Food and fairy lights..

When the sun goes down...

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October 10th 2006
...is when Korea really comes alive for me, I can walk around and around at night just soaking it all in. Unlike the UK where shops open at 9am and close at 5.30pm Korean shops don't usually open until about 11am and shut much later- around 10pm. Also there are a multitude of street sellers selling various food, chicken on a stick, man-du (Korean stuffed dumplings) and a whole host of other delica ... read more

Asia » South Korea » Busan

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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