downtown Seoul

Day 2 - Myeong-dong & Namdaemun Market

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June 5th 2008
Wed. May 28th The next day we peeled ourselves out of our really hard, uncomfortable beds at a pretty leisurely pace and headed out to do a little shopping. At this point we hadn't heard anything about my luggage so I figured I needed to buy a few necessities. We decided to head to Myeong-dong (which is supposedly "The undisputed no. 1 shopping district in Seoul") and also explored Namdaemun ... read more

Asia » South Korea

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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