Sunset at Halmi-Halahbi Rocks - 12

Visit to Anmyeongdo (Island)

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October 15th 2007
We left Seonjang with Mr. and Mrs. Choi, friends of Young Ok's mother. Mr. Choi taught both Nerida and Matthew when they went to school in Seonjang Middle School. We headed for Anmyeong Island to stay for 2 nights in a resort condominium. We found in this part of the country, especially in Taean-gun, a rural Korea that I thought had been lost. It is modernising, but without the crass development f ... read more

Asia » South Korea » Chungcheongnam-do

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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