Gyeonju countryside

Korea- The South & the border with the north

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July 6th 2009
Our after-thought trip to South Korea has been a big success!! We took a rather comfy sleeper ferry from Japan to SK whereby we were the only westerners.. we found out AFTER that it apparently is cheaper to fly, so all the clever westerners took the quicker, more direct route! Still, it was nice to wake up and look out of the cabin window and being in a new place... this place being the port of ... 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