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10 weeks left

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November 7th 2011
10 weeks left. I arrived in Korea in August 2010. I was supposed to leave in August 2011 but my work extended one month and then I asked to extend four more - leading to a 1.5 year stay in South Korea - August 2010 to January 2012. This has been my longest job so far and time living in a foreign country and to be honest I never thought I'd be here. Some people make a very conscious decision to ... 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