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I'm claiming South Korea!

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August 31st 2007
You may be wondering why I'm bothering to write an entry from South Korea, seeing as I only stayed here for one night, I am wondering too, (It will become clearer at the end!) but as I sat on my 11 hour flight to Seoul I had plenty of time to reflect on my whirlwind tour of New Zealand and Sydney. 11 hours is a lot of time to fill when you are crammed into a slightly larger than sardine tin space ... read more

Asia » South Korea » Incheon

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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... ... read more