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"I'm lost and it's getting dark..."

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May 4th 2006
The trip to the Bukhansan national park was an adventure in many ways. I made it there by subway and bus and was met by lots of Korean hikers carrying walking sticks and the very latest in hiking fashion. What I had heard about Koreans being into hiking seemed more than true. After walking along the road through one of the still remaining gates of the old fortification wall, build to hold of ... 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