Jeju island

The End of Korea

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April 8th 2007
Hello again, I told you I would be updating you all at once, sorry about that, I hope you are still reading. This one is about my last few weeks in Korea, in between the crazy weekend in Guam and the departure for Thailand and New Zealand. I guess I should explain a little how I came with the decision to leave Korea. Well, when I first signed my contract, in September, my boss had asked me to st ... read more

Asia » South Korea » Jeju

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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