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korean birthday

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November 7th 2006
My birthday just passed and I have to say that it was a great one. We spent the weekend in Seoul and stayed at Pat's friends place. On Saturday we went to Changgyeonggung, one of the palaces in Seoul. It was cool, but we had to take a tour to see it and I'm not much of a fan of tours. Luckily, we were able to escape the tour for a while and hide out in some secret areas. After the tour we went to ... read more

Asia » South Korea » Seoul

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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