A statue in front of Emart

Went to Gwangju

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December 13th 2008
Well just as my entry title says, I hopped on a bus today and went to Gwangju. That's a large city kind of north-east of where I'm at. It definitely seems like a bigger town than Mokpo and it should because it is. There's the 7 story electronics mall which was fairly awesome. I'll have to go back when I have more money haha. Gwangju has a much larger downtown area than Mokpo for sure. I went w ... read more

Asia » South Korea » Gwangju

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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