Our new friends, Mr. and Mrs. Lee

Seoul, South Korea

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December 7th 2007
We have had an amazing few months settling in. Seoul is a fantastic city that is growing and modernizing even before our eyes. The technology here is amazing - there is GPS navigation on every cell phone and every person on the subway has a mini portable tv playing the latest shows and movies. The food is very healthy, but also very spicy, as we learned all too well on our first few attempts! We c ... read more

Asia » South Korea » Seoul » Gangnam

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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