The view!

Arrival

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November 13th 2008
After months of waiting for my visa documents, relocation details, and human resources changes, I finally made it to Korea! For those of you who don't know, I recently accepted a position with the Rig Solutions Project Management team with my company (National Oilwell Varco). I am working at the Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard in the city of Ulsan (pop. = 1 million or so), where NOV is supplyi ... read more

Asia » South Korea » Ulsan

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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