Geoje

My family visits!

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August 4th 2010
At my 5 1/2 month mark of living in Korea, I was lucky enough to have my family come to visit. It had been one year and one month since I'd seen Cameron, due to him being in the Peace Corps. So, after spending a week in Japan, Nana, Mom and Cameron came to visit me here in Korea! They took a ferry over from Fukuoka, Japan to Busan, South Korea. I was working, so unfortunately I was unable to meet ... 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