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first weeks in Korea

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July 13th 2008
Hi everyone, Jenna and I have arrived in South Korea. The trip was brutal we flew to San Francisco first and then took a twelve hour flight to Seoul. Once we arrived at the airport there was a guy to pick us up and he informed us that our apartment was about an hour and a half away from the airport. Our apartment is better than what we originally thought, but it is still a one bedroo ... read more

Asia » South Korea

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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