sam Gyup Sal - Grilled pork and kimchi wrapped in lettuce leaves and it was amazing! Korean food has such a great social element to it, it's all about sharing and experiencing new flavours. - definitely a huge tick in the good experience column. However, with every good experience a bad one is usually lurking nearby.... Bring the Brit that I am I went in search of [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 27th 2009 | 92 Views | [diary=431521]


By warpgirl
August 27th 2009
I'm digging my new digs Asia » South Korea » Seoul » Hongik
Wanted to show you where I'm staying for the next few days- BeBop Guesthouse in the Hongdae area, one stop down the line from Sinchon. I got a taxi here on Wednesday morning and almost made it all the way without issue, but then the driver got lost. So I quick called up and asked for directions and one of the owners, MK, actually came out to the street corner to meet me. He helped me get my big bag inside too. Thankfully my four person female-only room is on the first floor. I don't want to imagine what it would [View Full Entry]

warpgirl - Sarah Howe | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 27th 2009 | 55 Views | [diary=431555]

Living room
My room

... 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 | 62 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
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Published: August 27th 2009 | 86 Views | [diary=431607]

Me and the "Kids"
Me and Weiwei
Sisters

By Blackie1
August 23rd 2009
I'm on my way! Asia » South Korea » Seoul » Seodaemun-gu » Sinchon
I'm on my way! As my friend Jan, commented, I've been talking about this for such a long time that it's hard to comprehend that I am now on my way. I had a few tears as I waved goodbye to Bill and Sarah and I'm sure Customs wondered why I seemed so dazed but then it's not every day that one sets off on such an experience. My first port of call has been Seoul...what a great idea. If you need to fly to Europe a stopover here is a fabulous idea... luxury plus at the Hyatt and a good [View Full Entry]

Blackie1 - Karen Blackwell | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 23rd 2009 | 79 Views | [diary=430316]


What is this, Wild Kingdom or something? Is that bird paying room and board? We're not running a charity here! And if it's a male bird, then it should definitely be expelled for being on this floor. Sheesh. [View Full Entry]

warpgirl - Sarah Howe | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 23rd 2009 | 44 Views | [diary=430327]

Yeah that's right, walk away.

By warpgirl
August 22nd 2009
Scrub a dub dub Asia » South Korea » Seoul
After visiting the DMZ, I was exhausted. So instead of going back to take a nap, I went to a Korean bathhouse! There's one on the same mountain as Yonsei's campus, near a Buddhist temple. It only cost 8,000 won, towel service included. Let me break this down for you- first off you remove your shoes and place them in a locker near the front doors. Then you take your bath outfit and towels down to the locker room and strip. Then you go into this big room with tons of showers and whirlpools and hot pools and cold pools and [View Full Entry]

warpgirl - Sarah Howe | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 26th 2009 | 58 Views | [diary=431331]


As I near the end of my time here in Korea, I have become a hundred times more confident in my ability to navigate the streets and subways of Seoul. But I spent a couple of hours in Seoul on Friday that I won't soon forget and they have taught me a few lessons about myself and traveling in general. On Friday after language classes and before cooking class, I went to the souvenir shop on campus and bought some gifts. This left me low on the last of my original stock of Korean won, so I went to the Global [View Full Entry]

warpgirl - Sarah Howe | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 23rd 2009 | 71 Views | [diary=430313]