Chunggyecheon

This canal used to run through the city until an ugly shanty town sprung up along it's banks just after the Korean War. To get rid of that unsightlyness, the government just paved over it, making it yet another wide boulevard running through the city. Then a few years back the city planners decided to tear away the road and get the canal running again along with a great pedestrian area that runs the entire length.

Giving It Our Heart and Seoul

July 25th 2006
Seoul, South Korea June 30, 2006 Sean: As many of you know, I spent two years in the Land of the Morning Calm and retain many positive memories of my time here. Between the year spent teaching English to the nation’s school children and another year stationed near the DMZ with the US Army, I really enjoyed Korea and was excited about returning. I had also been chatting up the country for so lon ... read more

Asia » South Korea

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

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