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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 kbth
December 5th 2005

Winter Wonderland? Asia » South Korea » Seoul

Whoever told me that snow in Seoul is minimal and doesn't last more than a few hours on the ground is a goddamned liar. Saturday afternoon, one of my middle school students got a text message on her cell phone, and literally jumped up during class and ran to the window. "Teacher, SNOW!" she yelled, prompting the others to get up and move toward the window to see. I went and had a look, but saw little more than a few tiny flakes the size of grains of sand. "You call that snow?" I asked, scoffing at their enthusiasm. "If you [View Full Entry]

By Jay3
December 4th 2005

North Korea and a Snowy Seoul Asia » South Korea » Seoul

Snowy view from my window

I was told it never snows in Seoul by everyone here. I guess they were wrong because it came with avengence last night! Then today I took a trip to the DMZ at the border between North and South Korea. It's 4km wide and runs the length of the Korean Penisula with huge razorwire fences and armed guards. We were allowed inside after multiple checkpoints and passport checks by intimidating South Korean soldiers. We got a great view of Nor [View Full Entry]

By kbth
December 2nd 2005

I'm Almost Half-way Home Asia » South Korea » Seoul

It's almost as though it never happened. I look back at the previous entries on this site, and I wonder if it could really have been I who wrote them. I know the memories are there: stored alongside others entirely unlike them from the past twenty-plus years. The time, however . . . seems not to have even passed. It's the second of December as I sit and type in the warmth of my spare bedroom. The wind was cold today, but the sun was bright, and the air was crisp and fresh, and I felt a thrill as it occurred [View Full Entry]

By Kristy and Colin
November 16th 2005

Month 2. Asia » South Korea » Seoul

SeoulTower at Namsan

Colin writes: So we haven’t written anything in awhile… I suppose that is a sign of us acclimatizing to the surroundings.....not as much new to report. Of course it could also be that we are becoming lazy (of course by ‘we’ I mean ‘me’). Actually, we have nestled into our day-to-day pattern of work and evening routines just as we would at home. Ie.Workouts, movies, DVD yoga routines (yeah right) and reading. We still venture out on the weekends, however the 45 minute subway ride has started to become less exciting...especially when you are standing [View Full Entry]

By kbth
November 15th 2005

Doldrums? Asia » South Korea » Seoul

So obviously this is the first update in quite some time. I haven't been writing in my paper diary, either. I've recently become conscious of the simple fact that I've slipped into the doldrums of day to day life in Seoul. When we first arrived here, every day was an adventure. The simplest of tasks was made an absolute freakshow by our inability to speak Korean, our attempts at finding our way around, adjusting to the new job. . . Around the 3.5 or 4 month point, everything had more or less normalized, and we were over the awe of being [View Full Entry]

By CK_
November 12th 2005

Family Holidays in Seoul Asia » South Korea » Seoul » Itaewon

Taken at Lotte World Theme Park

韩国游记许馨怡5B 2005年年终假期，爸爸提议我们一家三口前往韩国旅游。听到这个令人雀跃的消息，我这个韩剧迷可高兴得手舞足蹈。出国的前几天，爸爸提醒说那儿是深 [View Full Entry]

By Binnok
November 12th 2005

Soccer Game -S. Korea vs Sweden! Asia » South Korea » Seoul

WORLD CUP STADIUM

What a night! Off to the World Cup Stadium to watch S. Korea play Sweden. The stadium is huge and the fans are wild! We all had t-shirts that said :Be the Reds! Myself Kirk, Chris (both from Manitoba) and me off to the game. We had pretty good seats. Lots of beer and dried squid to boot. Ha ha no hot dogs! We saw some other foriegners we knew from some of the tours we did. The korean man sitting next to us lived in T.O. So we chatted for a while. In the end S.Korea and Sweden tied 2-2! [View Full Entry]

By BradyMSU
November 11th 2005

We have arrived in South Korea Asia » South Korea » Seoul

Colin and I arrived in South Korea an hour ago. The flight did not seem like it lasted 14 hours. It seemed as short as the trip to Ireland. It was light out the entire time, so that helped. It was cloudy over much of northern Canada and the Artic Ocean. However we had a great view of the snowly desolation of Siberia. Korea is much more mountainous that I expected. The Koreans are very friendly and helpful. The airport has free internet, beds, showers, massage, etc. I can't imagine that in America. The sun is just going down here on [View Full Entry]

By Binnok
October 31st 2005

Halloween Asia » South Korea » Seoul

Snow White Class (otherwise known as Kimberly Teacher's class)

GDA Junior Teaching and Testing English Academy. Well, it was Halloween day and all of the Kindergarden teachers and some of the afternoon teachers as well had set up a mini haunted house for the kindergarden kids!! What a blast they had! They all looked so cute. Have a look at some of my kids and some of the cool teachers at GDA! By the way, Koreans do not celebrate Halloween! We looked crazy when we all dressed up and went out that weekend !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [View Full Entry]

Tony (hardest worker you will ever meet)

By Clockers25
October 31st 2005

Halloween Asia » South Korea » Seoul

KKK

They don't really celebrate Halloween like they do back home in South Korea. However it was a very fun time for everyone. I kind of dressed up like the invisible man, just something I picked up from walmart. The students were all dressed up and we had a little party at out school. Everybody was dressed up and we had to parade around the town in our outfits. We also handed out candy to everybody we saw on the street. There was a party on the late night at Rocksin which, I think was pretty fun....cant really remember if you know [View Full Entry]

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