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The Holidays

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December 19th 2008
Thanksgiving Thanksgiving was definitely interesting. At school I made hand and foot paper turkeys with the kids. When I showed our bosses they said "Oh peacocks!" which cracked me up. Obviously none of our children or bosses knew what a turkey was. Thanksgiving fell on a weekday and unlike the states, we did not get that day off. To the Koreans it was just a normal day because it is an ... read more

Asia » South Korea » Seoul

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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