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Island in the Sun

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September 24th 2008
Last weekend was pretty amazing. It was definitely the highlight of my time in Korea so far and for that reason I hope you will forgive me for delaying this blog entry until I could get hold of some photos and give you a better idea of where I’ve been. As you may recall from my last post, we have just had the Chuseok holiday here in Korea. Whilst Koreans celebrated it in traditional style, it a ... 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