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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. To be updated

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By Meg Maynard
December 18th 2009

STUDENTS!!! Asia » South Korea » Gyeonggi-do » Paju » Gyeonggi English Village, Paju Camp

Hello, all! After nearly 3 months of waiting, next week English Village will have students! I'm so excited! Next week is going to be a big one for me because not only am I working Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, but I have students (which is why I can't take vacation on Christmas), AND I'm going to have an international visitor. Spencer will be here to celebrate Christmas with me! It's going to be really nice to have someone from home for the holiday. I think we are going to the Seoul Lights Festival on Friday night for Christmas. It should [View Full Entry]

By HeartandSeoul
December 17th 2009

Daegu Digs Asia » South Korea » Daegu

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I am more than halfway through my second week of teaching English in Daegu, South Korea. I am exhausted, but I am having a blast! I should probably fill in a few blanks. After we passed training, Parker, Alisha, and I were dropped off at the train station in Seoul with KTX tickets. We waited around (caffeinated and ate some Korean Micky D's) for our train to Daegu. Some man came and bound up all of our luggage-- I guess we were in the way. When it was time to actually move it though, he never came back, so we dismantled [View Full Entry]

By Proops
December 15th 2009

Month Asia » South Korea » Jeollabuk-do » Kunsan

It's a business culb

1/12th of the way through my journey of English teaching, cultural, and self discovery. I feel settled in to an extent. I am finding I do not need the language to survive but I really want to learn it because it would open up my social circle a lot. I have been walking nearly every day but not as much as I should because of the lazy/cold mornings where i'd rather pay $2.50 for a cab. (It's sometimes just too cheap to refuse!) The past week was pretty standard as far as my teaching goes. I found out one of my [View Full Entry]

By Craig2009
December 14th 2009

First Travel Blog Asia » South Korea » Ulsan

This is my first travel blog on this website. The idea to start keeping a travel blog came about when I realized that I was sending update emails to my friends and family that basically all said the same things. It was getting really annoying typing the same things over and over again. By keeping this up to date, hopefully this will make it easier for people to get updates of how I am doing. So I suppose I will just start typing about my current trip and see where this takes me...here goes: Right now I am on a business [View Full Entry]

By Shutterbug1218
December 14th 2009

Trying too hard. Asia » South Korea » Gyeongsangbuk-do » Gyeongsan

My students are rock stars. I need to say this because I am just so proud of them. They give me reason for being here. They are walking the path to their dreams and I can be their cheerleader. I can give them some of the tools that they may need along the way too. What a great time of year. The cleaning of my apartment needs to happen. I just hate cleaning and can think of so many other activities to fill my time with that would make me happier. Bah. Hopefully though, before I leave for India, I will [View Full Entry]

By Proops
December 7th 2009

Seoul Calibur I Asia » South Korea » Seoul » Itaewon

On the subway

So after a raucous friday night, Andrew, Nick and I set out for Seoul. The bus ride took about 3 hours including a 20 minute stop. Traffic was not great but i've been told it never is. We went past a lot of rolling hills, some farms and a whole lot of trees. The bus we rode in on was a "limousine bus" so the seats were really nice and reclined with a foot rest. The ride cost 17,000 won. Once we got there we walked through the wind and light snow to a hostel-like hotel with 3 beds in one [View Full Entry]

By mike dano
December 7th 2009

A weekend in Gwangju Asia » South Korea » Gwangju

First sight in Gwangju

After spending a few weekends in Yangsan, we were feeling a strong need to get out and see something new, so we decided to check out Gwangju, the 4th largest city in Korea, with 1.4 million people in Jeollanam province on the West side of Korea. We randomly ran into two friends, Eric and Moiz on the bus, who just happened to be heading in the same direction! We decided to stick together since none of us had the faintest idea where to go once we got to Gwangju at 10pm. After wandering around for a bit, we came across this [View Full Entry]

Small temple we stopped at on our way to Art Street

By Tyrone
December 7th 2009

Dongchimming the Turkey Asia » South Korea » DMZ

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I get complimented on my complete and utter dominance of chopsticks a lot over here and I have to give a shout out to Teh Yu Sun and our 2nd grade field trip to her family’s restaurant, The Mandarin. The ultimate maneuvers are creating a sushi roll without your hands and eating fish while removing the bones from your mouth with the chopsticks. Speaking of chopsticks, I broke my one day Asian ding sighting record, with six in one day, including a totally naked old dude who kindly helped me open my jammed locker. That’s not a metaphor. Have you ever [View Full Entry]

By Shutterbug1218
December 7th 2009

Rolling with it... Asia » South Korea » Gyeongsangbuk-do » Gyeongsan

Many things have been happening. I have been, just like last year, rolling in and out of fogs. While I am in the fog, time just flies by and I struggle to keep up... But recently I have emerged and am feeling rejuvinated. I posted this on my yoga studio's website and decided to throw it up here as well: I want to start talking about a new topic... a topic I was asked to write about and am interested in articulating, but there are many layers to address... Many aspects of my experience that are key to who I am [View Full Entry]

By Ami Lou
December 6th 2009

Mt.Daedun and visiting the DMZ - North Korean border. Asia » South Korea » Jeollabuk-do

Snow White ^^

After zero sleep (I never sleep when I know I have to be up early doors!) myself and Marie went on our Mount Daedun day trip. Mt.Daedun is a mountain in the Jeollabuk province of South Korea. It took us around 3 hours by bus from central Seoul. We actually took a cable car half way up the mountain (my kind of trekking trip!) and then the peak was about 2 hours of crossing bridges (one bridge was 80 meters high and quite scary!) and trekking through snow. We expected to just walk along some bridges, get to the top and [View Full Entry]

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