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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]
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] Blog: Hiking, Makoli and Korean pancakes
Date: December 13th 2010
If you need to know one thing about Korean people, it's that they are CRAZY about hiking and shopping! I was rather surprised that they love the outdoors and didn't consider these two hobbies to go together until I went hiking in Seoul's national park- Bukhansan. It's on the far side of Seoul about an hour from where I live and the subway gets more packed with every stop. Hordes of "fashionable", ... read more
Date: December 13th 2010
If you need to know one thing about Korean people, it's that they are CRAZY about hiking and shopping! I was rather surprised that they love the outdoors and didn't consider these two hobbies to go together until I went hiking in Seoul's national park- Bukhansan. It's on the far side of Seoul about an hour from where I live and the subway gets more packed with every stop. Hordes of "fashionable", ... read more
