Lovers' Locks

Love 'Locks: Namsan Tower aka N Seoul Tower

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June 27th 2010
The past two weeks, I visited Namsan Tower twice. The first time as a first-timer with my friends from Australia and Germany, and the second time with my fellow native teachers. "Nam" = South. "San" = Mountain. It has the #1 view of Seoul. You can see Myungdong and sprawled neighborhoods of surrounding districts, gorgeous green mountains, and the Han River. The best means of getting there is ... 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