palace Gyeongbokgung

Seoul + The Military Border 18/08-19/08

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August 21st 2008
The last days of my trip to South-Korea i spend in Seoul and it's surroundings. This city is probaly the most weirdest cities i've ever been, it was hard to capture it and to place it in a context. The city with its 13-14 milj inhabitants is one of the biggest in the world. In a way with its neon lights, big streets and infrastructure it can be compared to tokyo, only in Seoul there is the systema ... 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