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February 12th 2012
Probably about time I did an update, been a bit lazy the last few weeks! So in Korea Lunar New Year (or seollal) is one of the most important holidays. It's the same as the Chinese New Year, and this year is the year of the black water dragon. Apparently people are quite superstitious about these things - it is good for a boy to be born in a dragon year, but very bad for a girl. I gu ... read more

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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

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Ross Parker

After finishing a 4 year degree in Civil Engineering, I decided I needed a break from looking at buildings, roads and bridges and so headed to South Korea to teach ESL to a bunch of 3 year olds for a year. I enjoyed it so much I decided to continue the adventure in Vietnam, and I lived in Saigon teaching Maths and Science to lower secondary school kids for 6 months. I then went off exploring and spent some time travelling through Asia before heading to the Middle East and making my way back to England through the Balkans and Europe. The next 5 years has been spent furthering my career in Civil... full info

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