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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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Itaewon - walking up and down from the main street gate to leeum, Samsung, Art Museum [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 7th 2009 | 47 Views | [diary=426218]

Itaewon Subway Station
What the book?! Foreign bookstore
Itaewon Central Mosque

Besides being my first day of Korean class, today it really came home to me how much English has become a global language. I have started to make friends too! I'm in Level 1 Korean, but there are shades of gray within each level I have come to discover. I'm in section 3, which means that I know the alphabet and can write what I hear, with some limited comprehension, but I don't have the fully functional grammatical structures down. The class is broken down into four 50-minute periods- two for grammar and vocab, one for reading and one for conversation [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 6th 2009 | 60 Views | [diary=425837]

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By warpgirl
August 4th 2009
For the Coldplay fans Asia » South Korea » Seoul
No cause for concern
No cause for concern
unless you're a copyright lawyer...
Just wanted to share my favorite purchase so far- a little notebook to track my new words in, idea courtesy of Karl. Korea has a problem, like other places, with intellectual property rights. I'm pretty sure Coldplay didn't approve of the use of their song "Amsterdam" for this purpose. I also saw a calendar that used some of Monty Python's "Bright Side of Life". So odd. [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 4th 2009 | 46 Views | [diary=425155]


Do you ever have days where you're just so proud of yourself for doing something that's completely ordinary to other people? I had a day like that today. So my Korean cell phone still wasn't working, and I was starting to get nervous about the impossible to reach aspect of the whole situation. (Not like anyone wants to call me, but still, what if I wanted to call someone? Besides, using my won for the pay phone was getting annoying.) Since my cell wasn't working, the guy in Itaewon who sold it to me said I should bring it back and [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 6th 2009 | 60 Views | [diary=425832]


By dmcoe1975
August 3rd 2009
Lost my Seoul Asia » South Korea » Seoul
After 6 weeks in Ho Chi Minh City it was time to bid a tearful farewell and head to Seoul (don't worry, I will be back in Vietnam very soon). The Korean Air flight across was good, I slept most of the way and got a free upgrade to business class. I was met at the airport by the hotel transfer and quickly taken to my apartment in Fraser Place, my home for the week ahead. The things I quickly noticed was how quiet Seoul was compared to Ho Chi Minh City. No motor bikes, no street vendors, no offers of [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 8th 2009 | 73 Views | [diary=426433]

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All Saints' Church of the Electric Wow
All Saints' Church of the Electric Wow
That's not really what it's called, but if I could name it, that's what I'd call it.
Today I had to bid farewell to the Hongs. I really enjoyed my two days with their family. But now it's time for the next adventure- dorm life on Yonsei's campus! Of course, I'm on the top floor. And there's no elevator. Luckily Chairman Hong and his driver carried my bag up the stairs for me. (When it's time to leave I'll just chuck it out the window.) I had trouble opening my door at first, and then it opened itself! I have a Korean roommate! Yay! Her name is Minyoung, and we've spoken maybe 10 sentences to each other so [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 4th 2009 | 57 Views | [diary=425143]

Sinchon
Angel-in-Us Coffee

Part of the Hong family
Part of the Hong family
Sung Mo is taking the picture.
Well, not always strangers. But I definitely was glad of all the help I received when I first arrived in Seoul. I think I would still be stuck at the airport otherwise. I had a good flight all in all- seriously, if you can't go first class, at least get an aisle seat I say. I watched two movies and tried to sleep during the "night"- not too successful. I was all over that bibimbap lunch they served, but the dinner/second meal was a choice between rubber chicken or pasta. I went with pasta. I also tried hard not to wolf [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 4th 2009 | 105 Views | [diary=425131]

Outlook hazy
Namdaemun Market
Home Cooking!

By Santandrea
July 29th 2009
Soap Box Asia » South Korea » Seoul
Mt. Quandry
Mt. Quandry
Possum and I on top of Mt. Quandry, what a long, long day.
Hello all, this is not a travel blog, but an opportunity for me to relay some info to y'all. Yesterday I read an article in "The Seoul Times" about dogs I'm sure many of you know how much I love dogs and miss my companion Possum, anyway this article is about how dogs are used for meat here in South Korea and the way they are "put down" that is about as nice a way I can put it. I encourage all my dog loving friends/family, Mom & Dad, Lori, Casey, Judy, Ross, Ignacio & Dinah, Leighanna, and Chris whom Possum [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 29th 2009 | 44 Views | [diary=423252]

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Fall
Fall

By Hannabee
July 29th 2009
Completing Ceremony Asia » South Korea » Seoul
Last days in Kyung Hee University and Completing Ceremony in the Crown Hall Building [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 30th 2009 | 16 Views | [diary=423869]

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I took a very short trip to Seoul (my first time) and took a few photos. It was a fast trip with the sole (/"Seoul" HA!) purpose of renewing my passport. My advice if traveling through Seoul: DO NOT DRIVE!! The first bit of the trip was pretty miserable. The GPS unit in my car broke about halfway there (very convenient timing) and I had only one map in a little tourist book measuring around 6" x 10" to map out a city with over 10 million people. Not much help. It took around 6 hours to drive there from where [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 28th 2009 | 51 Views | [diary=422944]

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