Seoul day tour

Seoul Day Tour

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October 10th 2007
We had a late start today, then Young Ok and I went on the "Downtown Bus Tour" which took us to Namsan Tower, past the National Museum, the War Museum, through Itaewon and Yongsan. We got off at Dongdaemun Market to buy some underwear (!) and to have lunch. We finished where we started at Gwangwhamun and went for a walk along the rehabilitated stream that runs east-west through Seoul. The complete ... 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